Energy Law

Our attorneys have direct hands-on experience gained from working in legal and executive management positions in the energy industry. Our legal team includes a former outside general counsel of a major municipal wholesale electric utility company and a municipal utility self insurance trust fund; and counsel to a municipal utility trade association.

 

Each of the attorneys in our energy group has practiced law in this area for more than two decades. We understand the legal problems that impact our energy clients and we know how to solve them.

Our expertise extends to every aspect of the modern energy world. We can assist clients with contracts for electricity, natural gas, transmission, water, emissions allowances, and energy commodities, (physical and financial) including oil, gas and electricity; the regional power market and ISO New England, Inc.; project development, project finance, letters of credit, engineering, siting, environmental permitting, and construction of power plants, substations, high pressure pipelines, transmission lines and other facilities; acquisition of land and land rights and eminent domain; administrative law and regulatory proceedings; hazardous waste concerns; civil litigation; bankruptcy proceedings, and alternative energy.

Ferriter & Ferriter's strategic experience cuts across business structures, governance, environmental, regulatory, litigation, contractual and economic issues. Our clients include some of the area's largest power producers, a wholesale electric company, municipal light departments, emerging energy technology firms and large consumers. We are in the forefront of working with alternative and renewable energies, including distributed generation, solar, wind and biomass projects.