Jane Rueger Partner

Leveraging her extensive experience in energy policy, regulation, and markets, Jane guides clients through investments, developments, and acquisitions in electric infrastructure amid fast-paced industry evolution.

Jane Rueger helps clients negotiate power purchase agreements (virtual and physical), gas purchase and sale agreements, mergers and acquisitions transactions, project financings, and interconnection agreements. She also counsels market participants on creative solutions to participation in complex regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) markets across the United States.

Jane helps clients advance their energy policy goals at both federal and state levels in areas such as transmission planning, grid interconnection, and adoption of policies favoring technologies aimed at decarbonization. She is a trusted advisor to energy market participants in all aspects of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulation, including obtaining and maintaining market-based rate authority, obtaining prior authorization for mergers and acquisitions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), NERC reliability standards compliance, and tariff administration and compliance. She also is well-versed in FERC litigation matters and settlements involving electric or gas pipeline rates and RTO/ISO market structures. She represents clients in nonpublic investigations into alleged violations under FERC’s market manipulation rules, the FPA, the Natural Gas Act, and the Natural Gas Policy Act.

In addition to her practice, Jane has been an active member of the Energy Bar Association for many years, including as its president. She also serves as an adjunct professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University School of Law. Jane maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes representing the SolarApp+ Foundation.