Divina Li is an associate in the firm’s Energy Regulatory practice, where she assists clients in a variety of federal regulatory matters related to the electric utility and natural gas industries, including rate cases, enforcement, and compliance matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Her recent experience includes advising merchant transmission project developers in proceedings before FERC, developing electric transmission tariff structures, and assisting in the negotiation of interconnection, transmission service and power sales contracts for renewable energy.
During law school, Divina interned in Commissioner Clements’ office supporting in a variety of matters including transmission cost allocation reform and FERC’s Office of Administrative Litigation supporting FERC Trial Staff in proceedings before administrative law judges. Divina also interned in Exelon’s Department of Federal Regulatory Affairs, researching and monitoring regulations governing Exelon’s generation and transmission portfolios prior to corporate restructuring.
Divina earned her J.D. from The George Washington Law School, where she was the author of the article, Do Grid Operators Dream of Electric Seams? Coordinating Interregional Transmission Stakeholders to Battle Seams and Improve Deliverability, which was published by the George Washington University Journal of Energy & Environmental Law in 2022.
Outside of the firm, her community involvement includes volunteering and mentoring at the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership.