Zachary Perdek
Associate
Biography
Zachary Perdek graduated from Syracuse University College of Law with a J.D. and graduated from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a Master of Professional Studies in Natural Resources Management in May 2019. Mr. Perdek joined the firm as an associate in August 2019 and was admitted the New York State Bar in January 2020. Mr. Perdek has represented clients before state and federal administrative agencies, including the New York State Public Service Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the New York Independent System Operator, and New York State and federal courts. He is active in administrative proceedings in matters involving the permitting and siting of renewable energy projects, gas and electric rate proceedings, cost- and market-based rate design, and regulation of competitive wholesale electricity suppliers.
During his time in law school, Mr. Perdek served as the editor-in-chief of the Syracuse University Journal of International Law and Commerce, and as a member of the Class Act Committee. Mr. Perdek has had legal internships with NYSDEC Region 7 and the New York State Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Bureau, where he familiarized himself with New York State's environmental regulatory regime, wrote enforcement petitions, and engaged in settlement deliberations.
Practice Areas
- Energy
- Utility Rate Cases
- SEQRA
- Local Permitting
- Renewable Energy Siting
- Municipal Law
- Regulatory Compliance
- Transmission Siting
- Administrative Law
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
- J.D. - 2019
- Honors: Class Act Committee, Member
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Master of Professional Studies - 2015
- Major: Natural Resources Management
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2020
Past Positions
- NYSDEC Region 7, Legal Internship
- New York State Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Bureau, Legal Internship
Representative Clients
- NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
- Hecate Energy, LLC
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.
- New York Municipal Power Authority
Representative Cases
- Garnet Energy Center, LLC, 2022 WL 16747995, 2022, N.Y.S. Bd. of Elec. Generation
- High River Energy Center, LLC, 2021 WL 977283, 2021, N.Y.S. Bd. of Elec. Generation
- East Point Energy Center, LLC , 2021 WL 228959, 2021, N.Y.S. Bd. of Elec. Generation