Mr. H. Russell Frisby Jr.

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  "There's a lot of money to be made in upscale greenfields, such as resorts and hospitality locations," noted Russell Frisby, a law partner with Fleischman & Harding LLP and former seven-year president of COMPTEL.Frisby strongly urges CLECs to move quickly and aggressively on the opportunity to block builders from cutting deals with the RBOCs, which often are better known than CLEC brands to IT-challenged developers."Many developers don't know what the possibilities are or don't know where to go," Frisby said.
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  > Greenfields, broadband properties, Connexion Technologies, AT&T U-verse, Shentel, resorts and hospitality, real estate developers, triple play bundles, GPON, Tellabs Alcatel-Lucent, FTTH networks, Verizon FiOS, Reichert Financial, Motorola, Russell Frisby, Fleischman & Harding, COMPTEL, CLEC, University of Houston

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  'By 2012, we may be looking at blackouts and brownouts in Maryland,' said H. Russell Frisby Jr., former chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission and founding chairman of the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce.
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  The issue in Maryland is compounded by the thousands of people expected to move into Maryland due to the Pentagon's base realignment and closure program in the near future, Frisby said.
  
  'While this is good for the state's economy, it will lead to a spike in the demand for electricity at a time when we face a capacity shortage,' he said.
  
  Providing more generation is another part of the solution, Frisby said.
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  Pursuing renewable energy is another recommendation of the coalition, Frisby said.Among its members is Synergics Wind Energy of Annapolis, which seeks to construct two wind farms on private land in Garrett County in Western Maryland.
  
  Bluewater Wind LLC of Hoboken, N.J., also wants to build a wind farm near Ocean City.The Delaware Public Service Commission has approved an offshore wind farm to be built by Bluewater in that state, not far from the Maryland border.
  
  The coalition is also urging more conservation efforts, such as businesses conducting energy audits to learn where they can curb use. 'Some utilities are offering to do free audits,' Frisby said.

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  According to the former Maryland Public Service Commission chairman, H. Russell Frisby Jr., energy demand by 2012 will overwhelm the existing network, creating brownouts and blackouts.

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  H. Russell Frisby
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  H. Russell Frisby, Jr. has served as a director of PAETEC Holding since February 2007 and as a director of PAETEC Corp., PAETEC Holding's predecessor, beginning in January 2007.Mr. Frisby has been the partner-in-charge of the Telecom Group of Fleischman and Harding, L.L.P., a law firm, since March 2006, when he joined the firm.Mr. Frisby's legal practice focuses on regulatory and corporate matters affecting entities in the communications, energy and technology areas, and for over 20 years he has represented clients in a wide variety of proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission, state utility commissions and federal courts.Before joining Fleischman and Harding, Mr. Frisby was a partner with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, a law firm, beginning in April 2005.From February 1998 to March 2005, Mr. Frisby was the President, Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Legal Officer of the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) and, before his service in that position, served as Chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission.
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  Chesonis, Frisby, Kofalt, McDermott, Wilson and Zupan, and the continuing US LEC directors are Messrs.
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  PAETEC's board of directors has determined that the following six directors are "independent directors" within the meaning of Rule 4200(a)(15) of the Marketplace Rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, on which our common stock is listed: H. Russell Frisby; Tansukh V. Ganatra; James A. Kofalt; Michael C. MacDonald; William R. McDermott; and Mark Zupan.
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  The compensation committee, which held seven meetings in 2007, has consisted since its initial constitution immediately before the completion of the US LEC merger of Mr. McDermott, who serves as chairman, Mr. Frisby and Mr. Mac Donald.

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  "It's not a doomsday scenario," said H. Russell Frisby Jr., a founder of the organization is former chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission."But we don't want the electric grid at full capacity.Look at BRAC.There won't be enough electricity."
  
  Frisby works at a law firm in Washington, specializing in public utility law.
  
  MRP is made up of utility companies, businesses, business associations and unions.
  
  "We've reached a crisis point in Maryland," Frisby said on Wednesday during a visit to Frederick."The state is importing 30 percent of its electricity and there is not enough capacity to import more."
  
  Businesses believe the crisis will affect economic development; unions are looking at the affect on jobs.State officials are concerned about public safety.
  
  According to research Frisby cited, demand by 2012 will overwhelm the existing network, creating brownouts and blackouts.
  
  "The problem is exacerbated in Maryland because we are in a congested zone," Frisby said."Without doing something now, it will only get worse."
  
  Increasing capacity could save the state $500 million a year in the cost of importing power.The cost of new lines, such as the proposed PATH system by Allegheny Power, would be spread out over a large network, while Maryland, Virginia and Washington would benefit, Frisby said.
  
  "I look at Maryland like a desert.You can dig, you can conserve, but you still won't have enough water.It's like that with power," he said.
  
  Transmission of power is most cost-effective, compared to building new generating plants, he said."But you have the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) effect.We are trying to raise public awareness that we need more transmission lines," Frisby said.
  
  Those lines can be built in a way that is "environmentally successful," he said."We have to be creative.People argue that lines are environmentally unfriendly, but just as we can make 'green' building, we can do this environmentally."
  
  A lot of renewable energy is becoming available in the Midwest, Frisby said, but it has to be sent via transmission lines to this area.
  
  "We are part of the world's largest electric grid, from New York to Virginia and west to Ohio," Frisby said.
  
  Transmitting power is, however, a "short-term solution," Frisby said."We need more generation and it takes five years or more to build a plant.We are now relying on older, less-efficient generating plants."
  
  Frisby said the problem is not one that surfaced overnight, but something that has been going on for years."We have to act now," he said.
  
  Louise Hayman, a communications consultant who is helping Frisby get the word out to the public, said the group will form a steering committee at the end of the summer.

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  H. Russell Frisby Jr.
  
  THEN: In 1987, H. Russell Frisby Jr., was an attorney for the firm Melnicove, Weiner, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis.This post followed four years spent working as an attorney adviser in the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau.While there he was an author of the commission's landmark Final Decision in the Second Computer Inquiry, which deregulated terminal equipment and ...

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  H. Russell Frisby, Jr.
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  H. Russell Frisby, Jr. Telephone: (202) 939-7980 Fax: (202) 387-3467 rfrisby@fh-law.com
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  Mr. Frisby is a partner who focuses his practice on regulatory and corporate matters affecting entities in the energy, communications, and technology areas. He has represented clients in a wide variety of matters, including litigation, before the Federal agencies, state utility commissions and federal courts. As part of his practice, Mr. Frisby has served as special counsel to several large municipalities and has testified before several Congressional committees on various issues. He has also represented clients in numerous corporate matters and on assorted public policy issues. In this capacity he is currently serving as Spokesperson for Marylanders for Reliable Power, an organization whose goal is to raise public awareness about the need to ensure the continued supply of reliable power through increased transmission, generation and conservation. Mr. Frisby was recently elected Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.
  
  Professional Background Prior to joining Fleischman and Harding, Mr. Frisby was CEO of the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel). With 350 members, CompTel is the largest association representing global and national competitive telecommunications companies and their supplier partners. The association's membership includes telecom and energy companies of all sizes and profiles that provide voice, data and video services in the U.S. and around the world.
  
  As CEO, Mr. Frisby not only directed the association's activities, he also led industry advocacy efforts including frequent testimony before Congress, Federal and State regulatory commissions, and state legislatures. He also gave numerous speeches and authored a plethora of articles and op-eds.
  
  Previously, Mr. Frisby served as Chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission. During his tenure, the Commission was renowned for its pro-competitive policies in telecommunications, gas and electricity matters. Mr. Frisby participated in a number of key decisions, including the Telecommunications Act arbitration proceedings, various rate cases and the electric industry restructuring.
  
  Mr. Frisby's experience in utility law began in 1979 when he joined the Common Carrier Bureau of the FCC as an Attorney-Advisor. While in the Common Carrier Bureau, Mr. Frisby was an author of the Commission's landmark Final Decision in the Second Computer Inquiry which deregulated terminal equipment and enhanced services, and established pro-competitive regulations. He also served as Staff Director of the FCC's Conference on Enterprise Opportunities for Minorities in Telecommunications. He served as Legal Assistant to FCC Commissioner Joseph R. Fogarty and was involved in a number of major FCC decisions.
  
  In 1983, Mr. Frisby followed Fogarty into private practice, where he served as lead counsel for the District of Columbia Government in various utility cases, and represented other parties in utility cases and proceedings in a number of states. In addition, Mr. Frisby represented clients before the United States Supreme Court and Federal agencies.
  
  Professional/Civic Activities Throughout his career, Mr. Frisby has been active in public affairs and civil rights. He served as Counsel to the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. and represented it before the United States Supreme Court in the Croson case. He also served as Counsel of Record for the Congressional Black Caucus before the Supreme Court in the Adarand case. In 1989, Mr. Frisby received the Fund's Charles Hamilton Houston Award for his outstanding skill, dedication, and commitment through legal representation on behalf of the national minority business community.
  
  Active in local civic affairs, Mr. Frisby was the founding chair of the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on numerous boards, including the Board of Directors of the Afro-American Newspapers, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Baltimore Urban League, the B&O Railroad Museum, and the United Way of Central Maryland.
  
  In addition to his other interests, Mr. Frisby has been involved in a number of bar activities. As noted previously, he is Chair of the ABA's Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. He has served as Vice Chair of the NARUC Committee on Telecommunications, Chair of the ABA Coordinating Group on Energy Law, and served on the Section Council of ABA's Administrative Law Section. Mr. Frisby is also a member of the FCC's Advisory Committee on Diversity in the Digital Age.
  
  Mr. Frisby's other professional activities include:
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  Mr. Frisby speaks regularly before industry conferences, financial analysts and Congressional committees on utility and technology issues.

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  'Our goal is very simple: We intend to raise public awareness about the need for reliable power to a level that leads to public policy, which enables that need to be met,' said Russell Frisby, a former chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission who is acting as a coalition spokesman.
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  'This congestion is one of the major causes of this state's higher energy prices and also threatens the reliability of Maryland's electric grid,' Frisby said.
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  Frisby said the coalition will focus on describing the seriousness of the problem to labor organizations and business groups in Maryland's counties to 'bring home the message that we can't wait.''It's been known,' Frisby said, 'but

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  Frisby heads education program for PATH project Originally published August 03, 2009, 4:03 PM - Updated 4:03 PM, August 03, 2009
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  "People think that because of the downturn in the economy, we can't be assured it will stay down and it takes years to plan these projects," said Russell Frisby Jr. "If we don't move now, it could be 2020 until we could do it and that would be too late."
  
  Frisby, a former chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission, is heading PEAT.

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  H. Russell Frisby, Jr., Director
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  H. Russell Frisby, Jr., Director Mr. Frisby is the partner-in-charge of Fleischman and Harding's Telecom Group. He focuses his practice on regulatory and corporate matters affecting entities in the communications energy and technology areas. For over 20 years he has represented clients in a wide variety of proceedings, including litigation matters, before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), state utility commissions and federal courts.

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