Energy Regulatory Department Chair And Partner
CurrentCurrent Chair of the American Bar Association's Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section with over 25 years of experience with energy regulatory and policy matters. Head of Bracewell's Energy Regulatory Department. Represents applicants, including electric transmission and generation owners, in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings, including approval proceedings for major merger and acquisition transactions. Recent work also includes generation and transmission project development focused on utility scale renewable generation and transmission projects to deliver renewable energy to market. Works regularly on electric transmission and wholesale power sales rate matters and has been included in America’s Leading Lawyers for Energy Law by Chambers Global (2014-2020) and Chambers USA (2010-2020) and included in The Legal 500 United States, Energy: Regulatory (2011-2013, 2016-2020). Ms. McCarthy was also selected as one of The American Lawyer's "45 Under 45", a group of the highest performing women of the private bar under the age of 45 (January 2011).