David T Doot

Practice Areas

David "Dave" Doot, former chair of the firm's Energy and Utilities industry group, has counseled businesses around the country on wholesale and retail arrangements for the purchase and sale of electricity and advocated on their behalf before federal and state energy regulators. Clients turned to Dave for guidance in dealing with renewable and conventional sources of power generation, energy-related transactions and energy regulation and compliance, and for representation before regulators to advance the clients' goals. He has years of experience handling:

• Mergers, acquisitions and other related business realignments

• Development of generation and transmission projects throughout the United States

• Negotiation of power purchase and sale agreements

• Assistance in resolving disputes arising under power purchase and sale agreements

• Client efforts to comply with federal and state regulatory requirements

• Enforcement investigations before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Dave was previously secretary and lead counsel for the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), the regional organization through which transmission service arrangements and wholesale power trading in New England are defined. During Dave's NEPOOL representation, Day Pitney prepared all the amendments to NEPOOL arrangements, acquired the necessary regulatory approvals and assisted in the mediation and settlement of numerous proceedings. That representation included compliance with numerous changes ordered by federal regulators, as well as implementation and continuous refinement of locational marginal pricing for energy in New England, the settlement of litigation over capacity markets that resulting in the implementation of New England's forward capacity market and continuous efforts to improve and refine that market.

Dave is the past president of the 2600-member Energy Bar Association, an international, non-profit association of attorneys, non-attorney professionals and students active in all areas of energy law.

Admitted in these jurisdictions and courts:

- State of Connecticut

Professional Memberships

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

Publications

Co-author, "Massachusetts Attorney General Rejects Local Ban on New Gas and Oil in Building Connections," Day Pitney Alert, July 31, 2020

Co-author, "FERC Finalizes Pricing and Eligibility Changes to PURPA Regulations," Day Pitney Alert, July 24, 2020

Co-author, "Dismissed: FERC Declines on Procedural Grounds to Act on Petition Seeking Assertion of FERC Jurisdiction Over Net Metering," Day Pitney Alert, July 17, 2020

Co-author, "FERC Finalizes Pricing and Eligibility Changes to PURPA Regulations," Day Pitney Alert, July 14, 2020

Co-author, "Appellate Review of FERC Orders Potentially Accelerated," Day Pitney Alert, July 9, 2020

Co-author, "FERC QF Developments: PURPA Implementation Changes Proposed; NH Crossed the Line," Day Pitney Alert, September 25, 2019

Co-author, "Risk and Opportunity with the Industrial Internet of Things," The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, May 28, 2019

Co-author, "FERC Final Rule Narrows and Clarifies Filing Requirements for Applicants and Holders of Interlocking Positions," Day Pitney Alert, March 5, 2019

Experience

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

Conducted numerous negotiations on behalf of wholesale and retail electricity suppliers and purchasers

Advocated on behalf of clients before FERC in rulemaking proceedings as well as proceedings relating to disposition of assets, transmission tariffs, interconnection agreements, market rules, market-based rate tariffs, and bi-lateral cost-of-service tariffs

Advocated on behalf of clients before state utility regulators in proceedings of all sorts

Participation in appeals to federal and state courts challenging actions of regulators

Education