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Greg H. Williams
Partner
Assistant
Alisha Duggal202.419.3745
Greg Williams counsels U.S. and foreign clients on the federal regulatory aspects of energy facilities in both the electric and natural gas industries. His focus is on economic regulation by FERC and regulatory permitting by FERC and other federal agencies including DOE, DOI/BOEM, DOT, Coast Guard, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Army Corps.
Mr. Williams’ project permitting experience includes: electric transmission; natural gas pipeline; hydroelectric pump storage; LNG regasification plants; and offshore wind. His economic regulatory experience includes: electric transmission and natural gas pipeline ratemaking; merchant transmission; interface with regional transmission organizations; and electric market-rate authorization and sales.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Williams worked at FERC for 10 years, serving first as a trial attorney and later as an appellate attorney in FERC’s Solicitors Office.
Precedent-Setting Efforts
Represented Portland Natural Gas Transmission System before FERC and other regulatory bodies in the successful development and installation of a 200-plus mile greenfield pipeline, including an unprecedented jointly-owned pipeline segment.
Represented Cross Sound Cable in the successful development, installation, and ultimate sale of the first FERC-approved merchant transmission facility.
Represented SCE&G in the creation of the only for-profit RTO (GridSouth) accepted by FERC.
Negotiated for the Town of Harpswell, Maine a groundbreaking land-lease for a 1 Bcf/d LNG regasification project.
Counsels Statoil in the permitting, regulatory pricing, and grid interconnection of the first floating offshore wind facility.
Representative Matters
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company - general representation before FERC on all electric transmission matters.
Goldman Sachs - FERC certification of a 1 Bcf/d LNG terminal/pipeline in Calais, Maine.
Hydro Quebec - representation before FERC and ISO-NE on numerous regulatory matters, including representing HQ's affiliate in connection with its merchant transmission facility.
Entergy - consideration of a regulated vs. merchant transmission line extending from up-state NY generator into the NYC market.
Sithe Energy - successful litigation before FERC of $150 million generator/grid interconnection dispute.
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District - FERC licensing of a 500 MW, hydro-electric pump-storage facility.
Deepwater Wind - consideration of merchant transmission access to NY/NE markets for offshore wind.
Riverbank Power - consideration of revised economic regulatory model for electric storage.
SCANA Energy Marketing - representation before FERC and Georgia PSC in SCANA’s successful capture of a major share of newly unbundled retail gas market in Georgia.
Education
J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, 1976
B.A., University of Virginia, 1969
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Court Admissions
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and District of Columbia Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court Maine
U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
Town Center Village Board Member, Columbia, Maryland (1997-2001)
Board of Directors, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore, Maryland (2011-current)
