Andrew Kaplan focuses his practice on providers of energy storage, demand response, ancillary services, and electricity and gas transmission and supply, both in the wholesale and retail markets. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Independent System Operators/Regional Transmission Operators (NYISO, ISO-NE, PJM, Midcontinent ISO, California ISO, SPP and ERCOT), and many state public utility commissions. Andrew has won significant rulings before FERC that helped to pave the way for growth among leaders in the energy storage industry.
With more than 25 years of energy law experience, Andrew acts as a strategic advisor to companies seeking private equity, venture capital, and government loans, and provides legal and business guidance to help obtain key U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loans, state grants, and incentive tax credits/production tax credits for renewable projects. He also helps facilitate the approval process for federal, state, and local permits, assuring compliance with state siting and grid interconnection requirements.
Andrew’s unique experience as both a private practice attorney and as general counsel and chief of staff with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy (now the Department of Public Utilities) provides significant value to his clients, by offering them a deep understanding of the regulatory process and how regulators are likely to rule on particular issues. Given this background, Andrew is often asked to advise regulatory commissions globally on issues pertaining to electric deregulation and the maintenance of power quality criteria.
Professional Activities
- Energy Storage Association
- New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners
- National Association of Regulatory Commissioners; Committees on Law, Electricity and Natural Gas
- Boston Bar Association Telecommunications and Energy Committee
- American Bar Association Committee on Administrative Law
- Vice Chair, City Year Legal Community Leadership Committee for City Year's annual Boston's Legal Community Breakfast
More Legal and Business Bylines From Andrew O. Kaplan
- James Danly Nomination for FERC Commissioner Returned to White House for Renomination - (Posted On Monday, January 06, 2020)
- FERC General Counsel James Danly Nominated FERC Commissioner - (Posted On Tuesday, October 01, 2019)
- Maine Sets Aggressive New RPS; Will Award Long-Term Contracts for Eligible Resources by Competitive Solicitation - (Posted On Friday, June 28, 2019)
- Massachusetts DPU to Review Interconnection Procedures for Distributed Generation Resources - (Posted On Friday, May 24, 2019)
- DOER Announces Public Hearings on RPS Class I & II Rulemaking - (Posted On Tuesday, May 07, 2019)
- Massachusetts DOER Issues Draft Proposal On Clean Peak Standard; Seeks Comments by April 12 - (Posted On Monday, April 08, 2019)
- FERC Approves ISO-NE Market Design Changes for Battery Storage Resources - (Posted On Wednesday, February 27, 2019)
- FERC Reforms Generator Interconnection Procedures to Accommodate Energy Storage - (Posted On Monday, February 25, 2019)
Pierce Atwood LLP has been named a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of environmental law by the National Law Review. 2022 saw the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which provided substantial resources for many sectors of the US economy, and specifically green energy initiatives. Attorneys Kris J. Eimicke, Merrill Kramer, James M. Avery, Andrew O. Kaplan, and Sarah B. Tracy provided key insights into how this legislation will affect the renewable energy industry going forward, including investment tax credits, environmental justice concerns, energy community bonuses, and more.