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Paul E. Nordstrom is a partner in the Energy Group of our Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Nordstrom represents a wide variety of clients in the electric power industry in regulatory and power supply matters. He is active both in developing power markets and traditional regulatory structures and has expertise regarding wholesale and retail rate and cost allocation proceedings, regional transmission organizations, competitive market volatility, open transmission access, market power and multi-jurisdictional resource issues. Mr. Nordstrom also specializes in representing IPP developers, equity owners and other investors in issues pertaining to QF and EWG status, avoided cost and market-based rates, generator interconnection and contract buyouts. Mr. Nordstrom is a past President of the Energy Bar Association. Prior to joining Sullivan & Worcester, Mr. Nordstrom was a member of the Energy Group at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand. Representative Client Work Long-standing member of team representing southern city in wide-ranging federal, state and local electric and gas regulatory matters which have produced consumer savings of hundreds of millions of dollars; is heavily involved at present in the regulatory aspects of utility reconstruction and rate recovery in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina Successfully represented numerous QF owners in obtaining QF certification, receiving waivers of FERC s QF operating and efficiency standards and repelling utility efforts to revoke QF status and overturn avoided cost contracts Litigated utility challenge to high-priced forward contracts entered into during height of California electricity crisis Represented major utility system in negotiation of comprehensive retail restructuring settlement in Pennsylvania, one of the first states to permit widespread competitive access and customer choice Bar & Court Admissions District of Columbia, 1982 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Publications "Fiber Optics, Electric Utilities and the Information Superhighway The Community's Role," (co-author) The Electricity Journal (February 1994) Awards & Honors Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2007, 2008) Professional & Civic Activities Past President, Treasurer and Board Member, Energy Bar Association, Founding President and current Board Member, Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association Former Chair, Energy Committee, Section on Administrative Law, American Bar Association Past Board Member, Foundation of the Energy Law Journal Education J.D., New York University School of Law, 1981 B.A., cum laude, Middlebury College, 1978 | 