Energy, Telecommunications and Utilities

Rich May has been in entrenched in utility regulation and the development of energy and communications businesses since the enactment of the Public Utility Holding Company Act in the 1930’s. Several of the firm’s founders were executives and regulators in the early days of the electric, gas and telephone utilities. Our commitment continues today in the context of our information and energy driven economy.


During our decades of uninterrupted service to the energy and utilities industries, Rich May helped shape today’s dynamic energy, communication and transportation infrastructure. Currently, we are in the thick of these competitive and innovative industries, working with entrepreneurs and giants alike.


We work with electric generation companies; electric, natural gas, water and municipal utilities; interstate gas pipelines; energy marketing companies; geothermal and wind engineering firms; telecommunications carriers; internet service providers; and competitive local exchange carriers (“CLECs”). We handle:


• Power and Natural Gas Purchase Agreements

• Acquiring, permitting, siting, financing, operating and selling facilities

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Proceedings related to rates, services and regulation before state utility commissions

• Restructuring, ratemaking, rate design and rate unbundling

• Commercial contracts and other transactional matters

• Utility eminent domain proceedings

• Energy and Telecommunications Interconnection Agreements

• Joint Ventures and other use and ownership agreements for telecommunications networks and facilities