Peter J. Scanlon

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Following graduation from law school, Mr. Scanlon was employed by a Pennsylvania law firm, Vuono, Lavelle & Gray, operating a commercial law practice focused on state and federal administrative and public utility law, state and federal trial and appellate litigation, and transactional work. In 1995, he accepted an offer to work in-house for National Fuel Gas Company, a natural gas public utility holding company involved in natural gas exploration, interstate pipelines, storage, local distribution, and energy production and marketing. In addition to state and federal administrative law proceedings, Mr. Scanlon was responsible for bankruptcy issues, real estate, transactional matters, contracts and litigation in state trial and appellate courts. In 1998, he was promoted to Senior Counsel of the company’s energy marketing and power production subsidiaries. His responsibilities continued to involve state and federal regulatory issues, as well as energy sales contracts, financial contracts, and power project acquisitions.

In 2001, Mr. Scanlon joined Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, where he focuses on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings involving electricity and natural gas, advising clients on matters related to power plant acquisitions and construction issues, municipal law, energy contracts, and the general practice of law. Mr. Scanlon recently made presentations to the American Public Power Association legal forum on topics of FERC's New Market Manipulation authority, and on energy contracting issues.

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