Meg is a partner in Thompson Coburn’s Utilities Law Practice Group. She practices primarily before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in the federal trial and appellate courts. Most recently, Meg has been involved in helping municipally-owned utilities achieve and maintain compliance with new federally-mandated electric reliability standards. Her activities in this emerging area include developing specialized training programs related to the standards, performing compliance reviews and assisting with audit preparation, and drafting internal policies, procedures, and guidelines. Meg continues to be active in matters arising from the California Independent System Operator Corporation’s restructuring of its wholesale market rules, with respect to which Meg has represented a number of municipal transmission customers in complex FERC proceedings and stakeholder processes. She also represents clients in FERC settlement negotiations and adjudications involving the transmission rates of the three largest California investor-owned utilities.