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- John K. Habib | Keegan Werlin LLP
Mr. Habib has represented electric utilities in proceedings before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding the Massachusetts 2021 Climate Act, the 2008 Green Communities Act and related laws, including proceedings governing the procurement of long-term clean energy, utility and third-party storage, solar incentives, smart grid investments, energy efficiency and the interconnection of distributed generation. Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Government Relations & Lobbying John K. Habib (Jack) is a partner in Keegan Werlin LLP's energy and regulatory and governmental relations practices, specializing in clean energy and public utility law, as well as governmental advocacy. He represents a number of electric and gas utilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on issues concerning clean energy, interconnection, rates, energy efficiency, and energy procurement. John K. Habib Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jhabib@keeganwerlin.com ● Public Utility Law ● Energy Law ● Administrative Law ● Government Relations & Lobbying Bar Admissions Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Habib has represented electric utilities in proceedings before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding the Massachusetts 2021 Climate Act, the 2008 Green Communities Act and related laws, including proceedings governing the procurement of long-term clean energy, utility and third-party storage, solar incentives, smart grid investments, energy efficiency and the interconnection of distributed generation. He has also represented electric utilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island supporting groundbreaking programs to promote the adoption of electric vehicles through the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Mr. Habib has represented gas utilities in proceedings before the MA D.P.U. regarding gas system enhancement plans, gas procurement and related issues. Most recently, Mr. Habib has represented the Massachusetts gas utilities, Mr. Habib has represented the Massachusetts gas utilities in D.P.U. 20-80, addressing the gas utilities' net zero enablement plans to meet the Commonwealth's 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets. Mr. Habib also counsels electric utilities in proceedings relating to the implementation of the Massachusetts Electric Restructuring Act of 1997, including proceedings governing the divestiture of generation facilities and purchase power agreements, implementation of default service policy and service quality. Mr. Habib has also appeared in appellate proceedings before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on issues concerning administrative and regulatory law. Before joining Keegan Werlin in 1998, Mr. Habib was an attorney at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He was also General Counsel to Massachusetts State Senator John D. O'Brien from 1993 to 1997, during which time he authored legislation on behalf of the Joint Special Committee on Electric Utility Restructuring. Education Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 1993 Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, B.S. Political Science, magna cum laude, 1990 Awards: Dean's List Members and Associations Massachusetts Bar Association Boston Bar Association
- David S. Rosenzweig | Keegan Werlin LLP
David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. Energy, Contract, Regulatory, & Administrative Law David S. Rosenzweig is Executive Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Energy Siting & Permitting Practice, representing clients before state regulatory agencies, local permitting authorities and the Massachusetts courts. He advises a wide array of electric and gas companies, energy project developers and end users on issues concerning the siting, permitting and licensing of energy facilities, rates, planning, energy procurement and transmission arrangements. David S. Rosenzweig Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: drosen@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law ● Contract Law Bar Admissions U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA U.S. Supreme Court Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Rosenzweig’s siting expertise includes: electric transmission lines (underground, aboveground and underwater); natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities; interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines; natural gas storage facilities; and solar, wind and battery storage renewable energy facilities. He represented the region's first large-scale, offshore wind power project in obtaining its state and local permits, licenses and siting approvals for energy infrastructure facilities from the Energy Facilities Siting Board, the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs pursuant to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, the Department of Environmental Protection and various other state and local agencies, boards and governmental authorities. He has also represented utility companies and project developers in judicial proceedings in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, regarding challenges to permits and approvals initiated by project opponents. Mr. Rosenzweig has also represented the region's electric and natural gas distribution companies on all regulatory matters before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He has negotiated electric and gas supply agreements for large institutional energy users and power sale agreements for wholesale electric generators. He has advised clients in restructurings, buydowns and buyouts of power sale agreements between competitive wholesale generators and electric distribution companies. In addition, he has counseled clients on transmission, power delivery and project interconnection issues concerning the New England Power Pool and the New England Independent System Operator. Mr. Rosenzweig has also performed regulatory and permitting due diligence reviews for asset acquisitions of natural gas, oil and coal-fired electric generating facilities. Before joining the firm in 1990, Mr. Rosenzweig worked at Boston Edison Company for seven years in a variety of legal, financial, rate and planning areas. Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., cum laude, 1988 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, M.B.A., 1982 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, B.S. Management, 1981 Recognitions "Lawyer Of The Year" 2027 Best Lawyers "The Best Lawyers In America" 2007 - 2027 Associations Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association
- Michael J. Koehler | Keegan Werlin LLP
Representative matters have involved rate issues, long-term power purchase agreements for renewable energy, net metering and the siting and permitting of an array of different energy infrastructure facilities, including natural gas generating facilities, renewable energy projects, natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, substations and ancillary equipment. Energy, Environmental, & Administrative Law Michael J. Koehler is a Partner at Keegan Werlin LLP specializing in energy & regulatory, public utility and environmental, municipal and land use law. He represents energy and utility clients before administrative agencies such as the Department of Public Utilities, the Energy Facilities Siting Board and the Cape Cod Commission, as well as various local authorities. Michael J. Koehler Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: mkoehler@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Environmental Law Bar Admissions U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit U.S. District Court District of MA U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit U.S. Supreme Court Massachusetts New Hampshire Mr. Koehler's representative matters have involved rate issues, long-term power purchase agreements for renewable energy, net metering and the siting and permitting of an array of different energy infrastructure facilities, including natural gas generating facilities, renewable energy projects, natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines, substations and ancillary equipment. Mr. Koehler has also represented project developers in judicial proceedings in state and federal courts regarding challenges to permits and approvals initiated by project opponents. Before joining the firm in 2008, Mr. Koehler served as a law clerk for the Justices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Mr. Koehler is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and is an active member of the Boston Bar Association, where he has served as co-chair of the Energy and Telecommunications committee; a member of the BBA’s Environmental Sustainability Task Force; a member of the Education Committee; and a fellow of the BBA’s Public Interest Leadership Program. Mr. Koehler received his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, cum laude, and his Masters in Public Administration from the Sawyer School of Management. At Suffolk, Mr. Koehler served as the Managing Editor of the Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy. He also received a Rappaport Fellowship in Law and Public Policy that enabled him to work for the City of Boston’s Environmental and Energy Services Cabinet. Prior to law school, Mr. Koehler received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from Middlebury College. In addition to his professional pursuits, Mr. Koehler serves in various capacities as an alumni volunteer for Phillips Academy (Andover). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Reading United Soccer Club and the Reading Open Land Trust. Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D./MPA, cum laude, 2007 Middlebury College, B.A. Geography and Environmental Studies, 1999 Awards: Dean's List; Public Service/Leadership Award 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star, 2015 Memberships & Associations Boston Bar Association Northeast Energy and Commerce Association Environmental Business Council – New England Recognitions
- Regulatory Law Services in New England | Keegan Werlin LLP | Lexington MA
Keegan Werlin LLP provides expert regulatory law services, specializing in energy, public utility, and environmental regulation. Based in Lexington, MA, our team offers strategic solutions to businesses across New England, navigating complex government compliance, policy issues, and infrastructure challenges with proven success. Energy & Regulatory Law Overview Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has a thorough understanding of the economic, policy and strategic issues emerging in client industries, particularly in relation to the clean energy future. Members of the practice have extensive backgrounds in public utilities regulation, government and legislative relations and environmental regulation. With over 30 years of experience, the energy and regulatory team is able to provide effective representation on a wide range of energy industry issues. Keegan Werlin actively participates on behalf of clients in state regulatory proceedings involving a broad spectrum of industry issues, with a focus on assisting clients in their core obligations to provide safe and reliable energy service to customers. Our attorneys have represented clients in proceedings before New England regulators in relation to mergers and acquisitions, facility divestitures, complex rate proceedings and establishment of complex performance-based rate mechanisms, service quality performance, storm reviews and grid-modernization proceedings, and long-term contracting for clean energy procurements to name just a few. Our attorneys are thoroughly familiar with the broad range of issues involved in the provision of natural gas and electric delivery service to retail customers, in an era of change. The Clean Energy Future On behalf of energy clients, Keegan Werlin is involved in all aspects of the electric distribution industry, assisting in regulatory matters in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and other states in the region. Today, participants in the energy market have both significant opportunities and historic challenges in planning and providing for the electricity needs of electric customers in the marketplace. Familiarity with the regulatory framework is absolutely necessary to succeed in the region. In the Commonwealth, the impetus for energy-industry change stems from a series of legislative actions taken by the Massachusetts legislature since 2008 to advance clean energy goals and to address climate change concerns through both mitigation and adaption. In 2008, the Massachusetts legislature enacted Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008, An Act Relative To Green Communities (“Green Communities Act”), and An Act Establishing the Global Warming Solutions Act, St. 2008 c. 298, § 7 (”GWSA”). The Green Communities Act established an entirely new construct for energy efficiency program planning, paving the way for the aggressive expansion of demand resources (energy efficiency, demand response and renewable generation). The GWSA put in place a comprehensive policy framework designed to result in marked reductions to greenhouse gas emissions on a designated timeline. Since the enactment of the Green Communities Act and the GWSA, the operating environment for the electric industry has experienced a profound transformation, evolving into a highly dynamic setting characterized by declining electric consumption on a per-customer basis, coupled with intensifying pressure for more reliable electric service, unbounded digital access and the widespread accommodation of distributed energy resources, among other factors. In just the past few years, a shift in focus to future electrification has placed electric utilities at a crossroads where the ability to extract revenue from the system to cover necessary operating costs and capital investment has been declining, while the obligations and demands for performance to meet a range of stakeholder interests is rapidly expanding, anticipating a future with exponentially expanded reliance on the electric grid. Many initiatives are underway to achieve the goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act and GWSA, by promoting the development of the electric-vehicle market and associated charging infrastructure; to expand the use of electric storage; and to enable DER interconnection, as examples. The goals and objectives of the Green Communities Act/GWSA were affirmed by the Baker Administration’s Executive Order No. 569, Establishing an Integrated Climate Change Strategy for the Commonwealth (September 16, 2016) (“Executive Order No. 569”), setting directives for the reduction of greenhouse gases and preparation for the impacts of climate change. On August 11, 2022, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, St. 2022, c. 179. As with other legislative initiatives enacted since the Green Communities Act and GWSA in 2008, this far-reaching legislation provides a strong impetus for achievement of the Commonwealth’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through initiatives relating to offshore wind and solar power, battery storage, electric grid modernization and the electrification of the transportation and building sectors. Mergers & Acquisitions Keegan Werlin attorneys have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving electric and gas companies in the New England region. Keegan Werlin advises clients on regulatory issues associated with mergers and acquisitions and represents clients in agency proceedings to secure the necessary approvals for such transactions. Keegan Werlin attorneys have also been actively involved in the development of merger-related rate plans, including the recovery of acquisition premiums and the development of quality-of-service standards, in order to meet requirements necessary to achieve regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions.
- Jessica Ralston | Keegan Werlin LLP
Ms. Ralston’s representation of utilities includes advocacy on issues related to energy supply, system reliability, and renewable energy. She has rejoined the firm after spending two years as regulatory counsel for Pacific Power where she represented the company before the utility commissions in California, Oregon and Washington on matters related to resource planning and procurement. Administrative, Energy, & Regulatory Law Jessica (Buno) Ralston is a partner at Keegan Werlin LLP, specializing in energy, regulatory and public utility law. Jessica (Buno) Ralston Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jralston@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law Bar Admissions Illinois New York Massachusetts Rhode Island New Hampshire Oregon Ms. Ralston’s representation of utilities includes advocacy on issues related to energy supply, system reliability, and renewable energy. She has rejoined the firm after spending two years as regulatory counsel for Pacific Power where she represented the company before the utility commissions in California, Oregon and Washington on matters related to resource planning and procurement. Prior to joining the Keegan Werlin in 2012, Ms. Ralston was a Hearing Officer at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities overseeing proceedings related to natural gas and renewable energy contracts. Previously, she was an associate at the Steinverzel & Levy Law Group P.C. in White Plains, New York where she practiced environmental law, construction law, and litigation. Ms. Ralston received her Juris Doctor from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University with a Certificate in Environmental Law. While in law school, Ms. Ralston interned with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Prior to law school, Ms. Ralston received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and Psychology from Wellesley College. Ms. Ralston is a co-author of Municipalities and Natural Gas Extraction... What the Frack?, New York Law Journal (2012). Education Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, J.D.,2008, Certificate in Environmental Law Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, B.A. Environmental Studies and Psychology, 2005 Memberships Boston Bar Association
- New England Practice Areas | Energy, Environmental & Regulatory Law | Keegan Werlin LLP
Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has unmatched experience with complex energy, environmental, and utility matters. Based in Lexington, MA, and serving clients across New England, we combine regulatory insight with strategic understanding of financial, policy, and infrastructure challenges. Our team delivers results-driven legal solutions aligned with evolving client goals and industry demands. Practice Areas Energy & Regulatory Law Keegan Werlin’s energy and regulatory team has unparalleled experience dealing with complex energy and regulatory issues. The firm combines regulatory expertise with a thorough understanding of the financial, policy and strategic issues emerging in client industries to provide cost-effective and successful representation of client interests. Members of the practice have extensive backgrounds in regulation and government, including former chairs and commissioners of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, two former general counsels, as well as several former hearing officers. Other attorneys in the firm have worked as in-house counsel to large utility companies, as consumer advocates and as staff to members of the Massachusetts Legislature. The diversity of experience among Keegan Werlin attorneys enables high-quality service to a broad array of clients in the regulatory and energy fields. View More Energy Facilities Siting & Permitting Keegan Werlin's energy facility siting and permitting team has multi-faceted expertise and experience with the siting of critical energy infrastructure. The energy siting and permitting team has many years of experience and substantial knowledge of the engineering, planning, financial, economic, environmental and social justice dimensions of large-scale energy infrastructure projects. With this knowledge, Keegan Werlin is able to assist clients in achieving their objectives on a timely and cost-effective basis, with the best possible outcomes. View More Governmental & Legislative Relations Keegan Werlin provides a wide range of advocacy services to clients for matters involving legislative and local, state and municipal forums. Our attorneys advise clients on Massachusetts laws that regulate business and industry; lobbying, ethics and campaign finance, government procurement and the promulgation of regulations. View More Environmental, Municipal, & Land Use Keegan Werlin provides clients with the highest quality legal representation and services in the area of environmental, municipal and land-use law. These practice areas provide valuable support to resolve challenges in energy infrastructure siting and real estate development and planning. In addition to corporations of all sizes, sole proprietorships and individuals, our clients include boards and departments of municipal corporations as they plan and construct critical infrastructure and public and private development projects. View More
- Ashley S. Marton | Keegan Werlin LLP
Ms. Marton served as Articles Editor for the International Law Journal at Boston University School of Law. Ms. Marton’s note, The Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility Provisions within International Trade Agreements and Export Credit Agencies as a Solution, 35 B.U. INT’L L.J. (2017), was published by the International Law Journal. Energy Law & Public Utilities Ashley S. (Wagner) Marton is an associate in Keegan Werlin LLP’s energy & regulatory practice, specializing in energy and public utility law. Ashley S. Marton Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: amarton@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities Bar Admissions Massachusetts Ms. Marton received her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. After completing her first year of law school, Ms. Marton worked at the Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston, Massachusetts. While attending law school, Ms. Marton worked as a law clerk for Keegan Werlin. Ms. Marton served as Articles Editor for the International Law Journal at Boston University School of Law. Ms. Marton’s note, The Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility Provisions within International Trade Agreements and Export Credit Agencies as a Solution, 35 B.U. INT’L L.J. (2017), was published by the International Law Journal. Ms. Marton received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Latin American Studies from the University of San Francisco. Education University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, B.A., 2013 Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D., 2017
- Matthew Campbell | Keegan Werlin LLP
Matthew (“Matt”) Campbell focuses on energy and administrative law, with particular experience advising clients on complex regulatory and policy matters. He represents regulated entities in proceedings before state agencies, where he assists clients in navigating evolving regulatory frameworks, compliance obligations, and enforcement issues. Energy & Regulatory Law Matthew ("Matt") Campbell focuses on energy and administrative law, with particular experience advising clients on complex regulatory and policy matters. Matthew Campbell Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: mcampbell@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Regulatory Law Bar Admissions Massachusetts New Hampshire Washington, D.C. He represents regulated entities in proceedings before state agencies, where he assists clients in navigating evolving regulatory frameworks, compliance obligations, and enforcement issues. Before joining Keegan Werlin, Matt served as Senior Legal Counsel at Unitil, where he advised leadership on regulatory strategy, compliance, and contract matters across Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Matt also brings significant public-sector insight from his tenure as Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, where he advised the Commission on policy, legislation, and agency operations, and served as a primary liaison to state leadership and industry stakeholders. Earlier in his career, Matt worked extensively in the energy industry in strategic, analytical, and consulting roles, supporting major transactions, privatization efforts, and regulatory filings across the utility sector. Matt earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from New England School of Law, where he served as Technical Editor of the New England Law Review and received multiple academic honors. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is admitted to practice in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. Education New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, J.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, B.A. English
- Boston-Based Legal Leaders in Energy & Infrastructure | Keegan Werlin LLP | New England
Keegan Werlin LLP is a leading New England law firm headquartered in historic Lexington, MA, with decades of experience in energy, environmental, and public utility law. Our dedicated attorneys deliver strategic legal counsel across Massachusetts and the region, aligning with client goals through deep expertise, responsiveness, and a strong understanding of regulatory challenges unique to New England industries. Unrivaled knowledge in regulatory matters. About Our Firm At Keegan Werlin LLP, we specialize in developing creative solutions to the complex challenges our clients encounter in their business environments. Keegan Werlin attorneys are industry leaders in matters regarding energy and regulatory issues, project siting, licensing and permitting, environmental compliance and permitting, land use, government and legislative relations, municipal law and real estate. From start to finish, Keegan Werlin has unrivaled experience and knowledge of energy-related regulatory and policy matters and the project-development and permitting landscape. Our goal is to provide clients with successful results through commitment to client objectives, expertise and responsiveness. We take pride in our ability to understand our client businesses, the environment in which they operate and their priorities for achieving success. We commit to client objectives at all stages of representation and know that there is no success without client success. If you would like to discuss a matter of interest, please contact us today.
- Jonathan A. Goldberg | Keegan Werlin LLP
During his tenure as General Counsel and manager of the DPU's legal division, the DPU issued over 1,500 orders on energy related matters, including complex rate designs, performance-based rate plans, mergers and acquisitions, as well as initiatives to encourage grid modernization for the electric industry, including solar, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, initiatives to encourage development of networked geothermal systems, and initiatives Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Government Relations As the recent former General Counsel to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Mr. Goldberg served as the chief legal and policy advisor for regulating the Commonwealth's invested-owned electric distribution, natural gas, water and steam companies, and oversight of rail transit safety for rail crossings and regional transportation entities, such as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, as well as transportation network companies and other common carriers, including buses, movers, and towing companies. Jonathan A. Goldberg Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: jgoldberg@keeganwerlin.com ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities ● Administrative Law ● Government Relations Bar Admissions Massachusetts During his tenure as General Counsel and manager of the DPU's legal division, the DPU issued over 1,500 orders on energy related matters, including complex rate designs, performance-based rate plans, mergers and acquisitions, as well as initiatives to encourage grid modernization for the electric industry, including solar, energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, initiatives to encourage development of networked geothermal systems, and initiatives to encourage energy optimization through energy efficiency, electrification, and demand response programs. Mr. Goldberg worked with the DPU's Commission to develop innovative capital investment cost recovery frameworks to mitigate barriers to distributed renewable energy development, to integrate environmental justice principles into the DPU's procedural and decision-making processes, and to initiate the process to reform the Commonwealth's approach to regulating natural gas distribution companies while the Commonwealth pursues lower greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Goldberg provides clients an in-depth knowledge regarding the regulation of electric, natural gas and water distribution companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2023 and his tenure as General Counsel at DPU, Mr. Goldberg was an attorney in the Energy Practice Group at Rich May, P.C. from 2015 through 2020. Mr. Goldberg previously served as a hearing officer at the DPU and counsel for the House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. Education Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas, J.D., 2009 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, B.S. Criminal Justice, 2006
- Elizabeth Jameson | Keegan Werlin LLP
Ms. Jameson’s other experience includes working at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Attorney-Advisor to several administrative law judges, counseling on substantive legal and administrative issues in contested adjudicatory proceedings related to regulated electric transmission and natural gas pipeline companies. Administrative, Climate, & Energy Law; Public Utilities; Government Relations Elizabeth Jameson is senior counsel at Keegan Werlin LLP, specializing in energy facilities siting and permitting and government relations. Elizabeth Jameson Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: ejameson@keeganwerlin.com ● Public Utilities ● Energy Law ● Climate Law ● Administrative Law ● Government Relations Bar Admissions Massachusetts Before joining the firm in 2025, Ms. Jameson served as the Director of Climate Policy and Planning at the City of Boston, leading the development of climate policies and counseling senior officials on changes to energy siting and permitting laws and regulations, overseeing consultant work on energy transformation issues, and advocating for legislative changes related to energy affordability, competitive suppliers, and other energy-related issues. Prior to her role with the City of Boston, Ms. Jameson was the Deputy General Counsel for Energy and Climate at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs where she directly advised three different Secretaries on substantive energy- and climate-related legal and regulatory issues, including advising the Secretaries in their capacity as Chair of the Energy Facilities Sitting Board on various energy infrastructure siting cases. Ms. Jameson's other experience includes working at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Attorney-Advisor to several administrative law judges, counseling on substantive legal and administrative issues in contested adjudicatory proceedings related to regulated electric transmission and natural gas pipeline companies. Education Vermont Law and Graduate School Juris Doctor, 2018 Master's in Energy Regulation and Law, 2018 Symposium Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law Advanced Energy Clinician, Institute for Energy and Environment University of Massachusetts, Amherst B.S. Environmental Science, 2015 Memberships Energy Bar Association New England Women in Energy and Environment
- Steven Frias | Keegan Werlin LLP
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frias served as Senior Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission for two years. He then served as Executive Counsel of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board for six years. Public Utility, Energy, & Administrative Law; Telecommunication Steven Frias is an associate at Keegan Werlin LLP. He specializes in public utility, energy and regulatory, telecommunications, and administrative law. Steven Frias Phone: 617-951-1400 Email: sfrias@keeganwerlin.com ● Administrative Law ● Energy Law ● Public Utilities ● Telecommunication Bar Admissions Massachusetts U.S. District Court District of RI Rhode Island Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frias served as Senior Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission for two years. He then served as Executive Counsel of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission and Legal Counsel to the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board for six years. During his employment as Executive Counsel, he authored “Beyond 271 – From an Open Market to a Fully Competitive Market: A Roadmap for State Commissions,” for the NRRI Journal of Applied Regulation. Before entering public service, Mr. Frias served as an associate at Zizik, LaSalle & Power, P.C., specializing in litigation. Since 1999, Mr. Frias has taught Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Rhode Island, a seminar at the Institute for Paralegal Education. Memberships & Associations Rhode Island Bar Association R.I. Representative and Member of the RNC Budget Committee, Republican National Committee 2012 - 2024 Board Member, Cranston Historical Society 2009 - 2017 Contributing Opinion Columnist, Cranston Herald 2012 - 2013, 2019 - 2021 Contributing Opinion Columnist, Providence Journal 2013 - 2016 Commissioner, and President of Cranston City Planning Commission, 2021 - Present Treasurer, R.I. Semiquincentennial (250th) Commission, 2021 - Present Chairman, Cranston Charter Review Commission, 2019 - 2020 Published Works Cranston and Its Mayors: A History, The History Press, Charleston SC, 2011 Beyond 271 - From an Open Market to a Fully Competitive Market, NRRI Journal of Applied Regulation, 1, 2003 Flagrant Disregard for Tradition, Suffolk University Law Review, 30, 1997 Education Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, , J.D., cum laude, 1997 Law Review: Suffolk University Law Review, 1996 - 1997 Awards: Dean’s List 1995-97; Best Case Comment, Law Review Staff Competition, 1996; Semi-Finalist, Clark Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1996; Best Brief Writer, First Year Moot Court Section Competition 1995; Best Oral Advocate, First Year Moot Court Section Competition, 1995 Brown University, Providence, RI, B.A. Political Science and International Relations, 1993 Representative Cases NSTAR Electric Company, D.P.U. 17-05 NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 19-120 NSTAR Gas Company, D.P.U. 20-76 Brookline, Case No. 9752 Classes & Seminars Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Rhode Island, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1999 - Present Recognitions Coolidge Prize for Journalism, 2015
