Karen Bruni

Karen Bruni focuses her energy practice on the regulation of electric and natural gas utilities by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). She has successfully worked on complex regulatory, enforcement, and compliance matters related to transmission and interconnection issues, tariff compliance, utility mergers and asset acquisitions, cost-of-service ratemaking, rate design, and cost allocation. Additionally, she has counseled electric utilities before federal courts in litigations related to enforcement and antitrust matters.

Since the start of her legal career, Karen has been an active member of the Energy Bar Association (EBA). She currently serves on the EBA Board of Directors and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal and chaired EBA’s Compliance & Enforcement Steering Committee.

Before entering private practice with Steptoe, Karen served as a legal fellow for the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Additionally, she worked on energy market issues in both for-profit and nonprofit settings, including at The Brattle Group, and with US businesses on investment opportunities for Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Karen is also committed to Steptoe's pro bono efforts and especially dedicated to helping kids in the Washington, DC area. Karen serves on the Advisory Board of Children's Law Center (CLC) and through her work with CLC provides advocacy to ensure that DC's kids have a stable family, good health, and quality education.