Katie advises clients on all aspects of energy law and regulatory practice before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Maine Public Utilities Commission, and other administrative agencies.
Katie has unique experience in licensing energy self-suppliers and obtaining authorizations for wholesale energy sales and purchases in the New England electricity market. In addition, Katie has first-hand experience in FERC trial procedure, having been part of a team that obtained a multi-million dollar victory before an administrative law judge in spring 2010.
She reviews and analyzes energy contracts, power purchase agreements, and asset purchase and sales agreements; conducts energy-related due diligence in the context of asset deals; drafts petitions, motions, and applications submitted to regulatory agencies; and researches intricate issues affecting electric and water utilities at both the state and federal levels. In addition, Katie edits and writes articles for the Energy Group’s blog, www.energylawupdate.com.
Katie is a graduate of Boston University School of Law, where she was an articles editor on the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. Katie was also a Fellow for the first-year legal writing program. During her first summer in law school, she interned at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office. She was a summer associate at Verrill Dana during her second summer.
Prior to law school, Katie held internships at the Maine District Court and the elections division of Maine’s Secretary of State. She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Maine and its Honors College.
Katie lives in Portland’s West End and has abiding interests in wellness, poetry, and Portland’s arts community.