About Jenna
Jenna McGrath: Experienced Energy Regulatory Attorney in Washington, DC
Ms. Jenna McGrath is a seasoned energy regulatory attorney with extensive experience advising clients on complex legal matters related to electric generation and transmission projects.
Practice Areas
- Energy Law
- Transactional Work
- Litigation Work
Awards & Recognitions
- Recognized in Energy Law since 2021 by Best Attorney USA.
Educations and Credentials
Universities: None provided.
Education: No additional educational details provided.
Bar Admissions: No bar admissions listed.
Awards & Recognitions: Noted as Recognized in Energy Law since 2021 by Best Attorney USA.
Firms
- Milbank LLP - Current Firm.
Affiliations
- Milbank, LLP – Affiliated with the Milbank firm in Washington D.C., where she currently practices as an attorney specializing in energy regulatory matters.
Languages
No languages provided for Ms. McGrath.
Location
Mrs. McGrath is based in Washington, D.C., United States.
Key Achievements and Representations:
- Advising on regulatory matters for many of the most significant power-related transactions (solar, wind, storage, hydro and conventional) in the US.
- Several retail utilities in FERC, public utility commission, and state court proceedings involving long-term wholesale power purchase arrangements.
- A Mexican industrial automotive manufacturer in securing Department of Energy Import/Export authorizations to transact as a power marketer in ERCOT, and in negotiating related agreements.
- Caithness Energy in the sale of 845 MW Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm.
- GlidePath Development and GlidePath Power Solutions in a broad range of electric storage and renewable generation matters, including the first cost-based reactive power rate proceeding for a lithium-ion electric storage resource at FERC.
- GridLiance Heartland LLC on FERC matters associated with its entry into the Midcontinent Independent System Operator market as a transmission-only utility.
- GridLiance West LLC in FERC proceedings and transactional matters associated with its $200-million strategic acquisition of high-voltage transmission assets and entry into the California Independent System Operator market as a transmission-only utility.
- Several wholesale transmission-owning utilities in RTO/ISO integration proceedings, including contested settlement and litigation.
- Merchant transmission owner Cross-Sound Cable Company in ISO-NE stakeholder and FERC proceedings for cost-of-service recovery of cybersecurity investments.
- Colony Capital in its partnership with Vantage Data Centers valued at $3.5 billion, including diligence and transactional support on complex transaction structure for investments in hyperscale data center operations in California, Washington State, and Québec.
- GIP Partners in its acquisition of a majority interest in Hawaii’s largest data center operator (DR Fortress) and in its $1.7 billion acquisition of ViaWest., including diligence and transactional support for data center acquisitions.
