James Randy Young is a lawyer practicing associations and organizations, energy, environmental regulation and 3 other areas of law. James received a B.S. degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1983, and has been licensed for 34 years. James practices at Kean Miller LLP in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Firm InformationPositionPartnerFirm NameKean Miller LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Experience: Representation of the Louisiana Energy Users Group (LEUG), an association of industrial manufacturing, refining
/or related business operations located in Louisiana who collectively purchase more than 9 billion kWh/year of electricity from Entergy Louisiana, in virtually all electric energy rulemaking
policy matters before the LPSC during the past twenty years, including proceedings involving avoided cost rules, fuel clause recovery rules, transmission constraint reviews, generation studies, retail competition proceedings, nuclear generation rulemaking, natural gas hedging, renewable generation,
energy efficiency rulemaking.
Representation of LEUG in virtually all proceeding before the LPSC pertaining to Entergy Louisiana during the past twenty years, including proceedings involving purchase power
generation plant acquisitions, rate cases, annual earnings reviews, performance based ratemaking, rate increase requests, fuel cost reviews, advanced metering, renewable generation, st
-by rate proposals, facilities charge proposals, str
ed cost recovery mechanisms, exit fees, hydroplant imprudence investigations, Least Cost Integrated Resource Planning, hurricane storm cost recovery,
plant cancellation cost recovery,
Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO)
Representation of LEUG, The Williams Companies, Teco Power, Calpine, Sempra
Entegra in proceedings before the LPSC involving investigation of electric purchase power contracts
electric utility resource plans
Representation of LEUG in Entergy System Agreement proceedings at the FERC related to retail competition, interruptible load cost allocations, production cost equalization,
purchase power contracts
Representation of LEUG in various rulemaking
other proceedings at the FERC
LPSC, involving RTO
Transco issues
Representation of Budget Prepay, Inc. in multi-state complaint proceedings pursuant to Interconnection Agreements
the Telecommunications Act
Representation of Louisiana Chemical Association
New Orleans Steamship Association in ratemaking proceedings before the Louisiana Pilotage Commission
Representation of KMC Telecom in complaint case before the Tennessee Regulatory Authority related to unfair
discriminatory business practices
Representation of DSI Transports, Inc. in two major chemical transportation accident cases
related class action litigation involving thous
s of claims of area residents
participated in numerous other cases involving defense of class action
/ or mass tort environmental claims against industrial/commercial companies including plant explosions, chemical spills
releases,
claims for exposure to environmental contamination
Representation of various industrial clients in CERCLA cost recovery action
environmental remediation issues, including related to the La. Oil & Recycling site in Baton Rouge, La.
Broussard Chemical Company site in Abbeville, La
Novachem site in North Carolina
Casmalia site in California
Combustion, Inc. site in Denham Springs, La.'
La. Recycling Inc. site in Oil City, La.
Representation of Triad Inc., Associated Grocers, Inc., Goudchaux Car Care, Inc., in insurance claims litigation against insurers on comprehensive general liability policies for recovery of indemnity
defense costs in environmental
toxic tort litigation
Representation of DSI Transports, Inc. in transportation accident litigation
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1992, Louisiana
MembershipsMemberships
•Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Public Utilities Section) and American Bar Associations
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolLSU Law Center
Class of 1992
J.D.
Other EducationUniversity of Southwestern Louisiana
Class of 1983
B.S.
James Randy Young
II City Plaza, 400 Convention Street, Suite 700P.O. Box 3513Baton Rouge, LA 70802U.S.A.
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