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Nidhi
Thakar
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Nidhi Thakar is an associate in the firm's Environment, Energy & Resources practice. Ms. Thakar works with power marketers, independent power producers, electric and gas utilities, hydroelectric licensees, onshore and offshore oil and gas producers, and other electric and gas industry participants in transactional matters and contested and uncontested regulatory proceedings before agencies, state commissions, and the federal courts. She represents clients primarily before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Interior, and the Minerals Management Service. Ms. Thakar regularly counsels clients on matters including, wholesale electric and natural gas proceedings, Independent System Operator rules, complaints, rulemakings, regulatory compliance, enforcement matters, and hydroelectric relicensing. She has experience in the permitting of onshore and offshore renewable energy projects.
Additionally, Ms. Thakar provides advice with respect to federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Outer Continental Lands Shelf Act, and Endangered Species Act. She is also actively involved in the firm's Federal Grants and Loans practice and advises clients on obtaining federal assistance for renewable energy projects and clean technologies. She has experience with funding opportunities provided through DOE and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Professional Leadership
- Energy Bar Association, Young Lawyers Committee, 2010 - Present
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie LLP, Law Clerk, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008
- Department of Justice, ENRD, Environmental Enforcement, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 2007
- Miller, Balis & O’Neil, P.C., Washington, D.C., Summer Associate, 2007
- Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, OR, Research Assistant, 2006 - 2007
- Meyer, Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C., Summer Associate, 2006
- FERC – Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, Summer 2006
- Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Washington, D.C., Legislative Aide, 2003 - 2005
- Center for American Politics & Citizenship, College Park, MD, Research Assistant, 2001 - 2003
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- Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, 2008
Lewis & Clark Law Review
- University of Maryland, B.A., Government and Politics, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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