Jenna

Jenna Cliatt leverages her diverse experience in the energy industry to help clients navigate and comply with federal regulatory processes.

Jenna represents municipally owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives on ratemaking issues before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Federal Courts of Appeals, with experience in administrative litigation, settlement, and appellate proceedings. She also guides transmission owners through updates to their transmission revenue requirements, contracts, and formula rates. Jenna brings experience navigating the technical challenges of data center growth, advising utilities on the reliability impacts of large-load and data center interconnections and ensuring compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) requirements.

Jenna closely follows FERC rulemakings and regulatory trends, enabling her to advise clients on transmission planning, infrastructure siting, and regional transmission organization (RTO) issues. Jenna counsels utilities on the development of large-load and data center-specific tariffs, agreements, and rates, implementing emerging FERC and state regulatory guidance and requirements. She closely follows the NERC standards development process and provides guidance on compliance with NERC reliability and critical infrastructure protection standards.

Jenna’s prior experience in the energy industry—roles with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), a natural gas marketer, and the U.S. Department of the Interior—enables her to provide clear advice tailored to clients’ unique business needs. Her comfort and strength navigating the industry’s technical demands are also informed by her engineering background and academic research studying artificial intelligence.