William Kissinger is a partner with Morgan Lewis and is based in San Francisco. Since 2003, he has focused his practice on energy matters in California and nationally along with related environmental issues. He developed this practice after spending two years working as senior deputy legal affairs secretary to Gov. Gray Davis and serving as the primary legal contact for the Office of the Governor with Cal EPA, Cal Health and Human Services Agency, and the Resources Agency. Bill previously spent four years in Washington, DC working in senior positions at the White House and the US State Department. Bill served as a member of the Governor’s Energy Task Force, responsible for shaping California’s strategy in responding to the 2001 electricity crisis. He was California’s lead negotiator in the effort to renegotiate the multibillion-dollar energy contracts the state entered into in early 2001. From 1997–2000, Bill served as special assistant to the legal adviser for the US Department of State in Washington, D.C. From 2000–2001, he served as senior adviser for international economic policy at the White House National Economic Council. Bill’s practice includes energy and environmental matters. He represents conventional and renewable energy companies, storage project developers, municipalities, and publicly owned utilities. His energy practice includes representing parties in litigation arising out of the purchase and sale of electricity as well as providing advice on regulatory matters involving the California Independent System Operator, the California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Bill serves as a member of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board after being appointed by Governor Brown in 2012, reappointed in 2016 and again in 2019 by Governor Newsom. Bill is a graduate of Princeton University and UC Berkeley Law.