Howard V. Golub - PG&E Exec ~ Murder Conspiracy and Obstruction

The Connection:  Former PG&E Exec
Judge Joe Golub - Murder Conspiracy connected to Police Scandal with convictions
Nancy McFadden - Conspiracy, worked with President Clinton, Senator Feinstein / Richard Blum
Peter A. Darbee - PG&E CEO and SBC Services, Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Murder Federal Witness

   

HOWARD V. GOLUB

Howard Golub is a recognized leader among energy law practitioners in California. Building on a foundation of decades of experience with the law and with key decision-makers, he consistently develops innovative solutions delivering outstanding results for his clients.

What do you focus on?

I focus on my clients’ objectives, primarily in the areas of developing new opportunities, improving their competitiveness and defending existing rights through an integrated regulatory-transactional approach.

For instance, I developed a strategy that allowed one client to develop an independent and fully functioning electric distribution enterprise, taking less than six months from conception to operation, an unprecedented and cost-effective solution. Another client was facing financial ruin until I developed a regulatory strategy to cure several years of poor decisions by prior management. A third client was saved several hundred million dollars in utility charges.

What do you see on the horizon?

The energy industry, particularly in California, has been in a state of change for some years and I expect that process to continue particularly in the areas of price structures, infrastructure development, transmission access, competition, energy efficiency, renewable energy development, rate design and development of new market entrants. These changes represent significant opportunity for astute market participants.

Instructional Experience and Publications

• Energy in California 2014 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• Energy in California 2013 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• Energy in California 2012 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• Energy in California 2011 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• Energy in California 2010 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• Energy in California 2009 Conference, Conference Chair
• Energy in California 2008 Conference, Conference Co-Chair
• “Community Choice Aggregation Is a New Solution for Energy Markets,” Natural Gas & Electricity Journal, February 2008, Co-author
• Energy in California 2007 Conference: Community Choice Aggregation
• Buying and Selling Power in the West Conference: Renewable Energy Development, 2007
• Energy Strategies for Cities and Other Public Agencies Conference, Conference Co-Chairman, 2006
• Western Power Supply Forum, Conference Chairman, 2006
• Tribal Energy Conference: Financing Tribal Energy Projects, 2005
• “New Markets Tax Credits for Energy Projects,” Natural Gas & Electricity Journal, April 2005
• California Energy Market Directions Conference: Municipalization and Community Choice Aggregation, 2004
• Energy in the Southwest Conference: New Opportunities for Power Development, 2004
• Milken Institute Annual Global Policy: Energy Panel, 2004
• University of Southern California School of Economics/San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Roundtable: California Electricity Policy, 2004
• Buying and Selling Power in the West Conference: Energy Contract Strategies, 2003
• Edison Electric Institute: Electric Utility Restructuring and Antitrust Compliance, 1997
• American Gas Association: Utility Industry Restructuring, 1997
• Stanford Law School, Corporate Directors’ College: Corporate Governance, 1996
• European Commission Annual Energy Conference: Implications of U.S. Developments for European Utility Industry Restructuring and Privatization, 1996
• Stanford Law School, Corporate Directors’ College: Corporate Governance, 1995
• Edison Electric Institute, Conference on Corporate Compliance Programs: Beyond Compliance: Achieving Environmental Excellence, 1994
• “Reaching Accord at the Boardroom Table,” Stanford Business School Magazine, September 1993, Co-author
• “A New Perspective on Corporate Governance; Second Compact for Owners and Directors,” Corporate Governance Advisor, August/September 1993, Co-author
• American Arbitration Association: ADR as a Tool for Achieving Pareto Optimal Results and Increasing Client Competitiveness (a.k.a. Making Legal Lemons into Marketable Lemonade), 1992
• California Senate Natural Resources Committee, Fourth Annual Natural Diversity Forum: Biodiversity and Environmental Quality Management, 1992
• University of Oregon School of Law, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, 1992
• American Bar Association, First Annual Conference on North American Energy Trade and Environmental Policy: Towards a North American Energy and Environmental Policy, 1991
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Conference Legal and Regulatory Issues for Natural Gas Vehicles, 1991
• International Bar Association: The Role of U.S. and Canadian Regulatory Tribunals in Integrating International Energy Markets, 1991
• Stanford Law School Board of Visitors: The Roles of Lawyers on the Domestic Scene: Environmental Initiatives, 1991
• American Gas Association Legal Forum: Regulatory Restructuring of the California Gas Utility Industry, 1991
• American Bar Association, Conference on Electricity, Law and Regulation, Developing Competition in Bulk Power Markets, 1990
• Executive Enterprises: Wholesale Power Market Competitive Issues, 1988
• Canadian Energy Research Institute: Structuring Utility-Independent Energy Producer Contracts, 1987
• Edison Electric Institute: Competitive independent Energy Bidding Proposals, 1987
• Federal Energy Bar Association Competitive Bidding for Electric Capacity: Prospects, Problems, and Proposals, 1987
• Joint Armed Services, Pacific Tax Program: Income Tax Issues for Military Personnel, 1987
• Joint Armed Services, Pacific Tax Program: Income Tax Issues for Military Personnel, 1986
• American Bar Association/Canadian Bar Association, Joint Symposium on International Energy Trade: International Trade in Electric Power, 1985
• Naval Justice School: Conflicts of Interest/Standards of Conduct for Federal Employees, 1982