Michael Settineri
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Band 2 : Energy & Natural Resources
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Mike is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the energy group. In addition to his legal experience, he has 11 years of project engineering and operations management experience including design and construction of large capital projects. Using that experience, he provides practical advice to clients on a wide range of utility and energy matters, including developing and permitting wind farms, solar farms and gas-fired electric generation plants in Ohio. Mike also has extensive experience litigating matters before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Ohio Power Siting Board, and the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission. In addition to Mike’s regulatory and litigation practice, he regularly advises clients on matters related to the supply of energy services from the competitive market, including generation supply from renewable energy resources and compliance with PUCO regulatory requirements for suppliers. He also advises clients on matters involving the Ohio Building Code and regularly appears before the Ohio Board of Building Appeals.
Work Highlights
Serving as lead trial counsel in a PUCO complaint proceeding on behalf of an industrial manufacturer against an electric utility which resulted in a finding that the utility acted unreasonably and an order in favor of the manufacturer; assisting clients in obtaining approvals from the Ohio Power Siting Board for multiple projects including utility-scale wind, solar and natural gas-fired electric generation projects totaling over 5,500 megawatts of electric generation capacity; successfully arguing before the Supreme Court of Ohio on four separate occasions on behalf of wind farm developers to defend certificates issued by the Ohio Power Siting Board; advising clients on midstream pipeline and natural gas processing projects including permitting and regulatory matters, plant electric service and road use maintenance agreements; successfully representing clients in obtaining PUCO approval of special rate contracts with local electric distribution utilities; and serving as lead counsel for the development of a 22-mile natural gas pipeline project including regulatory approvals.
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Michael Settineri leads the firm's utilities and renewables practice group. He is known for his able handling of PUCO mandates on behalf of a variety of clients including electric utilities, natural gas pipeline owners and renewable project developers. Settineri also acts on behalf of clients at the Ohio Supreme Court.
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"Michael Settineri is very knowledgeable."
"Michael Settineri is a thoughtful and meticulous attorney."
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