Winston P. Skinner

Counsels sponsors, investors and lenders on Texas energy regulatory issues in various transactions involving solar, wind, and thermal generating facilities; battery energy storage systems; electric transmission and distribution facilities; natural gas local distribution companies; natural gas transmission pipelines; water pipelines; carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines; and oil pipelines

Counsels energy infrastructure clients on the latest legislative and regulatory developments, including bill and rule drafting, involving the Texas Legislature, the PUCT, the RCT, and ERCOT

Represents applicants to the Texas Energy Fund for low-interest loans to develop additional natural gas-fired electric generation facilities throughout Texas

(PUCT) — Co-lead counsel before the PUCT and State Office of Administrative Hearings for various electric utilities’ applications for certificates of convenience and necessity (CCN) for numerous 345 and 138 kilovolt electric transmission lines throughout Texas

(RCT) – Lead counsel before the RCT in gas utility’s application for securitization recovery of extraordinary gas costs related to Winter Storm Uri event

(RCT) – Co-lead counsel for multiple gas transmission pipelines and local distribution companies in base rate proceedings

(ERCOT/PUCT) – Counseled private equity investor in transaction and regulatory registrations associated with purchasing gas-fired generation assets

(NERC/TRE) – Advises electric utilities on NERC compliance issues, including compliance audits by, and self-reports and self-logs submitted to, TRE

(PUCT) — Represents electric utility clients in various CCN, rulemaking, complaint, and rate proceedings

(Regulatory Commission of Alaska) — Trial counsel for gas utility in base rate proceeding 

(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) — Represented various natural gas pipelines in Section 311 rate proceedings