William R. Hollaway is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington, D.C. office. Dr. Hollaway has extensive experience representing clients on a broad range of issues in the energy regulatory and energy transactional fields, including numerous proceedings and matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). His clients include independent power producers and independent transmission companies, as well as traditional regulated generation and transmission utilities. Dr. Hollaway's deep understanding of power generation and transmission technology has enabled him to work seamlessly with clients on virtually every type of power generating facility and transmission project. He has worked with wind power resources as well as more traditional generation powered by natural gas, nuclear, coal, and hydro. Dr. Hollaway has also worked on transmission projects, including both traditional Alternating Current projects and more recent High Voltage Direct Current transmission projects. He has in-depth knowledge of representing clients in matters related to independent transmission development and interconnection agreements, including his ground-breaking work on the Neptune Regional Transmission System.

Dr. Hollaway has litigated hearings before the FERC and has successfully negotiated beneficial settlements for clients in both informal and formal dispute resolution proceedings. He has negotiated and drafted a variety of contracts and other agreements, including long-term agreements for new nuclear power plants. Dr. Hollaway has represented clients in mergers and acquisitions in the power industry, including structuring of transactions to address regulatory requirements in establishing and performing due diligence reviews and obtaining approvals to close the transactions. He has successfully drafted, filed and prosecuted numerous applications before FERC for authorization to transfer electric facilities and to sell both power and transmission capacity under the Federal Power Act.

Dr. Hollaway has extensive experience with Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators across the country and has a thorough understanding of RTO tariffs. He represents clients in compliance matters before the FERC and prosecutes and defends complaints before the FERC under section 206 of the Federal Power Act and appeals of FERC decisions before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In addition to his in-depth work before the FERC, Dr. Hollaway advises clients regarding the application of, and compliance with, the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Atomic Energy Act. He has represented nuclear power clients in filings and hearings before the NRC with regard to license applications for generating facilities and spent fuel storage facilities. He helps clients in complying with state regulations and requirements and in contested proceedings before state public utility commissions. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Dr. Hollaway was a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and was a Counsel in the energy group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Dr. Hollaway received his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Georgetown Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. In addition to his law degree, Dr. Hollaway has three degrees in nuclear engineering. He earned his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). He was a U.S. Department of Energy Fellow at M.I.T. and a member of both the Sigma Xi scientific research honor society and the Alpha Nu Sigma nuclear engineering honor society. Dr. Hollaway also earned a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering degree, with highest honors, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he won the George Woodruff Award for outstanding scholastic achievement in nuclear engineering and was a member of both the Phi Kappa Phi all-discipline honor society and the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.