Areas of Practice
Power Supply Planning
Project Development
Transmission Access
Electricity Regulation

Education
Boston College Law School J.D., 1971

Boston College, B.A., 1968

Honors and Distinctions
Editor, The Boston College Law Review

Bar Membership
District of Columbia

Professional Affiliations
Energy Bar Association
American Bar Association

Robert A. O'Neil

Mr. O'Neil is a Principal in the law firm of Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., in Washington, D.C. The firm specializes in natural gas, electricity, environmental, and communications law, and Mr. O'Neil devotes his practice primarily to long term power supply planning, generation project development and power supply contract negotiations, transmission access and development of wholesale electric markets.

Mr. O'Neil graduated from Boston College Law School in 1971, where he had served as an Editor of the Law Review. Following law school he served with the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army in the capacity of Chief, International Law Division, U.S. Army Japan and later with the Regulatory Law Division of the Judge Advocate General where he represented the consumer interest of the Army and other agencies of the United Stated in utility rate proceedings. Mr. O'Neil, a native of Boston, Massachusetts and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

Electricity Regulation
In 1976, Mr. O'Neil entered private practice and has since represented municipalities and rural electric cooperatives in matters relating to power supply planning, resource development, electric rates, cogeneration, small power production and hydroelectric licensing before state and federal regulatory agencies. Mr. O'Neil has lectured and presented papers on the electric utility industry before seminars sponsored various entities including the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and the Edison Electric Institute.

Energy Transactions
Recently, Mr. O'Neil has been active in the analysis of issues and development of policies related to transmission access and deregulation. Mr. O'Neil was an advisor to the task force that developed the transmission access policy of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and he participated as member of the Keystone Center Transmission Project. Mr. O'Neil also has testified before the United States Congress on matters related to energy legislation.

Mr. O'Neil, is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and currently resides with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia.