Public Utility Law Institute XII (2011)

The 12th Annual Public Utility Law Institute presents an outstanding faculty representing in-house corporate counsel, government agencies and leading law firms who will cover the latest developments in the areas of energy and telecommunication law regulation and practice. This recorded program is aimed at attorneys and regulators practicing in the public utility and telecommunication areas of practice.

Program Topics

• Evolving Issues Surrounding Smart Grid

• Emerging Legal Issues Concerning Jurisdiction

• Rate Case Trends

• Hot Topics in Telecommunications and Energy

• Ethics in Public Utility Law 


Program Faculty

Deborah M. Franco, Esq. (Co-Chair)
Cullen and Dykman
—Garden City

Elise L. Hiller, Esq. (Co-Chair)
Klein Law Group, PLLC
—New York City

Anthony M. Belsito, Esq.
Assistant Counsel
New York State Department of Public Service
—Albany

William Bouteiller, Esq.
Manager of Utility Rates and Services
New York State  Department of Public Services
—Albany

John L. Carley, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
—New York City

Robert J. Freeman, Esq.
Executive Director
Committee on Open Government
—Albany

Matthew B. Gerst, Esq.
Counsel to External & State Affairs
CTIA—The Wireless Association®
—Washington, D.C.

Brandon F. Goodrich, Esq.
Assistant Counsel
New York State Department of Public Service
—Albany

Maureen O. Helmer, Esq.
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
—Albany

Jana Hrdinova
Center for Technology in Government
SUNY Albany
—Albany

Charles H. Kennedy, Esq.
Wilkinson, Barker and Knauer LLP
—Washington, D.C.

Andrew M. Klein, Esq.
Klein Law Group PLLC
—Washington, D.C.

Julie Laine, Esq.
Group Vice President, Regulatory
Time Warner Cable
—New York City

Kevin M. Lang, Esq. 
Couch White LLP
—Albany

Michael B. Mager, Esq. 
Couch White LLP
—Albany

Bruce V. Miller, Esq. 
Cullen and Dykman LLP
—Garden City

Catherine L. Nesser, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel – New York Regulatory
National Grid
—Brooklyn

George Pond, Esq.
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
—Albany

Saul A. Rigberg, Esq.
State Consumer Protection Board
—Albany

Martin C. Rothfelder, Esq.
Rothfelder Stern, LLC
—Westfield, NJ

Michael J. Santorelli, Esq.
Director, Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute
New York Law School
—New York City

Kenneth E. Stewart
Protean Electric, Inc.
—Troy, MI

Leonard Van Ryn, Esq.
Assistant Counsel
New York State Department of Public Service
—Albany

Keri Sweet Zavaglia, Esq.
Senior Counsel, National Grid
—Jamesville

Total MCLE Credits 7.5
Ethics MCLE Credits 2.0


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Product Type	Member Price	Non Member Price
Public Utility Law Institute XII (2011) (This product cannot be used to receive MCLE credit) (CLE CourseBooks) 1B32	$40.00	$60.00
+ Public Utility Law Institute XII (2011) (MCLE credit only if you have access to the course's audio/video/CD recording. You cannot receive MCLE credit from a coursebook alone.) (CLE CourseBooks) 1B32M	$85.00	$160.00
* Public Utility Law Institute XII (2011) (MCLE Audio on CD) DB321	$175.00	$260.00
* Public Utility Law Institute XII (2011) (CLE on DVD) FB321	$200.00	$290.00
* 12th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law (2011) [Video] (CLE Audio Cassettes) VB321	$240.00	$290.00
12th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law (2011) [Video] (On-Line Programs) VB321	$240.00	$290.00
12th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law (2011) [Audio] (On-Line Programs) 80B32	$150.00	$235.00