Business Law

Public Utility Law Committee Activity in Review

As published in the NY Business Law Journal:

Winter 2012 NY Business Law Journal
Public Utility Law Committee

With the publication of Gregg Sayre’s January 2012 report (see Committee Reports http://www.nysba.org/PULreports), an era has come to an end.  Gregg, who had undertaken the heroic task of assembling and presenting a comprehensive report on cases affecting the utility industry in New York for as long as anyone can remember, has moved on to become a commissioner of the Public Service Commission.  Although we will miss Gregg and his work for the Committee very much, we look forward to inviting him to address the Committee as Commissioner Sayre in the near future.

The public Uitlity Committee is in the process of  transitioning to a new Board and exploring topics of interest for a 14th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law likely to take place in May 2013. We anticipate that it will include a full-day continuing legal education course, with faculty from in-house corporate counsel, government agencies and leading law fi rms. Curricula being explored involve the latest developments in the areas of energy and telecommunication regulation and practice, perhaps with an emphasis on ethical standards expected of practitioners before the Commission.

- Bruce V. Miller, Chair

Summer 2012 NY Business Law Journal
Public Utility Law Committee

The Public Utility Law Committee is in the process of transitioning to a new Board and exploring topics of interest for a 13th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law likely to take place later this year. It is likely to include a full-day continuing legal education course, with faculty from in-house corporate counsel, government agencies and leading law firms. Curricula being explored involve the latest developments in the areas of energy and telecommunication regulation and practice.

-- Deborah M. Franco, Chair

Winter 2011 NY Business Law Journal
Public Utility Law Committee

On May 17, 2011, the Public Utility Law Committee co-sponsored the 12th Annual Institute on Public Utility Law at the New York State Bar Association in Albany, NY. The committee co-sponsored this full-day continuing legal education course with the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Continuing Legal Education and the New York Chapter of the Federal Communications Bar Association. The Institute’s faculty included in-house corporate counsel, government agencies and leading law firms. The curriculum included the latest developments in the areas of energy and telecommunication regulation and practice. It is the committee’s goal to continue to monitor emerging trends in energy and telecommunication regulatory affairs, utility ratemaking and related areas and to encourage its members to present on these topics as developments occur.

---Deborah M. Franco, Chair