Sandy Rizzo
Partner
Brandi Hargwood
202.828.7620
Sandra Rizzo is a partner in the firm's Energy Regulatory Group. Her clients primarily include electric utilities, power marketers, independent power producers, and investment and hedge funds owning securities of electric utility holding companies. She assists clients in litigated proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state and federal courts; advocates regarding the development of and changes to federal regulatory policies, regulations and rules applicable to the electric industry; and advises clients regarding regulatory compliance and enforcement issues, including compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's reliability standards.
She has counseled and represented clients participating in organized wholesale electric markets, including PJM, ISO New England, NYISO and CAISO, in litigation involving contract disputes, transaction finality, market rule compliance and capacity markets. She has participated in rulemaking and policy proceedings involving competition in wholesale electric markets, market monitoring and pricing issues. She advises clients on a daily basis regarding compliance issues, develops comprehensive compliance programs, prepares regulatory compliance filings, such as Federal Power Act Section 203 applications and applications for market-based rate authority, and represents clients involved in enforcement proceedings.
Representative Matters
Transmission Access Policy Study Group, et al. v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
Washington Water Power Co., et al. v. FERC, 201 F.3d 497 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers v. FERC, et al., 254 F.3d 289 (D.C. Cir. 2001).
Puget Sound Energy Inc. v. All Jurisdictional Sellers of Energy and/or Capacity at Wholesale Into Electric Markets in the Pacific Northwest, 96 FERC 63,044 (2001).
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California v. Sellers of Long Term Contracts to the California Department of Water Resources, et al., 102 FERC 63,013 (2003).
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al., 97 FERC 63,004 (2001).
City of Alma, MI, 96 FERC 61,163 (2001).
City of Bedford, VA, et al., 66 FERC 61,186 (1994).
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P., 81 FERC 63,012 (1997).
Northwest Pipeline Corp., 82 FERC 63,012 (1998).
Re Citizens Utilities Company, et al., Docket No. E-1032-94-293 et al., Arizona Corporation Commission (1994).
PPL Wallingford Energy LLC, et al. v. FERC, 419 F.3d 1194 (D.C. Cir. 2005).
Education
J.D., The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1992
B.A., George Washington University, 1989
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Illinois
New Jersey
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court
Noteworthy
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), 2010; Energy, 2009
US Legal 500, Litigation: Energy, 2008-2010