Rick Drom

Experience

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  Lane & Mittendorf LLP

  Sept 1990 - Dec 1996

  Associate and Senior Attorney

  Represented natural gas production companies and state regulatory commission before FERC in interstate pipeline rate, certificate and Order No. 636 gas restructuring proceedings. Provided extensive advice on natural gas Section 4 cost of service analysis, rate design, natural gas gathering pipeline jurisdiction and rate issues, DOE import/export applications, royalty obligations, gas contracts and Section 311 intrastate pipeline transactions.

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  PJM Interconnection LLC

  Jan 1997 - May 2002

  Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary

  Served as Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., first operational regional electricity transmission organization and nation's largest operational wholesales electric marketplace. PJM, one the world's largest centrally-dispatched control areas, was selected by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as "the platform" for U.S. regional transmission organizations.- Hired, managed and mentored staff of 6 in-house attorneys, supervised 8 outside counsel firms; responsible for $5.3 million annual budget.- Responsible for legal strategies involving over 150 FERC proceedings, virtually all of which were resolved as sought by PJM.- Chaired PJM Tariff Advisory Committee meetings that established first successful generation interconnection procedures in U.S., resulting in over 50,000 MW in generation interconnection requests and over $700 million planned transmission expansion facilities; highest rated PJM Committee Chair for 2 years.- Developed FERC-approved internal market monitoring tariff provisions.- Established procedures for protection and maximization of value of $105 million in acquired intellectual property assets.- Corporate Compliance Officer for 430-employee organization; over $2 Billion/year in gross billings.- Coordinated legislative affairs, including federal electricity reliability legislation.- Established Board of Managers protocols, procedures, and documentation.- Served on Board of Directors and as Secretary of PJM Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned, unregulated affiliate of PJM.- Worked closely with PJM Executives to consistently achieve corporate goals. Show less

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  Troutman Sanders LLP

  Sept 2002 - Apr 2004

  Partner

  Represented clients in generation interconnection procedures, regional transmission expansion, and energy market development issues.

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  Powell Goldstein LLP

  Apr 2004 - Jan 2008

  Partner

  Responsible for the development of comprehensive Energy Market Rules for the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. ("Midwest ISO"). Provided regional transmission organization advice, including:- development and implementation of innovative resource adequacy tariff requirements- development of demand response resource requirements, for both economic and emergency reliability purposes- development of Real Time and Day-Ahead Energy Markets- advice on Financial Transmission Rights ("FTRs")- independent market monitoring and mitigation protocols - generation/load/transmission interconnection procedures- transmission service priorities and transactions- regional planning protocols for reliability and economic Network - Upgrades to the wholesale transmission system- blackstart/system restoration ancillary services- reactive power/operating reserve service- marginal transmission loss calculation and surplus allocation- remedies to incorporate grandfathered transmission service into marketplace- station power and light protocols- system support resources- regional reliability joint operating agreements+ Represented large energy consumers in state retail rate matters and in the negotiation of long-term contracts for electric and natural gas service + Provided advice regarding oil and gas developmental lease terms+ Provided advice on FERC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Competitive Wholesale Energy Markets+ Represented international chemical company in an oil pipeline dispute regarding restrictive transportation terms and conditions+ Represented a paper plant regarding the acquisition of a PURPA cogeneration steam sales agreement+ Provided advice regarding an ethanol fuel supply agreement+ Provided advice regarding power purchase agreements for wind turbine projects in Kenya Show less

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  Andrews Kurth LLP

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2014

  Partner

  + Obtained favorable FERC precedent for a provider of demand response services in wholesale markets that it would not be a FERC public utility as long as it made no sales of electricity for resale+ Obtained the first Declaratory Order from FERC that large energy storage devices could qualify as jurisdictional wholesale transmission facilities and be entitled to favorable incentive transmission rates+ Successfully represented a nation-wide demand response provider in a non-public Office of Enforcement FERC inquiry+ Prepared Qualifying Facility re-certification applications for cogeneration facilities and small power production facilities+ Represented Wall Street financial institution in FERC matters Show less

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  Bingham McCutchen LLP/Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Partner

  Effective 9/17/14, I joined Bingham McCutchen LLP as a D.C. Partner in the Transactional Finance Group. I am looking forward to being able to leverage my extensive natural gas and electricity regulatory experience to assist a wider range of clients. On 11/24/14, Bingham McCutchen joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and I became a contract partner there.

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  Eckert Seamans

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2020

  Member
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  Richard A. Drom, LLC

  Jun 2020 - now

  Attorney At Law