Matthew A. Arth

Matt Arth represents energy, water and telecommunications companies in regulatory and commercial matters, including permitting compliance and contested regulatory proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Matt focuses his practice on utility regulatory, administrative litigation and project development and provides guidance to clients in the utilities sectors to obtain certifications, contest rates and advocate favorable policies with regulators.

Matt counsels utility market participants on a range of commercial transactions, including the development, purchase and sale of wind, solar and battery storage generation projects. He also represents developers in securing property rights for project development and navigating the interconnection process.

Prior to entering private practice, Matt was an attorney for the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) where he represented Commission Staff in regulatory proceedings at the PUC and in contested cases before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), including utility base rate applications, transmission, distribution, and energy efficiency cost recovery factors (TCRF, DCRF, EECRF), fuel reconciliations, administrative rulemakings, and transmission line and service area Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) amendments.

In water and wastewater utility matters, Matt has extensive experience with streamlined expedited releases, CCN service area amendments and utility system sale/transfer/mergers.