Heidi M. Werntz

Heidi M. Werntz serves as an Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University College of Law, where she actively supports the DC externship program. Concurrently, she is an Attorney-Advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Office of General Counsel, specializing in decisions for major litigated matters and administrative rehearing orders. She has also facilitated international collaboration through a memorandum of understanding between FERC and China's National Energy Administration.

• Education
  • A.B., Brown University (History and Chinese, 1985)
  • M.A., Yale University (East Asian Languages and Literature, 1989)
  • J.D., Catholic University Columbus School of Law (1992)

Her research and professional focus centers on energy law, administrative law, and renewable energy policy, with expertise in regulatory compliance and judicial review of energy-related administrative actions. Her publication Counting on Chevron? (2017) examines legal frameworks for energy regulation, reflecting her engagement with environmental and public law intersections.

• Scientific Awards
  • Rotary Fellowship
  • John H. Fanning Labor Law Writing Prize

Werntz contributes to academic discourse through her role at MSU Law and her work at FERC, where she acts as a liaison for rehearing orders and participates in climate-energy policy conferences, such as the Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s 2010 conference on renewable resource transmission incentives.