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Wendy K. L. Harvel
Of Counsel
Overview
Wendy Harvel represents water, gas, electric, and telecommunications utilities in complex regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas. She has represented utilities in the private sector for several years, prior to which she was a Master Administrative Law Judge and head of the Public Utilities Team for the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings for nearly two decades.
Wendy has experience as counsel in contested rate cases; sale, transfer, and merger proceedings; and applications for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity both for utilities and landowners. She has represented clients in numerous enforcement cases at the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Additionally, she has completed all required training in Texas to be a qualified mediator and has mediated numerous regulatory disputes.
Credentials
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, 1996 (J.D.)
- University of Michigan, 1992 (B.A.)
- State Bar of Texas
- “State of Utility Law in Texas,” Texas Utility Lawyers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 2023
- “Administrative Procedure,” Texas Utility Lawyers Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 2022
- “Practice Tips on Appeal from Administrative Hearings,” Advanced Administrative Law Seminar, Austin, Texas, August 2018
- “Writing To Get the Recommendation You Want From the ALJ,” Advanced Administrative Law Seminar, Austin, Texas, June 2018
- “What is Administrative Law?” University of Texas Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, October 2017
- “Current Legal Concerns and Future Solutions,” 8th Annual Texas Energy Law Symposium, Austin, Texas, January 2013