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2019 Legal & Regulatory Conference Presentations
Final Program [pdf]
- Badin, Joseph, RUS Electric Program - Financing for Utilities Serving Rural Areas [24 pp]
- Caraway, Stacie, Miller & Martin PLLC - Employment Law Update [22 pp]
- Connolly-McCullough, Kristen, Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke, PC - Transmission Report - FERC Impact on Costs and Infrastructure [15 pp]
- Dyson, Derek, Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke - Financing for Utilities Serving Rural Areas [7 pp]
- Fichthorn, Norman, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Clearing the Air on Regional Haze [20 pp]
- Geyer, Andrew; Tiao, Paul, Hunton Andrews Kurth - Cybersecurity - Managing Supply Chain Risks and Contracts [14 pp]
- Gray, Jason, Duncan & Allen - Transmission Report - FERC Impact on Costs and Infrastructure [15 pp]
- Hennes, Bruce, Hennes Communications - Crisis Communications - The Court of Public Opinion [15 pp]
- Hooton, Brett, Gridliance - Compensation for Customer-Owned Transmission Challenges and Emerging Solutions [8 pp]
- Hopkins, Peter, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP - Changing Perspectives on Federalism - Protecting State Environmental - Energy Policy [13 pp]
- Hughey, Matt; Lee, Ana; Marlin, James, Norton Rose Fulbright - Municipal Securities - The Backstory and Compliance Tips [27 pp]
- Johnson, Craig, Platte River Power Authority - How States Are Addressing Climate Change [37 pp]
- Kaushik, Tara, Holland & Knight, LLP; Setling, Anne, S&P Global Infrastructure Ratings; Manz, Laura, Navigant Consulting, Inc.; Mastache, Joy, SMUD - California Wildfires - Feeling the Heat [45 pp]
- Kelly, Sue, American Public Power Association - State of Public Power [31 pp]
- Keyes Fleming, Nurani and Singh; Van Ness Feldman LLP, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP - Not If, But When - Understanding Cyber Risk Implications and Covering Your Assets [28 pp]
- Lininger, Tom, University of Oregon School of Law - Recent and Forthcoming Revisions to Ethics Rules [17 pp]
- Lynch, Robert, Robert S. Lynch & Associates - Critical Energy Infrastructure - Define It to Protect It [7 pp]
- McCaffrey, John; Patterson, Delia, American Public Power Association - Washington Report: Key Issues and Public Power Impact [36 pp]
- Mody, Bhaveeta, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C - Transmission Report - FERC Impact on Costs and Infrastructure [26 pp]
- Moss, Maurice, City Utilities of Springfield - Transmission Report - FERC Impact on Costs and Infrastructure [13 pp]
- Neal, Sean - Critical Energy Infrastructure, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer& Pembroke, PC - Define It to Protect It [34 pp]
- Neuman, Andrew, New York Power Authority - Cybersecurity - Managing Chain Risks and Contracts - NYPA Appendix P [19 pp]
- Neuman, Andrew, New York Power Authority - Cybersecurity - Managing Supply Chain Risks and Contracts [14 pp]
- Newell, Gary, Jennings Strouss & Salmon - Compensation for Customer-Owned Transmission Challenges and Emerging Solutions [18 pp]
- Pardikes, Jim, MCR Performance Solutions, LLC - Compensation for Customer-Owned Transmission Challenges and Emerging Solutions [10 pp]
- Powers, William, Nossaman, LLC - Politics at the Watercooler - What's NSFW [22 pp]
- Ptacek, Tammie; Smith, Guy, Stinson LLP - Renewables Projects - Structures and Issues to Consider [71 pp]
- Renner, Curtis, Watson & Renner - Managing Utility Liability in Health Claims [59 pp]
- Schneider, Jon, Stinson LLP - Changing Perspectives on Federalism - Protecting State Environmental - Energy Policy [31 pp]
- Waterhouse, Des, American Public Power Association - Washington Report - Key Issues and Public Power Impact [33 pp]
2018 Legal & Regulatory Conference Presentations
Shawn Aronow, Snohomish County PUD; Sarah Davis, Seattle City Light; and Sara McCoy, Salt River Project - Women in Public Power Breakfast [22 pp]
Cindy Bogorad and Latif Nurani, Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP
- Managing Risk in the Supply Chain [APPA/NRECA White Paper - 31 pp]
- Managing Risk in the Supply Chain [PPT - 31 pp]
Tony Braun, Braun Blaising Smith Wynne - Why Public Power is Joining the EIM [26 pp]
Justin Campbell, GridLiance - Transmission Competition Under FERC Order No. 1000 at a Crossroads: Reinforce and Repeal? [8 pp]
Adrienne Clair, Thompson Coburn LLP, and Lisa McAlister, American Municipal Power, Inc. - Transmission Planning and Construction: Who's Really Calling the Shots? [56 pp]
Kelly Daly, Stinson Leonard Street, LLP - Are Drones a Threat to Utility Critical Infrastructure? [24 pp]
Sarah Davis, Seattle City Light - Why Public Power is Joining the EIM [7 pp]
Jeffery S. Dennis, Advanced Energy Economy - Distributed Energy Resources in Wholesale Electricity Markets: Three Perspectives [13 pp]
Lisa Gast, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke - A+ Compliance: What NERC Wants [37 pp]
Denise Goulet, McCarter & English - What's All This Talk About Resilience? [29 pp]
William Huang, Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP - Distributed Energy Resources in Wholesale Electricity Markets: Three Perspectives [24 pp]
Kevin Jones and Paul Tiao, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Managing Cyber Risk from a Legal Perspective [28 pp]
Karl Karg and Claudia O'Brien, Latham & Watkins, LLP - Water, Water Everywhere: Coal Ash Impoundments, the Clean Water Act and Water Rights - The Implications for Public Power [11 pp]
Sue Kelly, American Public Power Association - Welcome/National Campaign to Raise Awareness of Public Power
Robert S. Lynch, Robert S. Lynch & Associates - Water, Water Everywhere: Coal Ash Impoundments, the Clean Water Act and Water Rights - The Implications for Public Power [11 pp]
John McCaffrey, American Public Power Association - Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update [37 pp]
John McClure, Nebraska Public Power District - Transmission Competition Under FERC Order No. 1000 at a Crossroads: Reinforce or Repeal? [11 pp]
Jonathan Mook, DiMuro Ginsberg, P.C. - Hot Employment Issues: What You Need to Know [31 pp]
Chris Norton, American Municipal Power, Inc. - Distributed Energy Resources in Wholesale Electricity Markets: Three Perspectives [9 pp]
Gregg D. Ottinger and Jon R. Stickman, Duncan & Allen - Essential Elements for Battery Storage Contracts [61 pp]
Hannes Pfeifenberger, The Brattle Group - Transmission Competition Under FERC Order No. 1000 at a Crossroads: Reinforce or Repeal? [23 pp]
David Pomper, Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP - Allowed Return on Equity and Federal Power Act 206 [34 pp]
Hance Price, Frankfort Electric & Water Plant Board - Public Power and the Attorney-Client Privilege [56 pp]
Harvey Reiter, Stinson Leonard Street, LLP - Antitrust Liability: Public Power Is Not Immune [37 pp]
Thomas Rudebusch, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C. and William Rust, The Energy Authority - The Importance of Energy Market Compliance [19 pp]
Jonathan Schneider, Stinson Leonard Street, LLP - What's All This Talk About Resilience? [24 pp]
Barbara Seymour, Clawson & Staubes, LLC - Uncharted Waters: Navigating Ethics Rules in Multijurisdictional Practice [40 pp]
Coleman Smoak, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency - Board Chair Address: Public Power Matters [28 pp]
Desmarie Waterhouse, American Public Power Association - Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update [25 pp]
Allison Wood, Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP - The Return of Climate Tort Cases [32 pp]
2017 Legal & Regulatory Conference Presentations
Andrew Art, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke and Celina Bonugli, World Resources Institute – Green Energy Tariff Designs
Eric Barefield, Louisiana State Bar Association – Ethics and Technology
Joel Beauvais, Latham & Watkins – Clean Water: (De)regulation and Litigation in the New Administration
Celina Bonugli, World Resources Institute and Eric Christensen, Cairncross & Hempelmann – Direct Renewable Access
John Coyle, Duncan & Allen – Decarbonization: The End of RTO Mission Creep (PPT)
John Coyle, Duncan & Allen – Decarbonization: The End of RTO Mission Creep (Report)
Dominic Cecere, Stinson Leonard Street – Hot Button Labor Issues in the Current Political Climate
Dominic Cecere, Stinson Leonard Street
Union Vulnerability Audit Services Overview
Dane Ciolino, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law – Recent Developments in Legal Ethics (Report)
Dane Ciolino, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law – Recent Developments in Legal Ethics (PPT)
Adrienne Clair, Thompson Coburn – Navigating the Transmission Boom
Darrell Clark and Tracey Ohm, Stinson Leonard Street
Protecting Your Utility Against Vendor Bankruptcies Paper
Protecting Your Utility Against Vendor Bankruptcies Presentation
Brian Evans-Mongeon, Utility Services, Inc. – Emerging Technologies: A Threat to Reliability?
Alan Fishel, Arent Fox
David Fitzgerald, Schiff Hardin LLP – PURPA: The Impact on Markets and Renewables
Pauline Foley, PJM Interconnection, LLC – Public Power Transmission: Still Not a Level Playing Field
Jason Gray, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke – Wholesale Transmission Rates
Walter Haase, Navajo Tribal Utility Authority – Keeping People the Priority in Public Power
William Huang, Spiegel & McDiarmid – FERC’s Storage and DER Aggregation NOPR (PPT)
Williams Huang, Spiegel & McDiarmid – FERC's Storage and DER Aggregation NOPR (Report)
Connie Jackson, City of San Bruno and Britt Strottman, Meyers Nave – Lessons Learned from a Deadly Gas Pipeline Explosion
Craig Johnson, Platte River Power Authority – Legal Issues with Random Drug Testing for Employees
Bhaveeta Mody, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke – Wholesale Transmission Rates
Kevin Jones, Randall Parks, and Paul Tiao, Hunton & Williams – Cybersecurity Preparedness and Supply Chain Risk Management
Katharine Mapes, Spiegel & McDiarmid – Navigating the Transmission Boom
John McCaffrey and Delia Patterson, American Public Power Association – Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update
Meg McNaul and Rebecca Shelton, Thompson Coburn – PURPA: Impact on Market & Renewables
Hance Price, Frankfort Electric & Water Plant Board – Legal Issues with Random Drug Testing for Employees
Daniel Rabon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Barbara Smith, SEPA/SWPA and Max Spiker, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation – Federal Hydropower Panel
Harvey Reiter, Stinson Leonard Street – Public Power Participation in Western Power Markets
Debra Roby, Jennings, Strauss & Salmon, PLC - Public Power Transmission: Still Not a Level Playing Field
Matthew Rudolphi, Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke – Electrifying the Transportation Sector
Jim Shetler, Balancing Authority of Northern California – Public Power Participation in Western Power Markets
Mary Anne Sullivan, Hogan Lovells – Electrifying the Transportation Sector
Rob Taylor, Salt River Project – Public Power Participation in Western Power Markets
Desmarie Waterhouse, American Public Power Association – Federal Regulatory and Legislative Update
Milton B. Whitfield, DiMuro Ginsberg, P.C. – Structuring a Successful Outsourcing Contract