Associate

Mr. James Guest has over 32 years of experience in the electric, natural gas, and oil industries. Mr. Guest began his career in the energy industry in 1974 when he joined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. During Mr. Guest’s tenure at the Commission, he served in various positions of increasing responsibilities, including as the Chief Accountant of the Commission.

Mr. Knight has over 30 years of extensive experience with the natural gas pipeline, oil pipeline, and electric utility industries.  Mr. Knight was actively involved in rate litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission from 1975 to his retirement in 2005.   

Dr. David T. Kresge is founder and CEO of Emerson Global Consulting, LLC (EGC), a company providing strategic risk management consulting services to banks, financial institutions, and other companies extending credit to businesses.  EGC specializes in the design of risk management systems to automate the process of granting credit to businesses and then managing the resulting loan/credit portfolios, using advanced analytical risk rating techniques.  Through EGC, Dr. Kresge provides clients with the content expertise, real‑world experience, and consulting support to design and implement effective state‑of‑the‑art loan management systems.

Mr. Lee has worked in the regulated utility arena since 1977 as a Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) staff member, consultant and a utility manager.  His focus has primarily been on establishing the revenue requirements of regulated utilities.  He has appeared before federal and state regulatory bodies on issues involving electric, natural gas, and water and sewer firms.

Mr. Lucas has over 32 years experience in the natural gas, electric and oil industries.  Mr. Lucas began his career in 1971 at the Federal Power Commission/Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”).  His work primarily involved depreciation studies and later in his career, allocation and rate design studies.  Mr. Lucas testified at FERC in numerous rate proceedings, many of which were precedent setting in the late 70’s with respect to depreciation.  In addition to his work in depreciation and rate design, in natural gas cases, Mr. Lucas has filed testimony on Plant Reclassification, Mileage Based Allocation, Expense related to Transportation for Others, and Storage Comparability Analyses.  Also, Mr. Lucas performed depreciation studies and recommended depreciation rates for FERC Staff’s cost of service studies in electric rate proceedings.  Mr. Lucas presented oil pipeline testimony concerning the proper depreciation rates and the impact of depreciation with respect to changed circumstances of grandfathered rates.  Mr. Lucas testified on “megawatt laundering” in one of three proceedings initiated by FERC to investigate instances of possible misconduct by companies doing business with Enron Power Marketing, Inc.

Mr. Niehaus has over 27 years of experience in the energy industry primarily in the areas covering the regulation of natural gas pipeline certificate, rate, and tariff matters.

Dr. Ogur has over thirty-three years of experience in market power, antitrust and competition analysis at Federal Regulatory Agencies. Dr. Ogur’s areas of expertise include development of competition analyses for the natural gas pipeline, oil pipeline, and electric utility industries; litigation strategies and expert economic testimony on market power, antitrust and competitive issues in litigated proceedings; and negotiation strategies to settle disputed issues. Dr. Ogur has testified in numerous proceedings before various federal regulatory agencies concerning market power, economic analysis and allocation and efficiency issues.

Associate

Mark Shaffer, former Executive Director of the Interstate Natural Gas Association (INGAA) Foundation and long time legal and policy advisor to several Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioners joined BWMQ in early December 2008.  He brings to BWMQ a wealth of energy regulatory and legislative policy experience and strategic planning insight gained over twenty years in various senior positions at the FERC and at INGAA.  His expertise encompasses a wide range of issues related to natural gas pipelines, LNG facilities, oil pipelines, and electric transmission facilities.  His extensive experience in the public and private sector, combined with his knowledge of FERC processes, organization, policy direction and personnel will provide BWMQ’s clients with a useful resource for insight into how to achieve company objectives consistent with FERC and other governmental rules and policies.   

Mark also can provide valuable insight into how to effectively interface with a broad range of industry associations and ad hoc groups to advance positions advantageous to BWMQ clients.  Given the current state of the economy and its derivative impacts on the energy industry, combined with legal uncertainty as to regulatory jurisdiction over energy commodity futures, he will pay close attention to any legislative or regulatory efforts that might impede the ability of BWMQ’s clients to respond to market conditions in an unfettered manner.  Also, with the advent of significant political change in Congress and changed leadership at the FERC, Mark’s extensive background will provide a significant resource to BWMQ in responding to client concerns about the dollar and operational impacts legislative and regulatory initiatives will have on their companies and how to present their concerns to appropriate government officials.      

Mr. Taylor has over 27 years experience in the natural gas, electric, and oil industries.  He has been associated with Brown, Williams, Moorhead & Quinn, Inc. from September 2003 through the present.  He was employed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from March 1979 through September 2003.  Prior to his employment with the Commission, Mr. Taylor worked for nine years as a highway engineer with the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, Bureau of Design, Engineering and Research.

Carol Terry began her energy career in 1976 when she went to work for the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) in Salt Lake City as an auditor. The FEA became part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Economic Regulatory Administration (ERA) in 1977. Ms. Terry transferred to ERA's Washington, DC, office in 1978, and transferred from there to FERC in October, 1979.