This paper analyzes the impact of wind energy on sub-hourly ramping requirements using 5-minute load and wind power data from four balancing areas in Minnesota. It finds that high wind penetration can significantly increase ramping needs compared to load alone. However, consolidating the balancing areas can help reduce ramping requirements by allowing some ramps to offset each other. Analysis shows that combining the four areas could eliminate excess ramping of over 700 MW. The paper examines how increased flexibility through cooperative balancing area operations can lower the costs of integrating high levels of variable wind generation.
Hoy fui al zoológico con mi familia y vimos una gran variedad de animales. Vimos leones, tigres, osos y monos saltando de un lado a otro en sus jaulas. Fue una visita divertida donde aprendimos sobre los diferentes hábitats de los animales.
The document summarizes a presentation on the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 and its review of advances in technology and legal practice. The Commission has issued papers on lawyers' use of internet-based marketing tools and client confidentiality issues related to technology use. The presentation criticizes some of the Commission's initial proposals as overregulating lawyers' use of tools like social media and cloud computing. It argues rules should focus on preventing deception, not restricting technology use, and that best practices combined with vendor certification may be preferable to additional rules. Uniformity of standards is also emphasized as important for multi-jurisdictional practice.
OREC Webinar: From Silicon Valley to Wall Street to Foggy Bottom:Carolyn Elefant
In this program, Carolyn Elefant, owner of the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, counsel to the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC), seasoned FERC practitioner and legal advisor to innovative law and technology companies identifies and discusses the regulatory market pull incentives developed by FERC over the past 2 years that are creating robust green technology markets and enormous opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors.
Six Start-Up Technology Trends That Start Up Lawyers Can UseCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses 6 technology trends for lawyers: 1) Search is being replaced by discovery through sites like Pinterest where users share interests; 2) Specialized mobile apps are appealing for niche practices; 3) Lawyers can affiliate with others through integration and cross-promotion; 4) Freemium models using free initial services can create new paying clients; 5) Start-ups disrupt by addressing areas larger firms ignore; and 6) Social media like Instagram fosters connection by its nostalgic elements. The trends highlight opportunities for solos and small firms to better connect with clients through tailored digital strategies.
This order addresses motions filed by landowners seeking attorneys' fees and costs from Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) following ACP's abandonment of eminent domain proceedings to obtain an easement on the landowners' property for a natural gas pipeline. The court disagrees with a Ninth Circuit decision and finds that, under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, landowners are entitled to reimbursement of reasonable litigation expenses from the private company exercising federal eminent domain authority. As such, the court will determine appropriate reimbursement for the landowners' attorney fees and costs incurred due to the condemnation proceeding. The court also denies ACP's request for limited discovery on the landowners' fee arrangements with counsel.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This paper analyzes the impact of wind energy on sub-hourly ramping requirements using 5-minute load and wind power data from four balancing areas in Minnesota. It finds that high wind penetration can significantly increase ramping needs compared to load alone. However, consolidating the balancing areas can help reduce ramping requirements by allowing some ramps to offset each other. Analysis shows that combining the four areas could eliminate excess ramping of over 700 MW. The paper examines how increased flexibility through cooperative balancing area operations can lower the costs of integrating high levels of variable wind generation.
Hoy fui al zoológico con mi familia y vimos una gran variedad de animales. Vimos leones, tigres, osos y monos saltando de un lado a otro en sus jaulas. Fue una visita divertida donde aprendimos sobre los diferentes hábitats de los animales.
The document summarizes a presentation on the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 and its review of advances in technology and legal practice. The Commission has issued papers on lawyers' use of internet-based marketing tools and client confidentiality issues related to technology use. The presentation criticizes some of the Commission's initial proposals as overregulating lawyers' use of tools like social media and cloud computing. It argues rules should focus on preventing deception, not restricting technology use, and that best practices combined with vendor certification may be preferable to additional rules. Uniformity of standards is also emphasized as important for multi-jurisdictional practice.
OREC Webinar: From Silicon Valley to Wall Street to Foggy Bottom:Carolyn Elefant
In this program, Carolyn Elefant, owner of the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, counsel to the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC), seasoned FERC practitioner and legal advisor to innovative law and technology companies identifies and discusses the regulatory market pull incentives developed by FERC over the past 2 years that are creating robust green technology markets and enormous opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors.
Six Start-Up Technology Trends That Start Up Lawyers Can UseCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses 6 technology trends for lawyers: 1) Search is being replaced by discovery through sites like Pinterest where users share interests; 2) Specialized mobile apps are appealing for niche practices; 3) Lawyers can affiliate with others through integration and cross-promotion; 4) Freemium models using free initial services can create new paying clients; 5) Start-ups disrupt by addressing areas larger firms ignore; and 6) Social media like Instagram fosters connection by its nostalgic elements. The trends highlight opportunities for solos and small firms to better connect with clients through tailored digital strategies.
This order addresses motions filed by landowners seeking attorneys' fees and costs from Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) following ACP's abandonment of eminent domain proceedings to obtain an easement on the landowners' property for a natural gas pipeline. The court disagrees with a Ninth Circuit decision and finds that, under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, landowners are entitled to reimbursement of reasonable litigation expenses from the private company exercising federal eminent domain authority. As such, the court will determine appropriate reimbursement for the landowners' attorney fees and costs incurred due to the condemnation proceeding. The court also denies ACP's request for limited discovery on the landowners' fee arrangements with counsel.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Carolyn Elefant, an attorney who owns a boutique energy law practice and freelance legal marketplace, writes to request that the Maryland State Bar Association rescind its 1992 ethics opinion prohibiting lawyers from marking up the costs of freelance attorneys. The opinion is outdated as the legal profession has embraced freelance arrangements and the gig economy. Allowing markups benefits clients through lower overall rates, solo and small firm lawyers by incentivizing the use of lower-cost freelancers, and freelance attorneys by providing them work opportunities. Most other ethics authorities, including the ABA, permit reasonable markups. Rescinding the opinion would bring Maryland in line with the modern legal industry while supporting cost-effective and flexible legal services.
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Achieving the Trifecta With TechnologyCarolyn Elefant
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Risks for Lawyers of NOT Using Technology & Digital Media to Connect With Cli...Carolyn Elefant
This document discusses whether clients, coworkers, or colleagues should be friended on Facebook. It notes there are two schools of thought on this, with no clear right answer. On one hand, friending could allow supporting clients' causes and showing accessibility, but clients may see non-work details and overshare. Instagram can be used as a recruiting and branding tool where Facebook risks too much personal information being shared. The document also discusses whether lawyers can participate in sites charging clients and taking a percentage of legal fees, noting ethics rules in New York prohibit this as an improper fee split, while others see it as a modern way of doing business.
Slidedeck from the March 22, 2016, presentation on FERC and Pipeline Overbuild at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Energy Finance Training Program held at Columbia Law School.
This document summarizes the agenda and key topics for the Clio Cloud Conference 2014 held in Chicago, Illinois from September 22-23, 2014. The conference focused on how technology has transformed and disrupted the legal profession, moving practices to the cloud and lowering costs. Specific sessions examined how solo and small law firms can become more sustainable and profitable through structural changes like subscription services, diversifying services, and changing outdated ethics rules around client trust accounts and advertising.
This document discusses the importance of systems and technology tools for law offices to manage time and workload effectively. It notes that over 16% of malpractice claims in 2008 resulted from firms not properly managing deadlines and calendars. Systems can help avoid mistakes, facilitate delegation, and prevent client surprises. The document provides examples of different types of systems, such as checklists, templates, collaborative tools, and knowledge management tools. It also offers tips for setting up systems, such as defining the purpose and intended users. An example client intake process is outlined in a table as well. Overall, the document advocates that systems can help lawyers and firms get more work done with less stress.
Social Media For Utilities: Law and PracticesCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses social media use in the utility industry and the legal and regulatory considerations. It begins by explaining why social media presents both opportunities and risks for regulated industries. It then provides an overview of how utilities are currently using social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The document outlines five sources of authority that govern social media use in regulated industries: law, regulatory codes of conduct, platform terms of service, social media policies, and best practices/netiquette. It then discusses specific legal and regulatory trends utilities should be aware of regarding issues like employment, advertising, privacy, and more. The key takeaways are to be transparent, differentiate personal from professional use, ensure policies apply to vendors, and
Order No. 1000 and Beyond: Transmission Policy, Renewables and MoreCarolyn Elefant
Order No. 1000 requires regional transmission planning to consider public policy needs like renewable energy. It was challenged for encroaching on state authority but recent rulings found flexibility. Other FERC orders incentivize transmission for renewables and demand response as alternatives. States largely control net metering and small generator interconnection, which are key for distributed renewable energy. While Order No. 1000 is significant, states have multiple tools to achieve renewable goals within their jurisdiction.
This document discusses the legal risks associated with using social media in regulated industries like food. It notes that user-generated content on third party platforms reduces a company's control. It outlines the main social media platforms and five sources of authority - law, regulatory codes, platform terms of service, social media policies, and netiquette - that govern social media use. Key legal trends around employment, copyright, advertising, and e-discovery are also summarized. The document stresses the importance of transparency, authenticity, and respect on social media and keeping policies and risk management strategies up to date.
Free Stuff for Going Solo; an excerpt from Launching a 21st Century Law PracticeCarolyn Elefant
This document lists and evaluates free and low-cost tools that solo practitioners can use to run their law practices. It provides a table comparing options for business planning, word processing, legal research, timekeeping, invoicing, payments, appointments, scheduling, document storage, forms, web development, blogging, client portals, email, fax, voicemail, e-signing, conference calls, web platforms, event registration, online presence, invitations, photos, and newsletters. Many effective free solutions are available for tasks like word processing, research, payments, scheduling, storage, and online communication. Low-cost paid options may be preferable for features like client portals and practice management systems.
The document provides tips and best practices for lawyers to use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter for business purposes. It recommends setting goals for social media use, matching platforms to goals, creating robust profiles, balancing personal and professional content, being consistent in posting, and leveraging mobile devices. Specific advice is given for using features and growing connections on each individual platform.
The document provides 10 tips for creating an effective 21st century retainer agreement. It emphasizes making the agreement brief, focused on key elements like scope of work and fees, and using clear language and formatting. Additional tips include allowing for evolving modern practices, using graphics and readable design, deciding what information to include or exclude, adding a signature block, and ensuring the agreement is easily readable. The document highlights challenges today's clients and law practices present and resources for improving agreement design.
Legal Issues Re: Social Media for the Regulated Utility IndustryCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses social media use for regulated utility industries. It provides an overview of common social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and some of the key legal issues utilities should consider when using social media, such as rate recovery, privacy, record keeping, and ex parte communications. The document recommends that regulators develop social media policies through guidance and best practices rather than platform-specific regulations, and emphasizes the importance of utilities and their legal teams actively using social media to effectively develop social media policies.
Know Your Rights When A FERC Pipeline Comes to Your CommunityCarolyn Elefant
Most landowners and communities do not realize that they can participate in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) process regarding certificates for natural gas pipelines. If you know and understand the rules, you can have your voice heard. This presentation explains how.
Breaking the Gridlock in Marine Renewable Energy DevelopmentCarolyn Elefant
The document discusses several hurdles to developing marine hydrokinetic projects in the US, including a lack of coordination between federal and state agencies, lengthy and sequential permitting and leasing processes, and a lack of uniformity between different parts of the project development process. It proposes recommendations to help move MHK development forward, such as focusing on minimum necessary data requirements, setting deadlines for both developers and agencies, increasing coordination between agencies through joint offices and standardized application processes, and establishing special expedited procedures and test centers to help advance new technologies. Coordinated marine spatial planning is also discussed as a potential way to help prioritize marine renewable development.
A discussion of the issues related to California PUC's feed-in tariff case at FERC. FERC held that the Federal Power Act preempts a state from setting a feed-in tariff, but states may rely on PURPA as a basis for a feed-in
The document discusses several hurdles to developing marine hydrokinetic projects in the US, including lack of coordination between federal and state agencies, lengthy and sequential permitting and leasing processes, and lack of financing opportunities due to permitting delays. It proposes recommendations to address these hurdles, such as taking a collaborative approach focused on minimum necessary data, establishing deadlines for both developers and agencies, coordinating permitting processes, and creating special expedited procedures for test facilities and new technologies. The goal is to find a path forward that enables marine renewable energy development.
Carolyn Elefant, an attorney who owns a boutique energy law practice and freelance legal marketplace, writes to request that the Maryland State Bar Association rescind its 1992 ethics opinion prohibiting lawyers from marking up the costs of freelance attorneys. The opinion is outdated as the legal profession has embraced freelance arrangements and the gig economy. Allowing markups benefits clients through lower overall rates, solo and small firm lawyers by incentivizing the use of lower-cost freelancers, and freelance attorneys by providing them work opportunities. Most other ethics authorities, including the ABA, permit reasonable markups. Rescinding the opinion would bring Maryland in line with the modern legal industry while supporting cost-effective and flexible legal services.
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Achieving the Trifecta With TechnologyCarolyn Elefant
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Risks for Lawyers of NOT Using Technology & Digital Media to Connect With Cli...Carolyn Elefant
This document discusses whether clients, coworkers, or colleagues should be friended on Facebook. It notes there are two schools of thought on this, with no clear right answer. On one hand, friending could allow supporting clients' causes and showing accessibility, but clients may see non-work details and overshare. Instagram can be used as a recruiting and branding tool where Facebook risks too much personal information being shared. The document also discusses whether lawyers can participate in sites charging clients and taking a percentage of legal fees, noting ethics rules in New York prohibit this as an improper fee split, while others see it as a modern way of doing business.
Slidedeck from the March 22, 2016, presentation on FERC and Pipeline Overbuild at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Energy Finance Training Program held at Columbia Law School.
This document summarizes the agenda and key topics for the Clio Cloud Conference 2014 held in Chicago, Illinois from September 22-23, 2014. The conference focused on how technology has transformed and disrupted the legal profession, moving practices to the cloud and lowering costs. Specific sessions examined how solo and small law firms can become more sustainable and profitable through structural changes like subscription services, diversifying services, and changing outdated ethics rules around client trust accounts and advertising.
This document discusses the importance of systems and technology tools for law offices to manage time and workload effectively. It notes that over 16% of malpractice claims in 2008 resulted from firms not properly managing deadlines and calendars. Systems can help avoid mistakes, facilitate delegation, and prevent client surprises. The document provides examples of different types of systems, such as checklists, templates, collaborative tools, and knowledge management tools. It also offers tips for setting up systems, such as defining the purpose and intended users. An example client intake process is outlined in a table as well. Overall, the document advocates that systems can help lawyers and firms get more work done with less stress.
Social Media For Utilities: Law and PracticesCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses social media use in the utility industry and the legal and regulatory considerations. It begins by explaining why social media presents both opportunities and risks for regulated industries. It then provides an overview of how utilities are currently using social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The document outlines five sources of authority that govern social media use in regulated industries: law, regulatory codes of conduct, platform terms of service, social media policies, and best practices/netiquette. It then discusses specific legal and regulatory trends utilities should be aware of regarding issues like employment, advertising, privacy, and more. The key takeaways are to be transparent, differentiate personal from professional use, ensure policies apply to vendors, and
Order No. 1000 and Beyond: Transmission Policy, Renewables and MoreCarolyn Elefant
Order No. 1000 requires regional transmission planning to consider public policy needs like renewable energy. It was challenged for encroaching on state authority but recent rulings found flexibility. Other FERC orders incentivize transmission for renewables and demand response as alternatives. States largely control net metering and small generator interconnection, which are key for distributed renewable energy. While Order No. 1000 is significant, states have multiple tools to achieve renewable goals within their jurisdiction.
This document discusses the legal risks associated with using social media in regulated industries like food. It notes that user-generated content on third party platforms reduces a company's control. It outlines the main social media platforms and five sources of authority - law, regulatory codes, platform terms of service, social media policies, and netiquette - that govern social media use. Key legal trends around employment, copyright, advertising, and e-discovery are also summarized. The document stresses the importance of transparency, authenticity, and respect on social media and keeping policies and risk management strategies up to date.
Free Stuff for Going Solo; an excerpt from Launching a 21st Century Law PracticeCarolyn Elefant
This document lists and evaluates free and low-cost tools that solo practitioners can use to run their law practices. It provides a table comparing options for business planning, word processing, legal research, timekeeping, invoicing, payments, appointments, scheduling, document storage, forms, web development, blogging, client portals, email, fax, voicemail, e-signing, conference calls, web platforms, event registration, online presence, invitations, photos, and newsletters. Many effective free solutions are available for tasks like word processing, research, payments, scheduling, storage, and online communication. Low-cost paid options may be preferable for features like client portals and practice management systems.
The document provides tips and best practices for lawyers to use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter for business purposes. It recommends setting goals for social media use, matching platforms to goals, creating robust profiles, balancing personal and professional content, being consistent in posting, and leveraging mobile devices. Specific advice is given for using features and growing connections on each individual platform.
The document provides 10 tips for creating an effective 21st century retainer agreement. It emphasizes making the agreement brief, focused on key elements like scope of work and fees, and using clear language and formatting. Additional tips include allowing for evolving modern practices, using graphics and readable design, deciding what information to include or exclude, adding a signature block, and ensuring the agreement is easily readable. The document highlights challenges today's clients and law practices present and resources for improving agreement design.
Legal Issues Re: Social Media for the Regulated Utility IndustryCarolyn Elefant
This document discusses social media use for regulated utility industries. It provides an overview of common social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and some of the key legal issues utilities should consider when using social media, such as rate recovery, privacy, record keeping, and ex parte communications. The document recommends that regulators develop social media policies through guidance and best practices rather than platform-specific regulations, and emphasizes the importance of utilities and their legal teams actively using social media to effectively develop social media policies.
Know Your Rights When A FERC Pipeline Comes to Your CommunityCarolyn Elefant
Most landowners and communities do not realize that they can participate in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) process regarding certificates for natural gas pipelines. If you know and understand the rules, you can have your voice heard. This presentation explains how.
Breaking the Gridlock in Marine Renewable Energy DevelopmentCarolyn Elefant
The document discusses several hurdles to developing marine hydrokinetic projects in the US, including a lack of coordination between federal and state agencies, lengthy and sequential permitting and leasing processes, and a lack of uniformity between different parts of the project development process. It proposes recommendations to help move MHK development forward, such as focusing on minimum necessary data requirements, setting deadlines for both developers and agencies, increasing coordination between agencies through joint offices and standardized application processes, and establishing special expedited procedures and test centers to help advance new technologies. Coordinated marine spatial planning is also discussed as a potential way to help prioritize marine renewable development.
A discussion of the issues related to California PUC's feed-in tariff case at FERC. FERC held that the Federal Power Act preempts a state from setting a feed-in tariff, but states may rely on PURPA as a basis for a feed-in
The document discusses several hurdles to developing marine hydrokinetic projects in the US, including lack of coordination between federal and state agencies, lengthy and sequential permitting and leasing processes, and lack of financing opportunities due to permitting delays. It proposes recommendations to address these hurdles, such as taking a collaborative approach focused on minimum necessary data, establishing deadlines for both developers and agencies, coordinating permitting processes, and creating special expedited procedures for test facilities and new technologies. The goal is to find a path forward that enables marine renewable energy development.