Miguel Suazo

As In-House Counsel:

• Served as lead counsel to Entergy Texas before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
• Developed and led complicated regulatory filings from inception to completion, including fixed fuel factors, fuel reconciliations and refunds, distribution cost recovery factors, transmission cost recovery factors, generation cost recovery factors, smart meter deployment, and certificates of convenience and necessity for transmission projects, distribution projects, utility-scale solar projects, and backup generation projects.
• Led and collaborated with diverse teams of subject-matter experts such as regulatory accountants and engineers to achieve company objectives.
• Evaluated strategic planning initiatives from corporate executives and provide legal guidance and strategy to accomplish those initiatives.
• Efficiently managed and directed outside legal counsel to ensure budgetary objectives are achieved.

In Private Practice:

• Served as managing attorney of a five-person energy and natural resources boutique law firm.
• Advised clients on due diligence, state and federal regulations, water law, oil and gas law, renewable energy, land use, and myriad business transactions, commercial real estate contracts and transactions, outside general counsel services, employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, non-compete agreements.
• Served as outside counsel to several nonprofits and for-profit corporations in TX and NM.
• Client work demanded extensive experience in energy project finance, due diligence of tangible and intangible assets, insurance law, mineral ownership issues, administrative law, employment law, water rights and usage, business purchases, strategic planning and communications, nonprofit formation and compliance, business mergers and acquisitions.
• Practiced in oil and gas title examination, regulatory compliance, operations on state and federal lands, oil and gas leases and acquisitions and divestitures.
• Provided clients legal advice on complying with regulatory agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Forest Service, New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, New Mexico State Land Office, Texas General Land office, & Texas Railroad Commission.