Biering & Brown

What Biering & Brown does

Biering & Brown, LLP is a Sacramento, California-based boutique law firm specializing exclusively in California energy regulatory law. Founded in 2025 by Brian Biering and Andy Brown, the firm provides three core services: contract negotiation (power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, RPS and Resource Adequacy transactions); strategic advisory (clean energy policy strategy, project financing due diligence, EV market development, rate regulation); and regulatory advocacy, monitoring, and compliance (CPUC, CEC, CARB, CAISO, and FERC proceedings, GHG emissions compliance, enforcement defense). The firm serves a structurally diversified client base across the California energy value chain, including small investor-owned utilities, electric service providers, community choice aggregators (CCAs), renewable and conventional generators, transmission developers, retail customers, and institutional/public-sector clients such as Stanford University, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), and municipal utilities.

The firm's underlying "technology" is human expertise — decades of practitioner experience navigating California's complex, multi-agency regulatory framework — rather than any software platform, product, or proprietary tooling. No AI, automation, or SaaS components are part of the offering; the practice is delivered through direct attorney-client engagement and supported by a thought-leadership blog analyzing CPUC, CEC, and CARB developments. The team comprises two founding partners, one senior attorney (Lynn Haug, practicing since 1989), two paralegals, one law clerk, a firm administrator/CPA, and a billing representative.

The business model is professional services revenue: fee-based, quote-negotiated legal engagements with no publicly disclosed pricing, no subscription or platform component, and no software productization. The firm operates from a single Sacramento headquarters at 2600 Capitol Ave, Suite 400, in physical proximity to the CPUC and CEC. Go-to-market is primarily through industry referrals within the California energy legal community, supplemented by content marketing via the firm's regulatory blog and participation in industry proceedings. There are no funding rounds, external investors, or parent-company affiliations; the firm is a private Limited Liability Partnership owned by its partners.

Name

Biering & Brown

Legal name

Biering & Brown, LLP

Website

https://b2energylaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Biering & Brown, LLP is a Sacramento-based boutique law firm founded in 2025 that specializes exclusively in California energy regulatory law, providing contract negotiation, strategic advisory, and regulatory advocacy services to utilities, CCAs, generators, transmission developers, and institutional energy buyers across CPUC, CEC, CARB, CAISO, and FERC forums.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Regulatory Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

akta.pro industry

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Environmental & Energy Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Energy regulatory law
• Power purchase agreements
• CPUC regulatory advocacy
• Clean energy policy
• Interconnection agreements

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services for energy regulatory matters, including contract negotiation, strategic advisory, and regulatory advocacy

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Biering & Brown is a Sacramento-based energy law firm that provides specialized legal services in California energy regulatory and transactional matters. The firm negotiates power purchase, steam sales, and interconnection agreements; offers strategic advisory on renewable and clean energy policy, project financing due diligence, and EV market development; and delivers regulatory advocacy, monitoring, and compliance representation before agencies such as CPUC, CEC, CARB, CAISO, and FERC.

Product overview

Biering & Brown is a Sacramento-based energy law firm offering three core legal service areas: Contract Negotiation (power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, RPS and RA transactions), Strategic Advisory (policy strategy, due diligence, EV development, regulatory advice), and Regulatory Advocacy/Monitoring/Compliance (GHG compliance, enforcement, regulatory proceedings). The firm operates as a single-service legal practice rather than a platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contract Negotiation Legal representation and negotiation of power purchase agreements, steam sales, interconnection agreements, and other transactional documents, including Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) and Resource Adequacy (RA) transactions, complex real estate leases and sales for energy facilities, direct access customer supply contracts, and project interconnection agreements. Targeted at energy clients requiring transactional legal support in California.
• Strategic Advisory Advisory services covering renewable and clean energy policy strategy, due diligence and legal opinions for project financing and acquisition, EV market development and regulatory framework, public utility rate regulation, and environmental legislation advice. Targeted at energy clients seeking strategic legal counsel on California energy matters.
• Regulatory Advocacy, Monitoring, and Compliance Monitoring and advocacy in regulatory proceedings affecting the energy sector, including GHG emissions compliance, enforcement assistance, complaint cases, and California retail provider requirements, before agencies such as the California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, California Air Resources Board, California Independent System Operator, and FERC. Targeted at energy clients needing regulatory representation and ongoing compliance.

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Downey Brand LLP: Sacramento-based full-service firm with a substantial energy and natural resources practice group. Comparable California-headquartered firm with energy regulatory capabilities serving utilities, municipalities, and project developers.
• Braunstein & Braunstein LLP: California-based boutique law firm focused on energy regulatory matters before the CPUC and related agencies. Direct competitor in the same niche California energy law practice area.
• Keyes & Fox LLP: California public utility and energy regulatory boutique with deep CPUC practice. Comparable specialty firm serving similar clients (CCAs, IOUs, energy service providers) on regulatory advocacy and compliance.
• Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan LLP: Long-established Sacramento-based energy law firm where founding partner Andy Brown spent nearly 30 years before launching Biering & Brown. Directly comparable practice focused on CPUC/CEC regulatory and transactional energy work in California.

Broad incumbents

• Stoel Rives LLP: Pacific Northwest-headquartered firm with a nationally recognized energy practice serving renewables developers and utilities on regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. Comparable in energy sector focus though broader in geographic and practice scope.
• Baker Botts LLP: Major US energy law firm with deep FERC, regulatory, and project development capabilities including California matters. Competes on high-value energy transactions and federal regulatory matters.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global law firm with a substantial US energy regulatory practice including California matters. Competes for larger energy transactions, FERC matters, and cross-jurisdictional regulatory work that Biering & Brown also handles.
• Latham & Watkins LLP: Global elite law firm with a major energy and infrastructure practice serving developers, financiers, and utilities on California and federal energy matters. Competes for high-end power purchase agreements, project finance, and FERC matters.
• Morrison & Foerster LLP: San Francisco-headquartered global firm with an energy practice covering California regulatory and renewable energy transactional work. Comparable in California energy regulatory expertise though broader in scope.
• Troutman Pepper Locke LLP: National firm with a California energy regulatory practice and significant renewables project development experience. Competes on FERC, CAISO, and CPUC matters serving similar client segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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