Dewey & LeBoeuf

Elias G. Farrah

Partner

Mr. Farrah represents electric utilities and natural gas companies. His work in these areas includes regulatory and transactional issues, and he regularly represents his clients before state and federal agencies and courts. Mr. Farrah spent five years in the Office of General Counsel at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he held various trial and supervisory positions, including acting assistant general counsel for NGPA matters and assistant deputy general counsel in charge of litigation.

Mr. Farrah joined the firm in 1982 and has been a partner since 1988. His practice is nationwide in scope and includes representation of all segments of the gas and electric industries with respect to a broad range of regulatory and other legal issues. Mr. Farrah has acted as outside general counsel to an interstate gas-pipeline company; group counsel for a consortium of local gas-distribution companies; and group counsel to a consortium of electric generation companies. In addition, Mr. Farrah represented all of the transmission owners in the state of New York with respect to the creation of the NYISO and continues to represent them before the FERC with regard to all NYISO-related matters. Mr. Farrah also represents other transmission owners; generators with respect to ISO matters including transmission; energy- and capacity- pricing issues in various other ISO regions around the country. Finally, Mr. Farrah represents clients, including financial institutions and other investors, on transactions related to the acquisition or development of energy projects. Mr. Farrah is a frequent panelist and lecturer at conferences and seminars and also authors articles on energy topics.

Selected Activities

Member, Energy Bar Association
Director, Northeast Chapter of Energy Bar Association
Lecturer at conferences and seminars with regard to electric power and natural-gas matters

Publications

Co-author: "The Facilitation Of Nonincumbent Transmission Projects," Law360 (May 2010).
"FERCs Agenda." Association Highlights (quarterly column).
Co-author: "Global Legal Group: Questions for the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Gas Regulation 2008," (January 2008).
Co-author: "The Transition to Mandatory Reliability Standards," ATLP Highlights (October 2007).
Co-author: "FERC Is Serious About Enforcing Its Rules and Regulations—Are Companies Ready?" ATLP Highlights, (September to October 2007).
Co-author: "FERC Proposes New Transparency Rules for Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines," ATLP Highlights (July to August 2007).
Co-author: "Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform," ATLP Highlights (July 2007).
Co-author: "The New Era in Transmission Infrastructure Investment Incentives," ATLP Highlights (May 2007).
Co-author: "Update: Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform," ATLP Highlights (April 2007).
Co-author: "FERC's Order No. 890: Open Access Transmission Tariff Reform," ATLP Highlights (February 2007).
Co-author: "Natural Gas, Changing Roles in the Natural Gas Industry," Vol. 2, No. 4 (November, 1985).