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Samantha Meng

Associate

614.223.9379

Samantha is a member of the firm’s Energy Group, focusing her practice on public utility and energy industry matters. She advises competitive retail electric suppliers, electric utilities, gas utilities, and other energy companies on federal and state regulatory and litigation issues.

Samantha earned her law degree from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2023, graduating cum laude. She graduated from the Ohio State University in 2019 with a degree in Environmental Policy and Decision-Making.

Representative 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.

News

December 20, 2023

Jamie Feyko, Mary Frances Gardner, Morgan McCracken and Samantha Meng mentioned in Columbus Business First People on the Move

November 27, 2023

Benesch Introduces Latest Class of Associates in Cleveland and Columbus Offices