Dr. Robert Nordhaus

Council Member Biography

Robert R. Nordhaus is a Partner at Van Ness Feldman in Washington, DC. Mr. Nordhaus specializes in Federal electric, natural gas, and environmental regulation. His work in private practice and his governmental experience have encompassed legislative, regulatory and transactional work, administrative and appellate litigation in these fields, and alternative dispute resolution. He has represented electric utilities, independent power producers, end users of natural gas and electricity, and state and local governments, and has served both as neutral and as party-appointed arbitrator in electric and natural gas arbitration proceedings. Mr. Nordhaus served the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s first General Counsel. He was also appointed General Counsel of the Department of Energy by President Clinton. Prior to his service at FERC, Mr. Nordhaus was a member of the Energy Policy and Planning Office in the Carter White House, and served as Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. He was counsel to the House Commerce Committee and was Assistant Counsel in the Legislative Counsel’s Office of the U.S. House of Representatives. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1997 - Unspecified

Partner, VAN NESS FELDMAN, PC