Nicholas A. Giannasca

For more than three decades, Nicholas A. Giannasca has counseled clients through transformative changes in the electric industry, including generation divestiture, independent power generation, open-access competition in transmission, and retail access. Today, his practice reflects the continuing evolution of the electric sector in areas of distributed generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, demand response and renewable energy, portfolio standards, and cyber/security. He advises commercial and industrial customers, project developers, financial institutions, and generation and transmission utilities.

Nicholas' practice entails transactional, regulatory, and administrative litigation matters before FERC, NERC, state agencies, and a variety of RTOs/ISOs, including transmission, interconnections, and energy product markets in PJM and NYISO. He assists clients in drafting and negotiating a comprehensive range of electric industry contracts, including projects development documentation, while helping clients secure energy regulatory approvals for transactions and maintain compliance programs. When needed, he has defended clients before regulatory agencies in enforcement matters.

At the firm, Nicholas is a member of the DEI Committee for the Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources practice group, the DEI Client Engagement Committee, and the Corporate Transparency Act Taskforce. Nicholas is highly active in pro bono matters, including his service as a member of the Board of Advisors of Powwater Corp., a company providing clean water solutions to communities in Africa.