Courtney is a member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government Group. She provides guidance to market participants in the ERCOT market and represents their interests before state agencies, such as ERCOT and the PUCT, and in contested cases at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Prior to joining the firm, Courtney assisted municipally-owned utilities and electric cooperatives with various transactional, regulatory, ratemaking, legislative, and litigation matters.
Overview
Courtney is a member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government Group. She provides guidance to market participants in the ERCOT market and represents their interests before state agencies, such as ERCOT and the PUCT, and in contested cases at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Prior to joining the firm, Courtney assisted municipally-owned utilities and electric cooperatives with various transactional, regulatory, ratemaking, legislative, and litigation matters.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Provides counsel to generation companies, data centers, and others on large load and behind-the-meter considerations.
- Works collaboratively with clients to craft and refine commercial strategies in compliance with market structure rules and regulations.
- Represents clients in administrative litigation, including utility rate litigation and enforcement matters.
- Counsels and collaborates with clients in the development of regulatory policy and market structure throughout rulemaking and protocol adoption processes at the PUCT and ERCOT, respectively.
- Provides counsel in responding to regulatory investigations and requests for information from regulatory authorities.
- Represented municipally-owned utilities and electric cooperatives in regulatory matters, including CCN proceedings, retail service area disputes, and TCOS rate cases.
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2024
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 2024
- Baylor Law Review, Technical Editor
- Baylor’s Ultimate Writer Competition 2023, 1st Place
- Baylor Barrister Society
- Dean’s Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Moot Court, Brief Writer
- Southern Methodist University, B.A., Political Science, 2020
- Political Science Honors Society
- SMU’s Founder Scholarship
Associations
- Austin Bar Association
- Administrative Law Section
- Association of Women in Energy
- Board Member, 2025-Present
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Co-Author, “Regulatory Considerations for Large Loads Co-Locating with Natural Gas Generation,” McGinnis Lochridge LLP Electric Energy Insights, May 2026.