Paul M. Flynn

Practice Areas

Electric Energy Regulation

Career

Paul’s professional career has been devoted to electric utility and natural gas regulation and litigation since 1985. For the past fifteen years, his practice has focused on representing independent system operators, regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and investor-owned electric utilities in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the federal courts of appeals. He has extensive experience developing, supporting and obtaining FERC approval of complex tariff rules for regional markets in electric energy, capacity and ancillary services. In particular, he is among the nation’s most experienced advocates on issues concerning wholesale electric capacity markets, having been intimately involved in the development and justification of forward capacity market designs and reforms for the last fifteen years.

Paul has represented applicants or other active parties in a number of evidentiary hearings before FERC, often on issues related to contested transmission revenue requirements. He also has materially contributed to successful settlements of multiple contentious FERC proceedings.

Paul has substantial appellate experience, having argued cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Seventh, and District of Columbia Circuits, and submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court at both the certiorari and merits stages.