Throughout his over 40 years of experience in energy regulation, compliance, and transactions. beginning in the Office of General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and continuing for more than 23 years at a large Texas-based law firm and now at Pierce Atwood, Randy Rich always strives to form close personal bonds with clients as well as trusting relationships with both regulators and his colleagues in the energy bar. He gains an intimate understanding of the business and legal needs of clients by working for extended periods in their offices, hand-in-hand with in-house counsel. Randy guides clients through the rapidly changing regulation of the natural gas industry at the federal and state level, providing sophisticated counseling and representation in contested proceedings, multi-party settlements, applications, rulemakings and enforcement investigationsSpecialties: FERC, Natural Gas Regulation, Natural Gas Contracts, Natural Gas Transactions, Interstate Pipelines, Intrastate Pipelines, Natural Gas Marketers and Traders, Natural Gas Producers, Local Distribution Companies (LDCs), Pipeline Rates, Settlements, Tariffs, Certificates, Abandonment,FERC Enforcement and Compliance, Natural Gas Gathering/Processing, Natural Gas Transportation, Capacity Release, Open Seasons,Oil Pipeline Regulation, State Public Utility Regulation, Retail Access, Customer Choice Programs, Presidential Permits, Waivers and Exceptions to Regulation