A former trial attorney in the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, George primarily concentrates his practice on the interplay between regulation and competition in energy markets. George represents electric and gas utilities, pipeline companies, generators, and marketers in administrative proceedings before the NY Public Service Commission (PSC) and the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as well as in commercial matters and proceedings before the NY Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO).
George assists generators and transmission providers in connection with the siting of new facilities under Articles 7 and 10 of the Public Service Law and also advises generators, pipeline companies, and commercial landowners in obtaining lightened regulation from the PSC. He also obtains approvals for transfers of assets and ownership interests under the Public Service Law, counsels retail energy service providers in matters before the PSC, and assists electric-power marketers in obtaining market-based rate authority from FERC and in complying with FERC’s evolving regulatory requirements for market-based rate authority.
As a former federal-regulatory-affairs attorney at a major NY electric utility during the formation and early years of NYISO, George continues to advise clients with respect to NYISO interconnection and governance matters, relicensing of hydroelectric generating facilities, and in complying with the mandatory reliability rules of the North American Electric Reliability Council.