As Deputy People’s Counsel, William Fields represents the interests of Maryland residential utility consumers before the Maryland Public Service Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state courts, and federal courts. He has represented Maryland consumers in federal litigation on regional wholesale electricity markets, major plant outage litigation, electric and gas rate cases, electric and gas merger proceedings, and electric restructuring and stranded costs proceedings. He is the Office of People’s Counsel’s representative on PJM committees, a former President of the Consumer Advocates of PJM States, and a former Chairman of the Electric Committee of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.