skip to main content
Phyllis J. Kessler
x
x

Phyllis is an energy attorney whose practice is focused on transactions involving distributed energy supply, including the provision of electricity and gas through renewable energy technologies and energy project development. She has broad expertise in the drafting and negotiation of power purchase agreements (PPAs), energy supply agreements (ESAs), EPC agreements and related corporate agreements and has significant experience in energy regulation and regulatory proceedings at the state, federal and regional transmission organization (RTO) levels.

Phyllis assists clients on energy projects involving solar, wind, microgrid, fuel cell, geothermal, energy storage, cogeneration, biofuel-generation, interconnection and line extension. She also provides guidance on power and gas marketing, and other issues related to deregulated energy markets, as well as submetering, energy efficiency, and rate design. Her clients have included project developers, financial institutions and large consumers of regulated and unregulated energy services (such as industrial, commercial, data center, multifamily housing, non-profit, university and hospital customers), marketers of competitively sourced electricity and gas and power authorities. She has appeared on behalf of such clients in federal and state court energy litigation matters and in regulatory proceedings in various states.

In addition, Phyllis represents clients of energy facilities involved in the Independent System Operator (ISO) process. She formerly represented a retail marketer of electricity, the first urban electric cooperative, on several New York ISO Committees, including influencing development of rules related to interconnection, ICAP, creditworthiness, operational issues and demand response. Throughout her career, Phyllis has negotiated gas and electric power contracts for commercial and industrial clients in locations including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, California, Washington, DC and Ohio. She has conducted numerous regulatory proceedings with Con Edison, Public Service Electric & Gas and other utilities.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1972
  • New York, 1975
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1972
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2003
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2003
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1972

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 1972
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., 1969

  • New Jersey State Bar Association; Corporate Sustainability, Cleantech, and Climate Change Special Committee; Public Utility Law Section (past Chair)
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Energy Committee
  • Association of Energy Engineers New York Chapter; Board Member Emeritus
  • Energy One Solutions Advisory Board Member

Of Interest