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Denver Office:
6400 S. Fiddlers Green
Circle
Suite 1820
Denver, CO 80111
Tel: 720.200.0676
Fax: 720.200.0679
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Washington DC Office:
The Army and Navy Club Building 1627 I Street,
NW
Suite 850
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202.293.6840
Fax: 202.293.6842
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Issues pertaining to energy development
and transportation are an important part
of the legal landscape in the western
region, and with developing technology
(including fracking and wind power) promise
to remain so into the future.
Steese ♦ Evans ♦ Frankel,
P.C. has represented clients in this arena,
including a client in one of the largest
legal disputes in the natural gas industry.
Matters Firm attorneys have handled include
the following:
- Representing Public
Service Company of Colorado in United
States ex rel. Grynberg v. Alaska
Pipeline Co., et al. In that case
the relator had sued over 300 companies
in the natural gas industry, including
PSCo, alleging that those companies
had under-measured and under-valued
the volume and heating content of
natural gas in order to lessen the
royalty obligations for gas produced
on federal and Indian lands. The relator
sought billions of dollars in damages.
After the case was dismissed on 9(b)
and misjoinder grounds by the district
court for the District of Columbia,
the relator filed individual actions
across the county, which then were
consolidated in federal court in Wyoming
by the MDL panel. Following extensive
discovery, the defendants prevailed
on summary judgment, and that decision
was affirmed by the Tenth Circuit.
The United States Supreme Court denied
certiorari, ending a case that had
been pending in one form or another
for over 12 years.
- Representing Public
Service Company of Colorado in other
cases arising out of production disputes.
The Firm obtained favorable results
for PSCo in each of those matters.
- The Firm's partners
also have been involved in several
high-profile appeals of orders of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Firm lawyers persuaded the D.C. Circuit
to overturn the first FERC order purporting
to replace the board of directors
of an electric utility and litigated
the U.S. Supreme Court case affirming
FERC's unbundled transmission rules.
For more information about
our telecommunications practice, contact
any of the following:
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