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Elizabeth H. Drews
Partner
Legal Experience
Elizabeth (Liz) Drews’ practice involves Texas electric and utility regulatory law, administrative law, and trade secrets. Active in those fields since 1981, she is experienced at client counseling, negotiation, contracts, and representation in Public Utility Commission (PUC) contested cases and rulemakings, at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), in court appeals of PUC actions, and before the Attorney General on Public Information Act requests. Since 2005 she has done extensive work concerning Texas’ competitive renewable energy zones (CREZs), including PUC rulemakings and contested cases on CREZ designation, transmission plan development, selection of transmission service providers, transmission line certification and related matters. Her clients have included nuclear, coal, gas, cogeneration, solar, wind and other renewable generation, distributed generation, electricity storage facilities, power marketers, qualified scheduling entities, a transmission service provider, retail electric providers, industrial, commercial and government retail customers, and landowners in transmission line cases. Ms. Drews has testified as an expert on regulatory issues in court and at the PUC and the Railroad Commission.
Education
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, The University of Texas School of Law, 1981
- Bachelor of Arts, Public Policy Studies (Honors program) and Economics, magna cum laude, Duke University, 1978
Professional Licenses
- Attorney at Law, Texas, 1981
Prior Professional Experience
- Private practice, 1996-present
- State government, 1982-1996, including the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Utility Division, Senior Administrative Law Judge, and the PUC, Legal Counselor to the Chairman, Senior Administrative Law Judge, Assistant Director of Hearings, and Deputy General Counsel - Electric
- Radian Corporation, Energy and Environmental Attorney, 1981-1982
Recent Publications
- Agency Investigations and Enforcement Proceedings, 12 Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal 91-117, Fall 2010
- Regulatory Enforcement Challenges for Renewable Developments, State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report, Vol. 34, No. 3, March 2010
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Greetings, You Are Hereby Commanded: A Survival Guide to Subpoenas Issued in a Texas
- Takings in the Context of Telecommunications and Electric Utility Restructuring in Texas, 7 Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal 241-263, Summer 2006
Recent Speeches and Courses Taught
- Regulatory Issues Involving Electric Energy Storage, and moderator of panel, When, Where and How Much Will Storage Transform the Electric Industry?, University of Texas School of Law, 2012 Wind, Solar and Storage, Austin, Texas, February 2012
- What Happens When the Texas Regulatory Law Doesn't Fit Renewables: Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass and Storage, University of Texas School of Law, 2011 Wind, Solar and Renewables Institute, Austin, Texas, February 2011
- Texas's Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) Program, The Wind Energy Law Society and The Wind Energy Student Association, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, October 2010
- Investigations and Enforcement Proceedings, State Bar of Texas, Annual Advanced Administrative Law Course, Austin, Texas, September 2010
- Regulatory Enforcement Challenges for Renewable Developments, University of Texas School of Law, 2010 Wind, Energy and Renewable Institute, Austin, Texas, February 2010
- Renewable Energy Developments in Texas Administrative Law, Austin Bar Association Administration Law Section, Austin, Texas, November 2009
- Compliance, Confidentiality and Ethics, Changing Times Require Changing Approaches, Texas Law Center, Webinar, Austin, Texas, September 2007
- Hot Topics in Discovery,Trade Secrets and Protective Orders, Hot Topics in Evidence, Settlement Issues, Obtaining and Using Public Input, Emergency/Expedited Proceedings, Enforcement and Multi-State Strategies, National Judicial College, Administrative Law: Utility Regulatory Adjudication, Reno, Nevada, August 2007
- Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ), Gulf Coast Power Association, Fall Conference, October 2006
- Ethics and the Power Industry, Gulf Coast Power Association, Session Chair, Fall Conference, September 2005
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Sponsorship Committee, 2012 Annual Conference of the United States Energy Economists Association, Fall 2012, Austin, Texas
- Co-Chair, Fall 2011 Gulf Coast Power Association Conference, Austin, Texas
- Planning Committee, University of Texas School of Law, February 2012, February 2011 and February 2010, Wind, Solar and Renewables Institute, Austin, Texas
- State Bar of Texas, Administrative Law Section, Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section, and Public Utility Law Section
- Austin Bar Association
- Gulf Coast Power Association
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Women of Wind Energy, Austin Chapter
- Co-Chair and Mentoring Chair
- Association of Women in Energy
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Faculty (administrative and utility regulatory law), National Judicial College (affiliated with the American Bar Association), 1990–2007
- Bureau of Justice Assistance grant for faculty development, June 2002
Honors
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AV® Preeminent ™ Peer Review Rated
- AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.