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Practice/Industry Group Overview
Baker & Daniels' Utility, Energy, and Telecommunications practice is related to the regulation of investor-owned and municipally-owned water, sewer, gas, electric, steam, and telecommunication companies. Firm clients include utilities, large customers, and related trade associations. Baker & Daniels attorneys practice before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ("IURC"), Indiana Department of Environmental Management, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), and Federal and State courts and work with members of Congress and the Indiana Legislature.
Public Drinking Water
The Firm has in-depth experience with the regulation of public drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act. In this area, Baker & Daniels has represented major segments of the United States water utility industry, as well as individual utilities, in matters before the EPA in Washington and reviewing courts.
Telecommunications
In the telecommunications area, Baker & Daniels' practice involves representation of entities providing telecommunication services, as well as customers receiving such services. Since most, but not all, persons or entities providing telecommunications services are "public utilities" under Indiana law, representation in this area involves extensive involvement in proceedings before the IURC, including:
- proceedings for authority to provide telecommunications services;
- proceedings to determine extent of regulation of providers of telecommunication services;
- financing proceedings;
- rulemaking proceedings; and
- proceedings to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Utilities
The Firm's utility practice includes all matters relating to utilities. Its energy practice involves matters related to:
IURC and FERC rate and rulemaking proceedings;
the acquisition, transportation, and use of natural gas, electric, steam, coal, and oil;
the construction and operation of cogeneration facilities, which produce both steam and electricity that is used by the owner of the cogeneration facility or sold to public utilities;
the construction and operation of waste disposal systems, including incinerators which burn solid waste as a fuel to produce electricity and steam;
the enactment of, and compliance with, Federal, State, and local laws governing utility and energy matters; and
the financing of energy facilities.
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