Malcolm’s practice focuses on the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy and regulated businesses. Malcolm has an intricate knowledge of the technical, legal, and business considerations facing electric utilities. He regularly advises on Open Access Transmission Tariff and business practice compliance issues, reliability standards, standards of conduct, market behavior rules, interlocking director rules, electronic quarterly reporting, and accounting rules. He has significant experience with developing comprehensive energy compliance programs; counseling on rulemakings; defending enforcement actions and investigations; performing due diligence; administrative appeals; and complex, international, and multi-party agreements. Malcolm thrives on bringing divergent interests together to do what has never been done before.
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- Electric Reliability Update - April 4, 2017: NERC Petitions FERC for Approval of Proposed Emergency Operations Reliability Standards; NERC Hosts Reliability Leadership Summit; Texas RE Releases 2016 Annual Report - (Posted On Tuesday, April 04, 2017)
- Electric Reliability Update - March 17, 2017: FERC Approves Retirement of WECC Regional Standard on System Operating Limits; FERC Approves Amendments to FRCC Regional Reliability Manual - (Posted On Friday, March 17, 2017)
- Electric Reliability Update - March 1, 2017: NERC Submits Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program Annual Report; NERC Files Comments on Electric Storage Participation in Organized Markets - (Posted On Thursday, March 02, 2017)
- Electric Reliability Update - February 16, 2017: FERC Issues Order on CAISO BAL-003-1.1 Compliance; NERC Withdraws Petition for Approval of Interpretation of Disturbance Control Performance Reliability Standard - (Posted On Thursday, February 16, 2017)
- FERC, Geomagnetic Disturbance Events Standard, Remedial Action Schemes: Electric Reliability Update - January 30, 2017 - (Posted On Monday, January 30, 2017)
- Electric Reliability Update - January 13, 2017: FERC Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts; FERC Approves Revisions to Violation Risk Factors; NERC Releases 2016 Long-Term Reliability Assessment - (Posted On Friday, January 13, 2017)
- FERC Reliability Primer, FAST Act Final Rule, NERC Procedure Rules: Electric Reliability Update - December 22, 2016 - (Posted On Thursday, December 22, 2016)
- Electric Reliability Update - December 6, 2016: FERC Releases 2016 Report on Enforcement; FERC Adopts FAST Act Provisions on Critical Infrastructure Information; NERC Petitions FERC on Interpretation of “Shared BES Cyber Systems” Term - (Posted On Tuesday, December 06, 2016)
- Electric Reliability Update - November 14, 2016: FERC Accepts Revised Communications Standard; FERC Accepts NERC Revisions to Rules of Procedure; NERC and WECC Submit Petition for Approval of Interpretation of BAL-002-WECC-2; CIP and IRO Standards - (Posted On Monday, November 14, 2016)
- Electric Reliability Update-October 28, 2016: FERC Approves NERC 2017 Business Plans and Budgets; Annual Grid Security Conference Highlights Best Practices; DHS Officials Warn Utilities of Potential Cyberthreat - (Posted On Friday, October 28, 2016)