Location Map of Public Utilities Expert Witness Directory

Public utilities expert witnesses provide opinions and testimony in claims involving providers of water, electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, sewage treatment plants and sewer systems, irrigation systems, rail lines and other services to communities, both privately and publicly owned. The public utilities experts profiled in this directory may consult on claims of negligence, failure to provide safe and adequate service, discrimination, “just and reasonable” rates, health and safety code violations, bad faith and the provision of services on reasonable terms. These public utilities experts may provide forensic investigations in issues involving gas storage, powerline construction injuries (eg: electric shock, electrocution, and wrongful death claims), gas system injuries, wire strikes, cable cuts and cost recovery issues, high voltage lines, insulators, transformer explosions, water quality (eg: lead) and the failure to provide a reasonable supply of water (eg: for fire suppression). These utility experts may provide forensic reviews of financial utility matters, including rate structures, electric supply and marketing contracts, deregulation, easements and eminent domain, contested zoning, tower location permits and transmission planning disputes, service territory disputes among utilities, water rights and telecommunications permit violations. Some utility professionals listed here also have expertise in issues of public policy and regulatory commissions.