The firm offers its knowledge of, and insight into, restructuring issues, and federal and state legislative and regulatory activities and trends related to those issues, through white-papers, speeches or presentations to management teams, meetings, conferences or other forums.

Consulting — International

Bill Steinmeier has consulted with government agencies, and served on the faculty for workshops, on electric restructuring and privatization in a number of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Expert Testimony to Commissions, Legislatures and Courts

Bill Steinmeier has years of experience in presenting expert testimony to State commissions, Congress, State legislatures and federal courts on a wide variety of regulatory issues and trends.

Strategic Communications
William D. Steinmeier, P.C. can help clients develop and carry out strategies for effective communications with various stakeholder interests, including Boards of Directors and shareholders, state and federal regulators, elected officials, community and business leaders, the media and the public. The firm brings to this task exceptional writing and oral communication skills, coupled with years of experience communicating difficult, complex and controversial regulatory issues and decisions to the press, public, public officials and other audiences.

Policy and Strategy Development and Support

William D. Steinmeier, P.C. offers experienced judgment in the development of regulatory and legislative policy and strategy concerning matters before state and federal legislative bodies, regulatory agencies, conferences and associations. The firm offers consulting services on a wide variety of regulatory and competitive issues. We can help clients develop strategies and proposals, and offer research and support for those proposals, either as background for others to use and present, or directly through expert testimony, lobbying, or other strategic communications activities.

State Regulatory Review and Analysis

William D. Steinmeier, P.C. offers customized information and insight on the current regulatory environment, status of deregulation, and industry developments and trends in individual states, regions and the nation. Clients considering doing business in Missouri and other states have looked to the firm for customized, state-by-state analysis of regulatory environment, policies and practices.

Merger Review and Analysis

William D. Steinmeier, P.C. is called upon by firms considering merger and acquisition opportunities for analysis of: (1) potential state regulatory obstacles; (2) prognosis of necessary regulatory approvals; (3) likely regulatory treatment of various cost-of-service, acquisition cost and transaction cost issues by state commissions; and (4) other regulatory issues.

Testimony Development, Review and Editing

Bill Steinmeier and Mary Ann Young offer their expertise, insight and writing skills to the drafting, or review and editing, of testimony and briefs to be presented to regulatory commissions, adding both substantive and strategic help in putting one’s best case forward.

Lobbying Services

Bill Steinmeier has years of successful experience lobbying Members of Congress and their key Staff on complex restructuring issues. Bill and Mary Ann also have considerable knowledge of and insight into the Missouri General Assembly from years of experience within and out of government.

Speeches, Public Forums, Educational and Public Liaison Activities

Bill Steinmeier is an experienced public speaker who easily combines the substantive with the humorous in discussing utility regulatory and political issues. He has even been known to break into song! He has been a frequent speaker to regulatory conferences, industry associations, Chambers of Commerce, company management conferences, Boards of Directors and other groups.

Bill is also an experienced moderator or facilitator of public meetings on a wide variety of regulatory issues. These include meetings between corporations or government agencies and the public they serve. He has proven his ability to put personal positions aside to assure even-handed treatment of diverse audiences and find ways to ease tensions that may arise in such forums. These same qualities make Bill Steinmeier ideally-suited to work with corporate management teams, including cross-disciplinary groups, to discuss management, regulatory and technical issues and develop corporate strategies and options.

Liaison To State Commissions and NARUC

William D. Steinmeier, P.C. provides liaison services for companies and associations wanting to present their positions and concerns to State public utility commissions and to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Bill Steinmeier maintains strong and positive relationships with state commissioners across the country, and with NARUC, of which he is a past president. His knowledge of the commissions and NARUC, and familiarity with the sensitivities of the regulatory community, make him an ideal person for presenting new ideas, or new twists on existing concerns, to that community.

Assemble Teams Including Experts in Other Fields of Expertise

William D. Steinmeier, P.C. has the ability to assemble teams of experts including other professional fields in order to manage, or participate in, larger, multi-disciplinary consulting projects usually performed by much larger consulting firms which have higher overhead. William D. Steinmeier, P.C. has the capability of networking with independent economists, accountants, engineers, public affairs firms and other experts to offer a wide variety of services. The firm has teamed with other independent consultants on projects both in the United States and abroad. Bill Steinmeier was recently named a member of the new "National Team for Governmental and Regulatory Strategies" of Salmon Ventures Ltd., a team of "outstanding former state utility commissioners and elected officials throughout the United States who have exceptional expertise and experieince in the government/regulatroy fields."

Arbitrator and Mediator Services

Mr. Steinmeier is a trained and certified arbitrator and mediator, and was named to the National Energy Panel of the American Arbitration Association in 1997. He has served as an arbitrator in cases involving complex contractual issues between energy providers, between energy providers and industrial customers, and between telecommunications providers.

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