Bio

Floyd Self is Board Certified by The Florida Bar as an expert in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice. His energy, telecommunications, water, and land use practice includes regulatory representation, financing and acquisition due diligence, oversight and compliance, Attorney General investigation defense, procurement and purchasing disputes, rulemaking, anti-trust and anti-competitive conduct, show cause, performance measures and standards, and lobbying services. Floyd’s clients include natural gas local distribution companies, competitive telecommunications carriers, natural gas pipeline companies, cable television providers, commercial mobile radio service providers, real estate developers, electric utilities, water and wastewater utilities, irrigation/reuse water systems, licensees, government contractors, business user groups, equipment and technology providers, county governments and special governmental entities, individual customers, and industry associations. Floyd is the only Board Certified attorney who regularly practices before the Florida Public Service Commission. In addition to the PSC, he regularly appears before Florida state and federal courts, the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, and various state and local government agencies. His public utility regulatory work includes appearances before the Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and Arkansas state Public Utility Commissions on issues ranging from rate setting, certification of need or public convenience, interconnection negotiation and disputes, tariffs and special contracts, natural gas pipelines, solar power siting, CNG and LNG facilities, and pole attachments. He is the Vice President of the Energy Bar Association (EBA) and past President of the EBA Southern Chapter, and he provides leadership on a variety of energy and public utility law issues.