Charis Mincavage
Advises large commercial and industrial customers on utility regulation, energy procurement, renewable projects, and regulatory disputes.
Kenneth R. Stark
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Ken’s energy practice focuses on representing consumer-oriented interests in state and federal regulatory and appellate proceedings involving electricity, natural gas, and oil pipelines.
Ken regularly represents and advises clients on various transmission and market issues under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He counsels industrial and commercial clients, including manufacturers and data centers, on energy supply arrangements and transactions. Ken also represents and advises clients on regulatory matters in alternative and renewable energy, transportation, water, and telecommunications. Additionally, Ken advises clients on the deployment of broadband services to unserved and underserved areas.
Before joining the firm, Ken served as assistant counsel in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Law Bureau, where he gained significant experience litigating matters of state and federal appellate public utilities. He represented the Commission on rulemakings before the Independent Regulatory Review Commission and advised the Commission on issues involving electric, gas, transportation, and water. He also advised the Commission on issues facing the retail competitive gas and electric markets.
- Penn State University Dickinson School of Law, J.D.
- Furman University, B.A., cum laude
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch: 2025
- Pennsylvania Rising Stars®, 2021, 2022
- Graduate of the Leadership Harrisburg Area, Community Leadership Class of 2015
- CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Public Utility Law Section, Chair (2017-2018), Secretary (2016-2017), Treasurer (2015-2016), Council Member (2013-2019)
- Energy Bar Association, Electricity Steering Committee
- Dauphin County Bar Association (2013-present)
- Rotary Club of Harrisburg (2018-Present)
- Capital Area Greenbelt Association, Board Member (2019-2022), Advisory Committee (2023-Present)
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