Porter Wiseman

Porter has extensive experience with competition issues in the power sector, including the development and operation of the organized electricity markets. Her work includes regulatory support and due diligence for transactions in the energy space, such as the sale of generation facilities, including nuclear and hydropower stations and the development of merchant transmission.  Porter has advised clients in dozens of matters relating to renewables and distributed generation, including onsite generation for industrial facilities and data centers.  She has conducted risk assessments with respect to potential regulatory actions, such as the issuance of declaratory orders and hydroelectric licenses.  In addition, Porter has provided regulatory and industry-knowledge support for financial restructuring of public utilities, and for a securities class action litigation against a major oil company. 

In addition to her work in the energy space, her work also includes antitrust, and telecommunications matters before the courts and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including a major international telecommunications litigation involving allegations of anticompetitive behavior and litigation before the FCC. 

In addition, Porter has represented clients, pro bono, in the fields of voting rights, immigration, tenants’ rights, international human rights, forced marriage, and lead contamination.