Overview

Erin Bartlett is an energy regulatory partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Erin provides strategic counsel to a variety of clients on issues related to the electric energy industry. Erin’s clients include renewable and conventional generation developers, energy project investors and lenders, independent power producers, private equity funds, electric utilities and institutional investors.

Erin has significant experience counseling clients on matters regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and relevant federal statutes such as the Federal Power Act (FPA), Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA), and Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). Erin regularly counsels clients in commercial transactions involving FERC-jurisdictional assets including regulatory due diligence related to the potential acquisition or financing of energy assets; corporate reorganizations, acquisitions or divestitures under Section 203 of the FPA; market-based rates under Section 205 of the FPA; issuance of securities under Section 204 of the FPA; and obtaining certifications for exempt wholesale generators and qualifying facilities under PUHCA and PURPA, respectively.

She also advises clients on contractual agreements for the purchase and sale of electric energy and related products, generator interconnection issues, transmission service matters and shared facilities agreements. She provides counsel on RTO/ISO generation and transmission interconnection issues as well as local energy regulation by state public utilities commissions.

Erin has been recognized by Best Lawyers as One to Watch — Energy Law from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the American Bar Association, D.C. Bar Association and Energy Bar Association.

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Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Energy Law, 2021–2025

Memberships & Affiliations

Energy Bar Association

American Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2013, District of Columbia
  • 2012, Virginia (inactive)

Education

  • George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law SchoolJ.D.2012

    Notes Editor, Civil Rights Law Journal

    National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team

    Secretary, Environmental Law Society

  • University of South CarolinaB.S., Interdisciplinary Studiesmagna cum laude2003