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Michael A. Splete
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 1000
505 9th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-2166
USA

Phone: +1 202 776 7842
Fax: +1 202 478 2661
Email: masplete@duanemorris.com

Michael A. Splete practices in the area of energy law with a concentration on matters related to generator interconnection, energy markets and regulation. Mr. Splete has experience in a variety of regulatory topics, including interconnection agreements under Orders 2003 and 2006, and analysis of market power, market-based rates and mergers, holding companies and affiliates by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). He has also advised state commissions on regulatory issues and provided representation in FERC settlement proceedings. Mr. Splete has assisted in drafting and editing proposed state legislation, rulemaking comments, and seminar coursebooks on electricity law and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Splete served as law clerk to Administrative Law Judges Herbert Grossman and Karen Johnson of the FERC. He also served as law clerk to the Honorable James Baker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

Mr. Splete has been certified as an Accredited Professional under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System.

Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia, Mr. Splete is a 2002 graduate, with honors, of George Washington University Law School, where he was executive editor of The Environmental Lawyer, and a graduate of Cornell University.

Areas of Practice

• Energy Law
• Energy Regulation

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• Maryland Bar Association
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Energy Bar Association

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Education

• George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 2002
  - Executive Editor, The Environmental Lawyer
• Cornell University, B.A., 1994

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2007-present
• Powell Goldstein LLP
  - Attorney, 2006-2007
• Law Offices of Scott Hempling, P.C.
  - Attorney, 2005-2006
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  - Law Clerk, The Honorable Herbert Grossman and The Honorable Karen Johnson, 2003-2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
  - Law Clerk, Honorable James E. Baker, 2001-2003

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Public Utility Holding Companies On Notice: New Compliance Requirements in January and February of 2009," Duane Morris Alert, January 7, 2009