One of the country’s leading representatives of companies grappling with complex federal and state energy regulatory matters, Glenn Benson brings more than 30 years of experience and an uncommon familiarity with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to his role on the BakerHostetler national Energy Industry practice team. He counsels clients across the energy industry on tariff and contract disputes before FERC, regulatory compliance and enforcement and the negotiation of commercial transactions, including physical and virtual power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, pipeline precedent agreements, asset management agreements, electric energy supply agreements, oil and gas purchase and sale agreements, purchase and sale agreements for renewable energy attributes, ground leases for renewable energy projects and EPC contracts.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2016 in the area of energy law, Glenn’s authority on nuanced litigation and complex energy policy issues has led to trusted positions advising and representing electric, gas and oil companies, as well as large consumers of energy, in every geographic region of the U.S. It has also inspired a high-profile caseload: Glenn handled one of the first offshore natural gas pipeline open and nondiscriminatory access disputes before the U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).