Carlos Carrasco is a partner in the Energy, Power and Natural Resources Practice Group in the San Antonio office of Haynes and Boone. He represents electric cooperatives, retail electric providers, renewable energy generators, and energy storage developers in a variety of energy transactions and electric power regulatory matters in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, with a focus on proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

Carlos has assisted clients in transactions and regulatory matters involving renewable energy projects including utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects. He also advises clients on PUCT, ERCOT, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations and requirements and on wholesale transactions and operations in the competitive energy-only ERCOT market.

Prior to joining the firm, Carlos worked at the PUCT in the agency’s Commission Advising division where he analyzed legal and policy issues and provided oral and written recommendations to the Commission on contested cases before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) regarding electric and water utilities.

Bar Admissions
Texas, 2014

Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2014, Staff Editor, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
B.B.A., University of Texas at El Paso, 2011, cum laude

• FERC Publishes 2020 Summer Energy Market and Reliability Assessment

  By Carlos Carrasco |May 2020

• Bulk-Power System Executive Order: Implications for Current Projects, Future Projects, and NERC Compliance

  By Carlos Carrasco |May 2020

• Force Majeure Issues Impacting the Power Sector

  By Carlos Carrasco |April 2020