Trombley, Peter I.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Peter Trombley's practice is concentrated on regulatory and transactional issues relating to electricity and natural gas industry restructuring (including wholesale and retail markets), electricity transmission, natural gas and oil pipelines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Peter represents industry leading pipelines, transmission providers, marketers, aggregators, traders, project developers, and industrial and commercial end-use consumers. He advises clients in contractual and settlement negotiations, before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and before several state utility commissions, including those of Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia.

While earning his law degree, Peter served as the manager of regulatory affairs and as an energy coordinator for a major energy services company. In these roles he advocated company interests in all aspects of power system planning, pricing, and operations. His activities focused on federal and state regulatory matters affecting the retail and wholesale energy markets of electricity and natural gas, including supply management, rate analysis, and customer billing. Peter represented the company in dealings with the FERC; the utility commissions of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas; and several independent system operators (ISOs), including the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the PJM Interconnection. He was his company's voting member representative to the PJM Interconnection and actively participated in numerous committees and working groups.

He has been a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal honors society since 1997. Peter is a member of the American Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, and the Energy Bar Association. Prior to joining Jones Day, he practiced energy law with McDermott, Will & Emery in Washington, D.C.

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Energy Projects
• Energy Regulatory
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• AEP negotiates competitive retail access supply contracts in Texas and other states
• Alon USA complies with regulatory requirements for refined oil products pipeline and facilities
• Ameren participates in Illinois Commerce Commission electric power procurement plan proceeding
• BP develops Crown Landing regasification facility on U.S. East Coast
• BP intervenes in FERC proceedings related to LNG import projects
• BP successfully resolves issues in FERC proceedings for Cove Point LNG import terminal
• CenterPoint Energy seeks advice on natural gas transportation regulations and policies
• CenterPoint participates in FERC regulatory process to modify accounting for pipeline assessment costs
• CMS Marketing receives FERC-expedited approval for disposition of regulated assets
• Firm donates 1,586 hours preparing disaster response best practices after Hurricane Katrina , (2006)
• Major energy company undergoes internal investigation into potential FERC regulatory violations , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group complies with regulatory requirements for participation in New Jersey Basic Generation Service Auction
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group complies with regulatory requirements for participation in U.S. electric and natural gas retail access programs
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group complies with regulatory requirements for wholesale power transactions
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group complies with regulatory requirements of physical and financial energy trading activities
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group obtains FERC approval to sell wholesale power at market-based rates
• Morgan Stanley Capital negotiates million-dollar tariff billing dispute with electric transmission provider
• Morgan Stanley negotiates restructuring of District of Columbia energy market

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Texas

Education

• Texas A&M Univ- College Statio
• U of Tulsa

Published Works

• FERC's Enforcement Program—Incremental Updates, 2008
• FERC Revises Its Rules on Critical Energy Infrastructure Information Effective November 2006, 2006

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3770 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com