Ryan’s practice is focused on natural gas pipeline, oil pipeline, and electricity transmission and energy market regulation, before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), other federal agencies, and federal courts. Ryan is recognized by Chambers USA as being an “extremely bright and talented lawyer with very strong written and oral advocacy skills.”
On the electricity side of his practice, Ryan focuses on capacity markets, organized wholesale energy markets, and transmission planning and cost allocation for clients such as PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. He assists natural gas clients in obtaining certificates of public convenience and necessity to construct new or expansion facilities, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, gas import/export authorizations, as well as prosecuting both Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 4 and section 5 rate and tariff matters. He handles matters ranging from litigation to rulemaking and counsels clients regarding regulatory compliance and operational responsibilities. He brings a sharp and critical thinker mindset to his work.
Experience
Assisting natural gas pipeline companies in NGA section 4 general rate cases and NGA section 5 investigations and in matters of compliance, standards of conduct, and tariff implementation.
Assisting natural gas pipelines in project development, including obtaining and defending certificates of public convenience and necessity, negotiating precedent agreements, and drafting open season materials.
Representing a regional transmission organization (RTO) in obtaining FERC approval of the capacity reforms to PJM’s capacity market, which is known as the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) including changes to The Minimum Offer Price Rule.
Representing an RTO in proceedings before FERC regarding wholesale energy and reserve markets, as well as other tariff matters, reliability agreements, and transmission planning and cost allocation matters.
Assisting a natural gas pipeline regarding NGA section 3 authorizations and Presidential Permits issued by FERC to permit construction of natural gas pipeline facilities across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Assisting clients in defending FERC-established returns on equity.
Assisting natural gas pipelines in regarding FERC’s Natural Gas Policy Act section 311 regulation for intrastate pipelines to offer interstate service.
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education
American University Washington College of Law, J.D. (2007)
Washington University in St. Louis, M.A. (2004)
University of the South, B.A. (2002)
Professional Activities
Energy Bar Association
Honors
Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas (2022-2024)
Chambers USA, Energy: Oil & Gas (2021-2024)
Lawdragon, 500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers: Energy Regulation (2023-2024)
Publications
- Chapter 11: Pipeline Service Obligations and Chapter 46: Judicial Review, Regulation of the Gas Industry, 2018 (co-author)
- Chapter 145: Settlements, Energy Law and Transactions, Matthew Bender, 2018 (co-author)
Speaking Engagements
- Washington Update, Interstate Pipeline Regulatory Committee, September 2019
- Washington Update, Interstate Pipeline Regulatory Committee, September 2018
- Profit or Loss? Financial Risks of Tax Cuts on Gas Pipelines, Webinar, February 2018
Results
- PJM Settles Multiple Complaints Concerning $1.8 Billion in Non-Performance Charges Assessed in Connection with Winter Storm Elliott
- PJM Overhauls the Minimum Offer Price Rule Used to Prevent Buyer-Side Market Power in Forward Capacity Auctions
- Saguaro Connector Pipeline Secures a Presidential Permit to Construct and Operate Facilities to Export Natural Gas to Mexico
Spotlight
- Wright & Talisman, P.C. Ranked in 2024 "Best Law Firms"
- Wright & Talisman Attorneys Recognized in Lawdragon's Inaugural Edition of 500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers
- Wright & Talisman Ranked Among America's Leading Law Firms by Chambers USA 2023
- D.C. Circuit Opinion Further Clouds FERC's Rehearing Authority
- FERC Engages on Environmental Justice and Equity in Permitting
- Wright & Talisman Ranked Among America's Leading Law Firms by Chambers USA 2022
- FERC Suspends Updated Certificate Policy Statement on Review of Natural Gas Project Applications and Interim Policy Statement on GHG Emissions Assessment
- FERC Issues Updated Certificate Policy Statement on Review of Natural Gas Project Applications and Interim Policy Statement on GHG Emissions Assessment
- FERC Issues Notice of Inquiry on Oil Pipeline Capacity Allocation Issues and Anomalous Conditions
- D.C. Circuit Upends FERC Tolling Order Practice
- FERC's Opinion No. 569 Again Modifies Methodology for Setting Transmission Owners' Base Rate of Return on Equity
- Second Circuit Holds that New York May Subsidize In-State Nuclear Generation
- Seventh Circuit Holds that Illinois May Subsidize In-State Nuclear Generation
- FERC Takes Dramatic Action to Reduce Pipeline Rates
- Tax Reform has arrived – so what does it mean for pipeline rates?
- D.C. Circuit Vacates FERC Order For Acting Beyond the Bounds of FPA Section 205
- FERC Seeks Comments on Return on Equity Policy for Regulated Utilities
- FERC's Modifications to Electric Return on Equity May Have Implications for Pipelines
- Court Affirms FERC Certificate Orders for New Compressor Station Over Vigorous Opposition from Resident Group
- United States Court of Appeals Throws Out FERC's Order 745 and Finds That the FERC Has No Jurisdiction Over Demand Response in the Wholesale Energy Markets it Regulates
- D.C. Circuit Affirms Exclusive Jurisdiction Upon Filing of Petition for Review Under Natural Gas Act
- Wright & Talisman Attorneys Recognized in Lawdragon’s 2nd Edition of 500 Leading Energy Lawyers
- Ryan J. Collins | Publications
- Wright & Talisman Ranked Among America’s Leading Law Firms by Chambers USA 2024
- Win at the US Supreme Court on Wholesale Compensation for Demand Response Customers
- FERC Approves PJM’s Extensive “Capacity Performance” Capacity Market Reforms
- Wright & Talisman Ranked Among America's Leading Law Firms by Chambers USA 2021
- Wright & Talisman Received Global Recognition from Chambers and Partners
- Wright & Talisman Attorneys Recognized in Lawdragon’s 3rd Edition of 500 Leading Energy Lawyers