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• Settle It: Strategies and Techniques for Alternative Dispute Resolution in CPUC Proceedings

  • When
    January 29, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    925

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  This MCLE will explore Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes and techniques for complex cases before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The panel will feature experts in the field and will offer the unique perspectives the Commission's Administrative Law Judges, ADR Neutrals, and CPUC practitioners.

  You will learn 

  Background and structure of the CPUC’s ADR program. 

  Rules and regulations to consider during the ADR process, including the Public Utilities Code and the CPUC's Rules of Practice and Procedure. 

  Strategies and techniques to incorporate in your regulatory practice. 

  Consistent with the Commission's Ex Parte Rules, we will not be discussing matters that are actively pending before the CPUC or the Courts.

  Panelists 

  Moderator
  
  Jorian Heal, Attorney, Friedman & Springwater LLP (YUL Co-Chair, CCPUC Director) 

  Speakers
  
  Kimberly Kim, Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission

  Nora Sheriff, Shareholder, Buchalter

  Henry Weissmann, Partner, Munder, Tolles & Olson

  Additional Details

  This will be a virtual event. The link will be sent to all registrants a day prior to the event. 

  The event qualifies for 1.0 hours of general Continuing Legal Education credit in California. To receive your MCLE certificate, we require registration prior to the event.

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• 2025 Annual Meeting

  • Start
    March 16, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • End
    March 18, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    400 Cannery Row | Monterey, CA 93940
  • Registered
    35 registrants

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  Let's Meet On the Coast

  We are excited to return to Monterey for our 2025 Annual Meeting. The conference will feature expert panelists at the forefront of legal developments and best practices on utility regulation.  Join us under the sea for a kid-friendly strolling dinner at the world-class Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Mingle with friends and colleagues at the Young Utilities Lawyers (YUL) late night happy hour and for the karaoke enthusiast, your stage awaits!

  

  
  

  Meeting Highlights

  Our specialty bar association is an authorized California Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) provider. The meeting agenda includes 5 hours of general MCLE credit for California State Bar attorneys, including 1.5 hours of Elimination of Bias (including 1 hour of Implicit Bias sub-category). 
  
  

  Sunday, March 16
  4:00 - 5:00 PM	CCPUC Board Meeting and Officer Elections
  6:30 - 9:00 PM	Reception and Strolling Dinner
  Monday, March 17
  7:00 - 9:00 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
  9:00 - 9:15 AM	Welcome/Business Meeting 2025 CCPUC President Michael Callahan
  9:15 - 10:00 AM	VIP Fireside Chat
  10:00 - 10:30 AM	Networking Break
  10:30 - 12 Noon	Intergenerational Bias and Navigating Generation Friction at Work 1.5 hrs MCLE Elimination of Bias, including 1 hour of Implicit Bias Sub-Category
  Noon - 1:30 PM	Lunch
  1:45 - 3:15 PM	Utilities-Related Hot Topics in Legislation and Executive Action 1.5 Hrs. of MCLE Credit - General
  3:15 - 3:45 PM	Networking Break
  3:45 - 4:45 PM	OEIS and CPUC Partnership on Wildfires:  It’s Easier Than It Seams (sic) 1.25 Hrs. of MCLE Credit
  5:30 - 6:30 PM	Evening Reception
  9 PM - Midnight	YUL Reception (TBD)
  Tuesday, March 18
  7:30 - 8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
  8:30 - 9:30 AM	The CPUC in the Digital Age:  Evolving Role of the CPUC in Addressing Broadband Service 1 Hr. of MCLE Credit - General
  9:30 - 10:30 AM	Best Practices and Ethical Considerations for Effective Ex Parte Meetings 1 Hr. of MCLE Credit - General
  10:30 - 11:00 AM	Break and Hotel Checkout
  11:00 - 12:15 PM	Charting A Course To A Decarbonized Future and SB 100 1.25 Hrs. of MCLE Credit - General
  11:45 - 12 Noon	Recognitions, Closing Remarks and Adjournment

  
  

  Welcome Dinner at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

  Your conference registration fee includes one ticket to Welcome Dinner on Sunday, March 16. Explore the depths of the ocean in an intimate dinner setting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dine with friends and colleagues in front of one million-gallon Open Sea Exhibit where powerful tuna speed by and sea turtles glide lazily behind the huge window. Later, nibble on dessert and drift the night away with the glowing jellies. 

  Chef Matthew Beaudin's creative, inspired and sustainable cooking centers on fresh, local and in-season ingredients, and suppliers who care about ocean conservation. Chef Matthew sources 90 percent of all produce, protein and dairy products within 90 miles of the Aquarium which reduces carbon emissions associated with shipping and storing food from outside the region. He is also an advocate for the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch. 

  Additional dinner tickets may be added for a fee during registration or guests may purchase stand-alone tickets on our website. Your dinner ticket includes admission to the World Class Monterey Bay Aquarium, with private access to the Ocean's Edge Wing, opening reception, strolling dinner, and hosted bar. 

  Adult Ticket: $250 per person.
  Child Ticket: $125 per person.
  (12 years or younger; Under 5 years FREE)

  Monterey Bay Aquarium
  886 Cannery Row
  Monterey CA 93940

  

  
  

  Stay in Monterey

  Hotel accommodations at the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa are available at special conference rates and discounted parking.  Our room block tends to sell out quickly so book early to ensure your stay!

  Room upgrades available at the hotel's prevailing rate. If booking over the phone, please reference you are with the CCPUC group event.

  Monterey Hotel Plaza and Spa
  400 Cannery Row
  Monterey CA 93940
  (877) 862-7552

  Inland View	$259/night	Book online
  Govt/nonprofit	$199/night	Request this rate

  
  

  We will maintain a waiting list in the event the room block is sold out.
  If you need to cancel or transfer your reservation, do not cancel online.

  Please reach out to admin@ccpuc.org for reservation cancellations or transfers.

  
  

  
  

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• Monterey Bay Aquarium (Dinner Only)

  • When
    March 16, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM

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  Dinner at the Aquarium

  Explore the depths of the ocean in an intimate dinner setting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dine with friends and colleagues in front of one million-gallon Open Sea Exhibit where powerful tuna speed by and sea turtles glide lazily behind the huge window. Later, nibble on dessert and drift the night away with the glowing jellies. 

  Chef Matthew Beaudin's creative, inspired and sustainable cooking centers on fresh, local and in-season ingredients, and suppliers who care about ocean conservation. Chef Matthew sources 90 percent of all produce, protein and dairy products within 90 miles of the Aquarium which reduces carbon emissions associated with shipping and storing food from outside the region. He is also an advocate for the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch. 

  Your dinner ticket includes admission to the World Class Monterey Bay Aquarium, with private access to the Ocean's Edge Wing, opening reception, strolling dinner, and hosted bar. 

  Adult Ticket: $250 per person.
  Child Ticket: $125 per person.
  (12 years or younger; Under 5 years FREE)
  

  Monterey Bay Aquarium
  886 Cannery Row
  Monterey CA 93940

  

  
  

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