A weekly update on state and federal energy regulatory developments.
Overview
Maddie DeGeorges is an associate in Stoel Rives’ Energy group. Her legal work includes drafting and reviewing electric rate filings as per the Federal Power Act. She advises on compliance and tariff waivers and navigates FERC rules and regulations, focusing on renewable energy project development and transactions. Maddie has experience with complex litigation and enforcement matters at the FERC. Her role reflects a solid understanding of the regulatory framework in the energy sector.
Before joining Stoel Rives, Maddie was an attorney-adviser in the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). While attending law school, she was a law clerk at a prominent law firm and an intern with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Criminal Division, and with the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Maddie was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Education
Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, Remote, IPU Annual Regulatory Studies Program Fundamentals Course, 2021
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 2020, cum laude; Articles Editor, Administrative Law Review
Auburn University, B.A., Political Science/minor: Business, 2015, cum laude
Admissions
Virginia
Not licensed to practice in the District of Columbia
Insights
Insights & Presentations
- “FERC Accepts PJM’s Interconnection Queue Reform” (co-author), Stoel Rives LLP legal alert, November 30, 2022
- “Indecent Disclosure: Has the Department of Justice Provided Sufficient Clarity to Incentivize Corporations to Admit Wrongdoing?” comment, 5 ALR ACCORD 53, 2019