Taylor is an energy lawyer who focuses on advising and litigating for utility customers, independent power producers and special interest groups. He also maintains a state, federal, and administrative litigation practice — often when there is a public policy consideration.

You can find Taylor where energy infrastructure is being built or used. He is regularly hired by independent power producers for guidance and support on project development and acquisition, locally and in deregulated markets. For these clients, Taylor has performed market analysis, conducted state and federal regulatory compliance and litigated interconnection and pro-development issues before state and federal regulators.

Taylor is passionate about developing distributed energy resources for large load utility customers. For these clients, Taylor has developed state interconnection procedures, litigated net metering and PURPA claims before state and federal regulators, avoided unnecessary regulatory requirements through waivers, and served as regulatory counsel for national microgrid projects.

Taylor is also well versed in utility planning, appearing in planning proceedings on behalf of utility customers and special interest groups. Following an eight-day trial, he achieved rejection of a utility’s first fully litigated resource planning proceeding on behalf of his client.

Taylor is a frequent contributor to the public dialogue on clean energy and was cited in filings with the U.S. Supreme Court related to voluntary cleanup of brownfields.

Litigation

For almost two decades, Taylor has defended businesses against a variety of claims, including allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation and discrimination, as well as violations of fair housing, wage-and-hour, immigration and consumer protection laws. His successful representations include trying an employment case to jury verdict in federal court and arguing for an employer in a federal court of appeal.