Kari D. Hehmeyer

Kari D. Hehmeyer

Senior Managing Associate

Columbus

T 614.223.9344

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Overview

Kari has experience representing electric utilities and gas utilities before state regulatory commissions in a variety of proceedings, including electric security plans, grid modernization plans, distribution rate case proceedings, power siting board certificate approvals, tariff/rider approval proceedings, and complaint cases. She regularly advises clients on energy industry transactions with a special focus on regulatory compliance and licensing matters and has extensive experience working with competitive retail suppliers in multiple states including Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas.

She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Capital University Law School in 2017 and her B.S. from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University in 2008. While attending Capital University Law School, Kari was a staff member and published author of the Capital University Law Review, a mentee with the Ohio Women’s Bar Association Mentoring Program and a peer coordinator for the Cap Law Peer Advisor Program.

Kari previously completed externships with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the OhioHealth Office of the General Counsel.

What I Do

Energy
Litigation
Public Utility Issues

Experience

Represented ComEd in litigating a request for regulatory approval of its first-ever Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plan, and a corresponding Multi-Year Rate Plan. Together, the plans detail every dollar the company plans to invest in providing electric delivery service over the next 4 years. In addition to ComEd, the case involved 12 parties. A total of 61 expert witnesses offered testimony, including 17  witnesses on behalf of ComEd. The regulator – the Illinois Commerce Commission – approved a $595 million increase in ComEd’s revenue requirement and a $3.57 billion increase in rate base over the 4-year period. These figures represent approximately 88% of the values ComEd sought as of the close of the evidence, despite an extremely challenging regulatory environment. The market reacted very positively to the news, causing a marked increase in the value of ComEd’s parent company, Exelon.

Key Contacts: Bethany FrameHanna CongerJohn E. RooneySamantha MengVictoria V. Ter BushJordan M. ZornesSara MishicCheryl BaranKari D. Hehmeyer

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Credentials

Education

Capital University Law School, 2017, J.D.
  • summa cum laude
The Ohio State University, 2008, B.S.

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

More

  • Board Trustee, Mid-Ohio Water & Sewer District
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars, 2021 – 2023, 2025

Favorite Quote:

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Hobbies:

Fitness, reading, American history.

Favorite Vacation:

Concord, Massachusetts