Todd Kimbrough | Energy Attorney | Austin, TX

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He is very talented in the preparation of briefs and rebuttals for each case and he is expeditious in getting results.

- Chambers USA

What previous experiences, prior to your work at Balch, influence your practice?

Prior to entering the legal field, I was a commissioner's advisor at the Public Utility Commission or Texas (PUCT) and managed Texas governmental affairs for major retail electric power providers. Additionally, I served as general counsel and interim CEO for the third-largest municipal electric utility in Texas.
Which Courts or agencies do you most often appear before on behalf of your clients?

I represent electric clients before state utility commissions, such as the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC); and the Texas Reliability Entity (RE), as well as other North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) regional entities. Additionally, I represent midstream pipeline companies and local distribution companies in matters before state regulators, including the Texas Railroad Commission.

Select Matters

Served as lead regulatory counsel for one of the nation’s largest Native American tribes in electric utility proceedings before the Arizona Corporations Commission.
Represented a large generation and transmission cooperative in various certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) and rulemaking proceedings.
Rate case counsel to the largest natural gas utility in Georgia.
Represented a major generation and transmission cooperative in a declaratory order proceeding regarding the assignment of electric transmission projects to non-incumbents in the portions of Texas not in ERCOT.
Lead counsel for Alaskan electric cooperative in Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) proceedings related to the creation of formula rate mechanisms.
Represented a major investor-owned utility before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in the successful acquisition of the largest transmission and distribution utility in Texas
Defended a power marketer against allegations of improper trading practices within ERCOT.

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Professional Affiliations

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Technical Advisory Committee, 2001-
2002; Wholesale Market Committee, 2001-2002 and 2009-2011; Protocol Revisions
Subcommittee, 2001-2002
Texas Utility Lawyers Association
State Bar of Texas, Public Utility Law Section
Southwestern University, Board of Visitors, 2016-2020

Awards & Accolades

Chambers USA, Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) -Texas, 2021-2023
The Best Lawyers in America^®, Energy Regulatory Law, 2024
Texas Super Lawyers, 2016-2020
Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, Top Energy Lawyers in the U.S., 2015-2018
Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Energy Law, 2017