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.