Keturah A. Brown

KETURAH BROWN represents clients on a variety of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters involving the natural gas markets and U.S. wholesale electricity. Keturah advises energy companies and financial institutions on regulatory requirements under the Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act. Keturah also advises energy traders and marketers on physical and financial wholesale power and gas transactions, renewable energy credits, mergers and asset acquisition approvals, and regional energy market rules and tariff requirements. Keturah has experience representing clients in regulatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and various state public utility commissions.

Keturah has been included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® for Energy Law and Environmental Law (2021–2024, 2026), Litigation — Environmental, and Oil and Gas Law (2023–2024, 2026). Keturah is president of the Washington D.C., Metropolitan Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy. Keturah also is a member of the Children Law Center’s Advisory Board and serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ HBCU Initiative; year-in-review vice chair of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Oil and Gas Committee; and D.C. associate leader of Sidley’s Women of Color Initiative.

Keturah’s recent representative experience includes:

• Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. in regulatory matters before the FERC related to its electricity and natural gas marketing activities.
• CFE International, its parent Comisión Federal de Electricidad and its affiliate CFEnergia (collectively (CFE) in all aspects of their procurement of gas supplies and development of infrastructure from the United States to serve power generation in Mexico and other demand, including LNG and ammonia exports from Mexico.
• Tract Capital Management, LP (Tract) related to Duke Energy Progress, LLC and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC’s Biennial Consolidated Carbon Plan and Integrated Resource Plan in Docket No. E-100, Sub 190 of the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
• As part of a two-phase transaction, a multidisciplinary Sidley team represented Macquarie Inc., as agent, in a successful out-of-court restructuring of its loans to Lanyard Power, owner of two gas-generated power facilities in Maryland (Chalk Point Power, LLC and Dickerson Power).
• J. Aron & Company (JANY) in obtaining market-based rate authorization from FERC for over 10 different wholesale power suppliers in connection with municipal utility prepaid power transactions.
• Jane Street Energy Marketing LLC in numerous regulatory capacities including assisting with standing up physical natural gas trading & marketing business.
• Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc. in numerous regulatory matters before the FERC related to its electricity and natural gas marketing activities.
• Lee County Generating Station, LLC in its complaint against PJM Interconnection L.L.C. (PJM) related to penalties assessed for generator performance during Winter Storm Elliot.
• A consortium headed by Amsterdam-headquartered APG Asset Management N.V. (APG), on behalf of ABP (previously known as Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds), one of the world’s largest pension funds, and Australian Retirement Trust, one of Australia’s largest super funds, in the consortium’s acquisition of Riverstone Holdings’ equity stake in Pattern Energy Group LP.

Keturah focuses her pro bono practice on matters involving children, and represents minors in custody and asylum proceedings.