プロフィール
Andrew Giles Fay is Of Counsel in Greenberg Traurig’s Tallahassee office. A former Chairman (2022-2024) and Commissioner (2018-2026) of the Florida Public Service Commission, Andrew brings deep experience in utility regulation, energy policy, and government decision-making at the intersection of law, finance, and technology. He focuses on the regulatory implications that emerging technologies have on critical infrastructure including the use of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity compliance.
Before the commission, Andrew served in the Office of the Florida Attorney General as Special Counsel to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Andrew brings substantial legislative branch experience from his time in the Florida Attorney General’s Office. He successfully advocated for the passage of more than a dozen significant legislative initiatives, most notably serving as the lead author and advocate of Florida’s Information Protection Act.
Andrew has wide-ranging public finance and bond oversight experience from his service in Florida state government. He advised on the review and issuance of major state bond financings across transportation, education, and state facility projects, including transactions structured as refundings to reduce long-term debt costs.
Concentrations
- Electric and gas utility regulation and ratemaking
- Water and wastewater utility regulation, including acquisitions adjustments
- State and national governmental affairs strategy; legislative and executive-branch advocacy
- Public finance and bond oversight related to major infrastructure initiatives
- Data privacy and cybersecurity policy
- Emerging technology policy, including AI adoption in regulatory systems
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実績紹介
Florida Public Service Commission
- Water and wastewater acquisition adjustment rulemaking and implementation, including modernization of acquisition-related regulatory procedures.
- Storm protection plans and associated recovery clause mechanisms, including implementation-focused rulemaking and cost recovery proceedings.
- Nuclear cost recovery and decommissioning-related proceedings, including a nuclear decommissioning docket involving Duke Energy.
- Electric utility recovery clause dockets addressing fuel, purchased power, conservation, and environmental related issues.
- Pole attachment rulemaking and related regulatory frameworks.
Office of the Florida Attorney General
- Managed a team of 20 staff and victims’ advocates to process more than 250 victim compensation claims following the Pulse Nightclub attack.
- Served as lead author and advocate for Florida’s Information Protection Act (FIPA).
- Successfully advocated for large scale legislative reforms including victims’ rights, Florida’s False Claims Act, Civil RICO, and other Criminal and Civil Justice reforms.
- Approved and conditioned utility authority to issue long-term debt and equity and to incur short-term borrowings.°
- Reviewed and advised on the approval of more than $10.5 billion in state-issued bond.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Fay prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
受賞歴・所属団体
- Listed, Florida Government Bar Association, “Government Lawyer of the Year,” 2016
- Listed, Florida Trend, “Legal Elite Government and Nonprofit Lawyers”
- Listed, Florida Bar, “President’s Award of Merit” 2024
- Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC), 2018-2025
- Chair, Critical Infrastructure Committee, 2024-2025
- Member, Subcommittee on Education and Research, 2019-2025
- Faculty, Rate School, 2020-2025
- Member, Florida Bar Special Committee on AI Tools & Resources
- Served on the Leadership Florida Board including roles as finance chair, statewide outreach director, and program chair of Connect Florida Class VIII
学歴・資格・言語
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法務博士, Florida International University College of Law
- Editor-in-Chief, Florida State Business Review
- American Bar Association Public Interest Award
- Florida State University Supreme Court Justice
- B.S., Real Estate, Florida State University
- Florida