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Over the past eighteen months, a pattern has emerged in state public utility commission proceedings that deserves more attention than it has received. The shift is subtle but consequential: commissions are increasingly front-loading the policy record in ways that constrain the range of outcomes available at the final order stage.
Read on LinkedInThe conventional wisdom holds that legislative advocacy has become harder as legislatures have polarized. That is true in some respects. But the practitioners who are still moving legislation have adapted — and the adaptations are instructive for any client navigating a contested session.
Read on LinkedInMunicipal right-of-way negotiations have always been complex. What has changed in the past several years is the sophistication of the municipal side of the table — and the degree to which local governments are now treating ROW access as a revenue and policy lever rather than a ministerial function.
Read on LinkedInThere is a tendency among clients new to regulatory proceedings to treat the comment record as a formality — something to be completed rather than built. The practitioners who consistently achieve favorable outcomes understand it differently: the record is not a byproduct of the proceeding. It is the proceeding.
Read on LinkedInThe pace of renewable energy deployment has consistently outrun the regulatory frameworks designed to govern it. That gap — between what the grid is becoming and what the rules assume it to be — is where some of the most consequential regulatory work of the next decade will happen.
Read on LinkedInThe most common mistake clients make in government relations is treating it as a transactional function — something you activate when you need something and stand down when you don't. The practitioners and clients who consistently outperform understand that relationship capital is not spent; it is invested.
Read on LinkedInStephanie shares regular perspectives on regulatory developments, legislative trends, and strategic questions facing clients in energy, utility, and telecommunications sectors.