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ABA-Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section

The ABA's Section of Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law brings together members of the bar interested in the rapidly changing legal environment of the communications, energy, and transportation industries. The Section's 7,000 members focus on legal developments reflecting deregulation, competition, and technological advances.

These include competition in the communications industry, access to gas transmission systems, restructuring of the electricity industry, fresh water shortages and protection of the water supply, and setting of competitive transportation rates. Many issues affect all industries, leading to useful and instructive comparative analyses. The Section has 19 substantive committees and approximately 10 administrative committees.

At the ABA Annual Meeting, the Section presents programs on topics such as the final open access rules promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issues in deregulated and regulated industries, California's electricity crisis, and factors involved in mergers and acquisitions.

The Annual Report, a year-end compilation of developments in all industries, is sent to all members. A quarterly newsletter, Infrastructure, includes surveys of late breaking developments. For more information about member benefits and joining the ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law, please visit http://www.abanet.org/pubutil/member.html.

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