Professional Bio

Bill DeGrandis is an attorney with more than forty-four years of experience in energy industry matters. Before retiring in January 2025, he spent thirty-eight years at Paul Hastings, a global law firm, where he served as a partner in the Energy/Infrastructure Group and led the firm's Energy Regulatory Team. In that capacity, he advised clients on regulatory and transactional issues involving renewable and non-renewable generation, electric storage, transmission, and data center projects. Following retirement, DeGrandis founded his own consulting firm and serves as chief regulatory advisor to Grid Reform. DeGrandis earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Penn State, graduating with highest distinction in 1977, and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1980, where he served as comments editor of the UCLA Law Review. He and his wife, Monica, have established a program fund supporting professorships in the College of the Liberal Arts. He received the college's Outstanding Service to Society Award in 2019 and was recognized in 2014 as an Outstanding Alum of Phi Sigma Kappa — Kappa Chapter.