Michael W. Patten

Michael W. Patten practices in the areas of public utilities, energy and telecommunications, and has extensive litigation experience. He appears regularly before the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) on matters involving public utilities, electricity, water and wastewater, renewable energy, energy efficiency, gas and telecommunications matters including rate cases, rulemakings, financings, line sitings, service area extensions, formal complaints and various ACC proceedings addressing policy issues.

Publications

• “Rulemaking and Regulatory Agencies in Arizona,” Arizona Environmental Law Manual, State Bar of Arizona, 1995
• Co-author and Co-Editor, Arizona Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institutes, Inc., 1993
• “Tapping Officials’ Secrets: The Door to Open Government in Arizona,” Tapping Officials’ Secrets, (Co-Author), A State Government Compendium, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1997
• “Liabilities of Underground Storage Tank Ownership or Operation,” Environmental Management Review, Government Institutes, Inc., 4th Qtr., 1991
• Co-author and Co-Editor, Arizona Environmental Law Update, M. Lee Smith Publishers (Monthly), 1990 – 95