Michael A. Splete [ Associate ]
Duane Morris LLP
505 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-2166
USA
Phone: 202.776.7842
Fax: 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.
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
- Cornell University, B.A., 1994
- Executive Editor, The Environmental Lawyer
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