Nate Carrier is an associate in the firm’s Power practice group. Nate uses his experience in state and federal energy regulation to assist clients in a broad array of regulatory and transactional matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Nate was the legal advisor to a commissioner at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). In this role, he advised his commissioner on a wide variety of matters before the ICC, including cost-of-service rate cases, prudence review of utility investments, rider reconciliations, rate design policymaking, transmission certificates of public convenience and necessity, multi-year integrated grid plans and rate plans, and rulemakings for the state’s renewable energy credit program. Nate also clerked for two administrative law judges at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Office of Administrative Law Judges. While at FERC, Nate assisted his judges in conducting settlement conferences and writing orders and initial decisions for matters arising under the Federal Power Act, Natural Gas Act, and Interstate Commerce Act.
