Andrew Mina is a partner and a member of the Transactions Group in Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C., office.

Andrew is a nationally recognized authority on energy regulation, data center development, and large-scale energy transactions. He draws on a rare combination of extensive regulatory knowledge, including firsthand experience as a former attorney-advisor and energy industry analyst at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to deliver decisive results for clients navigating complex energy markets.

Andrew counsels and represents electric and natural gas utilities, data center developers and operators, renewable project developers, large financial institutions, independent generators, transmission providers, and other industry participants before FERC, state public utility commissions, and appellate courts. His regulatory work spans interconnection, transmission and distribution access, wholesale tariffs, market rules, resource development, compliance, and utility ratemaking, including some of the most complex tariff matters involving the country’s largest electric transmission providers.

Andrew is among the nation’s leading lawyers on data center energy matters. He represents several of the world’s largest data center developers in high-stakes energy transactions and litigated proceedings, negotiating wholesale and retail power purchase agreements, co-located large load contracts, equipment procurement agreements, site leases, water utility contracts, construction service agreements, and transmission and distribution arrangements—with aggregate transaction values reaching several billion dollars. He also serves as first-chair litigation counsel in data center proceedings before FERC and provides strategic guidance on siting, power procurement, and energy regulatory strategy.

His transactional practice extends to the development, financing, and operation of renewable energy projects of all scales. Andrew has served as both lead energy regulatory and corporate counsel in more than 100 wind and solar transactions—including some of the largest in the United States—totaling over 10,000 megawatts. His work in this area encompasses investor due diligence, generator interconnection, regulatory compliance, and power purchase agreement negotiations.

Prior to entering private practice at several leading international law firms, Andrew served as an attorney-advisor to four administrative law judges at FERC and as an energy industry analyst in FERC’s Office of Energy Market Regulation. Andrew is also an active thought leader in the energy sector, regularly publishing and speaking on emerging issues affecting industry, including grid reliability, energy storage, transmission policy, and the role of technology in modern energy markets.

Memberships

• Member, Energy Bar Association
  
• Member, American Bar Association, Vice Chair, Energy Infrastructure, Siting and Reliability Committee