Andrew P. Mina

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.

Before entering private practice, 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.

Articles

Energy Law Blog

• "FERC Seeks Comments on Potential Alternative Reactive Power Compensation Mechanisms in Reactive Power Capability Compensation, 177 FERC ⁋ 61,118 (2021) (“NOI”)," November 23, 2021

• "Comprehensive $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill to Provide Critical Support for Clean Energy," November 16, 2021

• "FERC Issues Second NOI Concerning Its Certificate Policy," February 22, 2021

• "FERC Seeks Further Comment Regarding Pipelines Initiating Construction While Rehearing is Pending," January 27, 2021

• "FERC Considers Whether to Modify Accounting System for Renewables," January 26, 2021

• "NYISO Battery Storage Rules," October 14, 2020

• "Blockchain in the Electricity Industry: Six Items to Consider," September 28, 2020

• "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Gives Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators a Boost; Implementation Will Present Challenges," September 25, 2020

• "CORSIA Baseline Emissions Decision," August 3, 2021

• "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

• "FERC Issues Revised Guidance Regarding Return on Equity Calculations," May 26, 2020

• "Securing the U.S. Bulk Power System: An Assessment of Executive Order 13920," May 8, 2020

• "FERC Reaffirms Controversial Energy Capacity Decisions: Insights and Analysis," April 24, 2020

• "Walking the Path of Utilities’ Ownership of Wind and Solar," April 10, 2020

• "FERC Orders, Notices, and Other Guidance Regarding the Novel Coronavirus," April 8, 2020

• "FERC Continues to Squeeze Renewable Resources Participating in Wholesale Electric Capacity Markets," March 6, 2020

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