Overview
Andrew Mina is an associate in the Real Estate and Land Use and Environmental Practice Groups in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.
Areas of Practice
Andrew represents energy companies in federal and state regulatory matters, particularly before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state public utility commissions and appellate courts. He counsels independent generators, electric utilities, oil and natural gas pipelines, natural gas distribution companies and other industry participants on regulatory issues, including those related to electric transmission development, natural gas supply, compliance, standards of conduct, renewable energy project development, jurisdiction and utility ratemaking.
Andrew also regularly helps clients navigate complex transmission tariff-related issues, such as those involving some of the largest electric transmission providers in the U.S. In addition, he advises oil and gas pipelines on state regulatory requirements associated with the development of new oil and gas facilities and represents major interstate pipelines in FERC proceedings.
Andrew maintains an active pro bono practice. He was first chair in a fully-litigated proceeding before the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings and has represented clients in appeals before the U.S. Social Security Administration. Outside of the firm, he is a Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Energy Infrastructure, Siting and Reliability Committee, and he is a member of the Energy Bar Association.
Previously, Andrew served as an attorney-adviser to four administrative law judges at FERC. In that role, he drafted orders, notices and initial decisions, as well as assisted in conducting settlement and hearing proceedings in complex electricity, oil, natural gas pipeline and renewable energy cases. Additionally, he worked in FERC's Office of Energy Market Regulation, where he focused on electricity matters in the western U.S.
Insights
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Energy Law Blog
- "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Gives Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators a Boost; Implementation Will Present Challenges," September 25, 2020
- "Natural Gas Pipeline Development," July 21, 2020
- "FERC Rejects Net Metering Petition, But Fight Is Far From Over," July 27, 2020
- "FERC Issues Regulation Prohibiting Construction of Newly Approved Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities Until Resolution of all Rehearing Requests," June 16, 2020
- "Tax Equity for Public Utilities," June 8, 2020
- "Walking the Path of Utilities’ Ownership of Wind and Solar," April 10, 2020
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"FERC Continues to Squeeze Renewable Resources Participating in Wholesale Electric Capacity Markets," March 6, 2020
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Education
J.D., Boston College Law School, 2012
B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2009
Clerkships
- Law Clerk in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Administrative Law Judges
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit