2024

2024 Updates in Gas and Power

STUDIO WEBCAST Oct 8, 2024
$135 Individual

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Overview

2024 Updates in Gas and Power - 8:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (2.75 hr)
Join us on October 8th to hear the latest and most essential updates impacting the gas and power industry this year. This live webcast runs through the latest case law, updates in the gas market, what's happening with the Texas Energy Fund, and a PUC Regulatory Update with Commissioner Cobos.

8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. (0.50 hr)
Texas Energy Funds Basics and Next Steps

Alaina Zermeno, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (0.75 hr)
PUC Regulatory Updates
Commissioner Lori Cobos, Public Utility Commission of Texas - Austin, TX
10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. (0.75 hr)
Gas Market Updates
Robert W. Gee, Gee Strategies Group, LLC - Falls Church, VA
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (0.75 hr)
Case Law Update

Holly Heinrich, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX

If you cannot watch the entire webcast at its scheduled time, register now and view the recording and eCourse when it is available in “Your Briefcase” after the webcast. Earn CLE credit (in TX and CA) on your time!

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 8, 2024
Presiding Officer:
Chris Reeder, Austin, TX
8:15 am

0.50 hr

Texas Energy Funds Basics and Next Steps

A discussion on the Public Utility Commission of Texas’s implementation of Texas Energy Fund legislation and the application and award process to-date.

Alaina Zermeno, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
8:45 am

15-Minute Break
9:00 am

0.75 hr

PUC Regulatory Updates

Lori Cobos, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas - Austin, TX
9:45 am

15-Minute Break
10:00 am

0.75 hr

Gas Market Updates

Winter Storms Uri and Elliott drew attention to vulnerabilities between natural gas supply and the power sector to maintain grid reliability. What steps have been taken, and what work remains to avoid or minimize a recurrence of these operational failures through greater gas-electric coordination?

Robert W. Gee, Gee Strategies Group, LLC - Falls Church, VA
10:45 am

15-Minute Break
11:00 am

0.75 hr

Case Law Update

A discussion of recent case law related to the electric power and gas sectors, and the effect of these decisions on the industry going forward.

Holly Heinrich, Husch Blackwell LLP - Austin, TX
11:45 am

Presentations Conclude

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Conference Faculty

Lori Cobos

Commissioner, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Austin, TX

Robert W. Gee

Gee Strategies Group, LLC
Falls Church, VA

Holly Heinrich

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Alaina Zermeno

Husch Blackwell LLP
Austin, TX

Credit Info

STUDIO WEBCAST

MCLE Credit

Texas – 2.75 hrs

UT Law CLE will report credit to the State Bar of Texas on your behalf. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit.

California – 2.75 hrs

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

Pennsylvania – 2.50 hrs

UT Law CLE is an approved provider of Pennsylvania credit, sponsor #236. Attorney attendance will be reported to Pennsylvania within 2 weeks after credit is claimed and submitted. Attorneys are not able to report this credit on their own, and UT Law CLE pays all associated fees for the credit hours. Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Other States – 2.75 hrs

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 3.25 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. In compliance with the rules, UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

To claim Texas Accounting CPE credit, the Texas Accounting CPE credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. Self-report your CPE credit directly to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

STUDIO WEBCAST – Oct 8, 2024

STUDIO WEBCAST

Individual
Last day for cancellation (full refund): Sep 30, 2024

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Last day for cancellation: Oct 7, 2024