Richard has analyzed issues under the Federal Power Act, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, Public Utility Holding Company Act, and various state energy industry restructuring statutes affecting the domestic energy industry.

He received his JD from Stanford Law School, where he served as a lead article editor for the Stanford Environmental Law Journal. Following law school, Richard clerked for Judge Robert Pitman of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Richard received his undergraduate degree in Government, with High Honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.

Richard's representative experience includes:

  • Adjudicatory FERC proceedings involving interconnection rules and transmission cost allocation
  • FERC enforcement proceeding regarding wholesale electric markets and ISO/RTO tariff rules
  • Energy regulatory support regarding transactions involving energy assets
  • Compliance counseling on matters concerning FERC regulations and ISO/RTO tariff rules
  • Generator interconnection issues, including shared facilities agreements
  • Federal energy regulatory compliance with respect to electric generation, transmission and storage assets, including market-based rate issues

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Texas

Education

  • JD, Stanford Law School, 2017
  • BA, University of Texas, 2012