Areas of Practice
- Electricity
- Compliance, Audits & Enforcement
- FERC Regulation & Policy Development
- Litigation & Appellate Review
- Project Development & Permitting
- Environment
- Litigation & Appellate Review
- Project Development & Permitting
- Hydropower
- Public Lands & Natural Resources
Industries
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Washington College of Law, American University, 1978
- B.A., Bucknell University, 1975
Bar and Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- United States District Court, District of Columbia
- United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
- United States Court of International Trade
- Supreme Court of the United States
For This Professional
Gary D. Bachman
Member
Seventh Floor
Washington DC 20007
TEL: 202.298.1880
FAX: 202.338.2416
gdb@vnf.com
Gary Bachman specializes in an administrative, legislative, and litigation practice, with special focus on the electric utility industry and their issues, from rate regulation to hydroelectric, natural resources and environmental issues. His practice involves counseling clients on the full range of electric utility regulation and transmission issues, as well as the transactional, regulatory and environmental issues encountered in project financing, siting, permitting and construction.
Mr. Bachman currently is active in the electric utility industry restructuring debate that was given new impetus by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and is being driven by both state initiatives and initiatives of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He represents clients in an array of utility merger proceedings, open access rulemakings, transmission access requests and open access tariff proceedings, all of which are designed to restructure the electric marketplace and introduce competitive forces as a substitute for regulatory control.
Professional and Civic Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Energy Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
- Energy in the Southwest, June 12, 2008