Ms. Susan Olenchuk

Council Member Biography

Susan Olenchuk is Partner at Van Ness Feldman in Washington, DC, where she focuses on natural gas regulatory and transactional matters, pipeline safety issues, as well as hydroelectric licensing. She counsels natural gas pipeline clients on an array of federal regulatory compliance and policy matters arising under the Natural Gas Act and the Natural Gas Policy Act in administrative proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in appellate litigation before the courts of appeals. These matters include rulemaking, pipeline rate, and pipeline certificate and construction proceedings. Ms. Olenchuk also counsels natural gas pipelines and electric transmission providers on compliance and implementation issues arising under FERC’s affiliate Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers. In addition, she assists pipelines in complying with the Pipeline Safety Act and federal pipeline safety standards. With respect to her hydroelectric practice, Ms. Olenchuk assists non-federal licensees on regulatory matters before FERC and the courts of appeals. In particular, she helps clients on issues affecting FERC-licensed dams under several federal statutes, including the Federal Power Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2006 - Unspecified

Partner, VAN NESS FELDMAN, PC