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  • Tuesday, September 9, 2025
  • 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Desk
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception Sponsored by Akin at Bank and Baron Pub
  • Wednesday, September 10, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Desk
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Introduction Track Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    The History of Liquid Pipelines
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Introduction to FERC Ratemaking 
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Jurisdictional Jeopardy
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Form 6 101
  • 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    LEPA Update and Opening Remarks - Key 2025 Issues and Initiatives
  • 2:20 PM - 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Developments at FERC
  • 2:35 PM - 2:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    LEPA Congressional and Communications Update
  • 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Strategic Insights on North American Liquids Pipelines
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Afternoon Break Sponsored by NERA Economic Consulting
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Midstream Insights
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Perspectives from Industry Eexcutives
  • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Evening Networking Reception Sponsored by Steptoe LLP
  • Thursday, September 11, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Breakfast sponsored by Vinson & Elkins
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Desk
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Cost of Service: Fundamentals and New Developments
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Energy and The Trump Administration: The First 200 Days
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Tariff 101
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Understanding and Applying FERC Accounting Standards
  • 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break Sponsored by Murchison O'Neill, PLLC
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    FERC Decisions Update
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    LEPA Accounting Guidelines and Overhead Allocations
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Pipeline Development: Federal Permitting, CO2 Pipelines, and ROW Agreements
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    What to do with Pipeline Capacity?
  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break Sponsored by Murchison O'Neill, PLLC
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Capital vs. Expense
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Comparing US and Canada Pipeline Regulation
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hearings and Enforcement at FERC and PHMSA
  • 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Liquids Pipelines Transactions - Considerations and Trends
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Sponsored by Post & Schell, PC
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Depreciation Studies
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Tariff Non-Rate Terms and Conditions
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Legal Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence   
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Updating, Modernizing, and Conforming Tariffs
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Engaging with FERC and PHMSA
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Form 6 201
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hot Topics in Oil Ratemaking
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    State Regulation and FERC Implications
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Women's Networking Reception Sponsored by Van Ness Feldman LLP
  • 6:15 PM - 10:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    REG’s Casino Night - Reception and Dinner
  • Friday, September 12, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Desk
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    FERC Compliance*
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    PHMSA Enforcement Issues
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Tariff Design and Profitability in a Regulatory Environment
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Accounting and Regulatory Activity: Why Should You Care?
  • 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Coordinating Legal, Government Relations, and Public Relations
  • 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Oil Pipelines and Market Developments