David B. Raskin

Partner

• draskin@steptoe.com
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• Washington Office

Dave Raskin is a partner at the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he practices in the electric power industry.  He has represented electric clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for 30 years in cases involving mergers and acquisitions, generation and transmission projects, industry restructuring, wholesale electric and transmission service pricing, transmission access, wholesale market rules in organized (RTO) markets and elsewhere, contract disputes, fuel procurement practices, antitrust issues, and stranded investment.  Mr. Raskin regularly advises clients on compliance matters relating to FERC rules and regulations.  He has been lead trial counsel in dozens of FERC proceedings.

Mr. Raskin has also negotiated and helped structure numerous complex bulk power and transmission service transactions and joint projects to construct and operate transmission lines and generating facilities.  He regularly advises clients on the regulatory and commercial aspects of transactions involving the sale and delivery of electric power and on issues associated with the restructuring of the electric utility industry.  Mr. Raskin has also represented clients in proceedings before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning the licensing and operation of nuclear power plants.

Mr. Raskin recently has been advising clients with respect to investments in major new transmission projects and has been counsel to the developers of several prominent projects involving cutting edge issues.  He has provided advice on spinning-off, selling and purchasing transmission assets, and the relationship between different forms of transmission ownership and operation.  Mr. Raskin also has worked extensively in negotiating power purchase contracts for utilities that have divested some or all of their generating assets.   

Mr. Raskin is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry forums and is a former Notes Editor of the Energy Law Journal.

Noteworthy

• Named in Chambers Global 2008-2011: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading attorney in Energy: Electricity; Regulatory & Litigation (US)
• Listed in Band 1 for Chambers USA 2009, 2010, & 2011: America’s Leading Business Lawyers; Energy: Electricity, Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)  
• Ranked in Legal 500 US 2008-2011 for Energy: Transaction and Regulatory
• Ranked in Legal 500 US 2008-2011 for Energy: Litigation 
• Listed in Washington, DC Super Lawyers 2007-2010 for Energy & Natural Resources
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2006-2012 for Energy and Natural Resources Law
• Executive Committee, Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, one of the nation’s preeminent organizations providing independent housing opportunities for disabled citizens.

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Receives 67 Individual Mentions from Best Lawyers
• The Energy Daily Covers Steptoe’s Analysis of FERC Transmission Rule
• Inside EPA’s Clean Energy Report Interviews David Raskin on Tres Amigas Superstation
• Inside EPA’s Clean Energy Report Interviews David Raskin on New FERC Rules
• Energy Risk Quotes David Raskin on New FERC Rule
• AOL Energy Interviews David Raskin on Tres Amigas Superstation

Selected Publications

• Analysis of FERC Order No. 1000
  August 3, 2011
• Grid Can't Keep Up with Energy Mandate
  October 25, 2010, National Law Journal

Professional Affiliations

• Committee Vice Chair for the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Energy Infrastructure Committee