| Biography | Professional Experience David T. Doot, member of Day Pitney's Executive Committee, practices in the areas of public utility and energy law. In these areas of law, Dave has participated in mergers, acquisitions, and other related business realignments, and in the negotiation and documentation of many wholesale contractual arrangements among electric utilities. He has represented clients in state regulatory proceedings throughout New England and in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He has also counseled businesses around the country concerning retail arrangements for the purchase and sale of electricity. Dave is the past president of the 2400-member Energy Bar Association. Dave served as judicial clerk intern for The Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Federal Court of the Eastern District of Virginia. Representative Matters · Serves as secretary and lead counsel for the New England Power Pool, the regional organization through which transmission service arrangements and wholesale power trading in New England have been defined; as general counsel to NEPOOL, the firm has prepared all of the amendments to NEPOOL arrangements, acquired the necessary regulatory approvals, and assisted in the mediation and settlement of numerous proceedings, including the settlement to implement a forward capacity market in New England · Assisted in the purchase and sale of books of wholesale and retail contracts by energy market participants · Advised industry participants in their purchases and sales of generation assets and companies · Conducts negotiations on behalf of wholesale and retail electricity suppliers and purchasers News, Publications & Presentations · Co-author, "Getting Smart About Grid Modernization," Connecticut Law Tribune, November 7, 2011 · Featured, "Fifty Day Pitney Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 24, 2011 · Featured, "Seventy-two Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers List for 2012," Day Pitney Press Release, October 4, 2011 · Co-chair and Speaker, "Energy in the Northeast," Law Seminars International, September 26-27, 2011 · Co-author, "FERC Announces Major New Rule on Electric Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation," Day Pitney Alert, August 1, 2011 · Featured, "Chambers USA 2011 Names 45 Day Pitney Attorneys as 'Leading Lawyers for Business'," Day Pitney Press Release, June 10, 2011 · Co-author, "Using power purchase agreements to address uncertainty in offshore wind projects," Financier Worldwide, 2011 · Quoted, "Nicor/AGL regulatory clearances not contentious, sources say," dealReporter, December 14, 2010 · Featured, "Fifty-seven Day Pitney Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers; Six Additional Lawyers Recognized as 'Rising Stars'," Day Pitney Press Release, November 12, 2010 · Co-Chair, "Energy in the Northeast," Law Seminars International, Boston, MA, September 27 - 28, 2010 · Featured, "Seventy-six Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers for 2011," Day Pitney Press Release, August 9, 2010 · Co-Chair, "Energy in the Northeast," Law Seminars International, Boston, MA, November 9 - 10, 2009 · Featured, "Fifty-six Day Pitney Partners Recognized as New England Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, October 30, 2009 · Featured, "Seventy-seven Day Pitney Partners Named to Best Lawyers 2010," Day Pitney Press Release, July 30, 2009 · Moderator, "How to Get Transmission Built - Economics vs. Reliability Upgrades," Platts 4th Annual Northeast Power Markets Forum, April 27, 2009 · Speaker, "Settlement Proceedings," Energy Bar Association Primer Meeting, Washington, DC, April 22, 2009 · Featured, "Guarding Against Power Grid Threats: Day Pitney practice helps utilities follow safety protocols," Connecticut Law Tribune, April 13, 2009 · Featured, "75 Day Pitney Partners Named Among The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 Ranked #1 in New Jersey and #2 in Connecticut," Day Pitney Press Release, December 11, 2008 · Day Pitney to Sponsor the Transmission Summit 2008 · Speaker, "Which Traditional Projects are Moving Ahead & Which are Dead or Dying?" Energy in the Northeast Conference, Boston, MA, October 18-19, 2007 · Co-author, "State Mandates Most Effective So Far in Renewable Portfolio Standards," Natural Gas & Electricity, July 2007 · Speaker, "Achieving Resource Adequacy - Evolving Capacity Markets," Edison Electric Institute, Charleston, SC, April 15-18, 2007 · Speaker, "The National Trend Towards State and Local Government Interest in Mandating Renewable Portfolio Standards for Electric Distribution Companies," Energy in the Southeast - Resource Adequacy & Reliability, Law Seminars International, Atlanta, GA, November 6 & 7, 2006 · Speaker, "Practical Aspects of Obtaining Payments Under the FCM: How Conventional Generators, Intermittent Generators, and Energy Efficiency Providers Get Paid; Best Approaches for the Application Process," Energy in the Northeast - Resource Adequacy & Reliability, Law Seminars International, Boston, MA, October 16 & 17, 2006 · Speaker, "FERC Market-Based Rate Standards for Wholesale Sellers of Electric Power in Interstate Commerce," Fifth Annual Gas and Power Institute, Houston, TX, September 28 & 29, 2006 · Co-author, "Energy Risk & Markets - Waking Up To Compliance Risk," Public Utilities Fortnightly, September 2006 · Speaker, "Market/LICAP Overview," New England Power Forum, Boston, MA, June 21, 2006 · "'Forward Thinking' on Forward Contracts," DBH Alert, June 15, 2006 · Speaker, "The New England Energy Regulatory Labyrinth," Hartford, CT, May 17, 2006 · "David Doot Named President of the Energy Bar Association," DBH Press Release, May 1, 2006 · "Landmark Energy Act Addresses Electricity Reliability, Transmission Concerns and Creates Additional Incentives for Renewable Sources of Energy and Nuclear Investment," DBH Alert, August 10, 2005 · Speaker, "NEPOOL Update," Power Markets Conference, Boston, MA, November 10, 2004 · Speaker, "Dispute Resolution in the Energy Industry: Obstacles, Opportunities and Objectives," CPR 2004 Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 29, 2004 · "Your Electricity Bill and Evolving Regulatory Changes," Hartford Business Journal, January 26, 2004 · Speaker, "Recent Developments in Electric Transmission and Power Marketing," Northeast Gas Association Executive Conference, Woodstock, VT, September 7-9, 2003 · Co-author, "Benefit of Counsel: Allocating CRRs to Benefit Load and Facilitate Markets," Electric Light & Power, January 2003 · "Benefit of Counsel: It's Time to Tally NOPR's Effects," Electric Light & Power, October 2002 · Panelist, "PJM, New York and New England -- Politics, Markets and RTOs," Platts Regional Conference: Riding the Crest of Market Change, Baltimore, MD, September 24, 2002 · "Gen Interconnection: Lessons from New England," Public Utilities Fortnightly, September 15, 2002 · Speaker, "SMD NOPR," Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, September 10, 2002 · Speaker, "SMD NOPR," Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, September 3, 2002 · Panelist, "NEPOOL/ISO New England and Their Relationship," 2002 NECPUC Symposium, Stowe, VT, June 17, 2002 · Speaker, "A Northeast RTO," The New England Gas Association 2002 Financial & Administrative Forum, Mystic, CT, November 15, 2001 · "Making the Most of Deregulation," Energy Decisions, October 2001 · Speaker, "Lessons Learned in Retail and Wholesale Deregulation -- Doing it Different From California," California's Electric Restructuring Experience -- The Exception or the Rule, Chicago, IL, August 6, 2001 · Moderator, "Electricity Restructuring: Looking Back, Looking Around, Looking Ahead," Energy Bar Association, March 2001 · Moderator, "January RTO Filings, The New England Filings," Edison Electric Institute, February 2001 Professional Affiliations · Energy Bar Association, board of directors and past President · Connecticut Bar Association, Public Utility Law Section, executive committee · American Bar Association, Public Utility Law Section Outside Interests · Past president and trustee of The Open Hearth Association, Hartford, CT · Legal studies instructor, University of Hartford College for Women Entrepreneurial Center, Hartford, CT Awards and Achievements · Chosen for inclusion in the Chambers USA Legal Directory as a leading energy attorney, 2011 · Recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer, 2006-2011/2012 · Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Energy Law, 2007-2012 · Chosen in The Hartford Area's Best Lawyers as Energy Lawyer of the Year, 2011 |