Kevin M. Lang
Phone:
518-320-3421
Email:
klang@couchwhite.com
Practice Areas: Energy,Environmental,Renewable Energy Transactions,
Education
Kevin is the Co-Chair of the Energy Practice Group. He assists clients in matters before state and federal energy regulatory agencies and involving utilities and electric system operators, generation and transmission development and siting, asset divestiture and acquisition and other energy-related transactions, and development and implementation of clean energy policies and programs. Kevin’s clients include the City of New York, State University of New York, owners and developers of renewable resources, transmission, and energy storage, and companies participating in the wholesale electricity markets. Prior to joining Couch White, Kevin worked for the New York State Department of Public Service as a Managing Attorney and before that, as an Assistant Counsel. While with DPS, he successfully defended the New York State Public Service Commission in court challenges to PSC decisions, led staff teams in numerous rate cases, was instrumental in maximizing the value received by New York ratepayers from the divestiture of the New York public utilities’ nuclear, fossil- fueled, and hydroelectric generating facilities, and routinely advised the PSC on policy and other issues.
Admissions
- New York State Courts
- Massachusetts State Courts
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Districts of New York
Professional Experience
- Representing consumers in utility rate proceedings before the New York State Public Service Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- Representing clients in the siting and permitting of renewable resources and transmission facilities.
- Advocating on behalf of consumers in numerous PSC proceedings dealing with the transformation of the electric and gas industries.
- Assisting clients on issues associated with implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
- Representing developers, sellers, and buyers in sales of electric generating facilities.
- Assisting the City of New York in the development and implementation of its energy-related public policies.
- Assisting public and private clients in resolving disputes, negotiating interconnection agreements, addressing service quality concerns, and other interactions with their electric and gas utility companies.
- Representing clients in judicial challenges of NYPSC and FERC decisions and orders.
News
Memberships
- Albany County Bar Association
- Energy Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Co-Chair, NYSBA Public Utility Committee
- American Bar Association
- American Chemical Society
- Families in Need of Assistance, Inc.
- Ranked in Band 2 by 2024 Chambers & Partners for New York State Energy: State Regulatory and Wholesale Electric Market
- Named to the 2025 Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Energy Law