Amy S. Koch

Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group, Patton Boggs LLP

Amy S. Koch, chair of the Patton Boggs LLP's Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group, has advised clients on the effect of Federal and State energy regulation on utility industry transactions, on the development, management and operation of utility assets, and on electricity restructuring matters for nearly 25 years. Since joining Patton Boggs LLP in September 2003, she has advised foreign and domestic investors and lenders on Federal and State energy regulatory and transactional matters involving the successful acquisition, debt restructuring and financing of electric generating assets collectively approaching $6 billion in value. This work has involved the development of ownership structures that allow for the trading of equity interests in electric generating facilities without the prior approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), preparation of the FERC and State public utility commission applications necessary to close merger and acquisition transactions, and post-closing FERC compliance matters.

As part of her practice, Ms. Koch also represents public utilities on FERC and RTO/ISO compliance matters, on the development of transmission and interconnection facilities, on the negotiation of wholesale and retail power agreements, and on electricity restructuring market design issues. Ms. Koch has also advised foreign governments and foreign electric utilities on privatization and restructuring options for generating plants and on electricity restructuring issues, including the creation of legally enforceable market rules, and the design of electricity regulatory regimes.