Biography

Curt Hébert, Jr. is the former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the former Executive Vice President for Entergy Corporation.  Hébert joined Brunini effective August 1, 2012.

Hébert most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Lexicon Strategy Group, an energy, finance and regulatory law advisory firm with offices in Mississippi, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.  In addition, he sits as a visiting scholar with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, where he co-chairs the Energy Reliability Task Force.

Hébert has advised energy companies and corporations throughout the Southeast, Northeast, and Midwest, as well as companies in Europe, Asia and Middle East on numerous matters, including building accountability and transparency into corporate governance, improving the quality of regulatory filings, reporting and relationships, and executing complex, structured regulatory settlements.

Hébert has extensive contacts both inside and outside the industry, from regulators and government officials to analysts and executives.  He has developed broad and deep experience in all segments of the energy sector, spanning exploration and production, natural gas transportation, electric generation and distribution, chemicals, and mining.  He also brings a thorough knowledge of national and international energy markets, policy and regulatory processes.  Hébert has spent years in the telecommunications, transportation and water/sewage sector on regulatory filings and administrative hearings.

Education

• J.D., Mississippi College School of Law 1990
• Nuclear Reactor Technology Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
• B.S., University of Southern Mississippi 1985

Admissions

• Mississippi
• United States District Courts of Mississippi