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INFORM, INSPIRE, AND MOTIVATE BETH KEATING

SHAREHOLDER, GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART, P.A.

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What is the ost e ora le lesso or skill that you ha e lear ed hile pra ti i g la i the e ergy i dustry? I’d sa the e a e eall t o iti al thi gs I’ e lea ed: To liste a d to add ess the p o le , ot just the s pto . Liste to hat ou lie ts sa a e oth thei legal a d thei usi ess eeds. Liste to hat egulato s sa thei o e s a e. The , o side hethe a spe ifi issue o p o le ide tified a est e add essed a glo al solutio to a la ge issue. Also, do ’t get t apped i the i dset of this is the a it has al a s ee do e. Ofte , the e a e othe a s to esol e a issue o aft a solutio .

The fa t that they had the o fide e that I ould ha dle a ase or role e t a ery lo g ay i e suri g that I a epted halle ges readily.

Ho do you feel the pra ti e of la i dustry pro ises?

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est support the tre e dous opportu ity a d gro th that the e ergy

I thi k e do o e just egula l i ple e ti g the t o lesso s I’ e lea ed. Fi st, eall liste to ou lie ts’ issues, o k to u de sta d thei usi ess/i dust , a d de elop a ope path a of o u i atio so that ou a ette u de sta d he the e a e a oade p o le that is ge e ati g thei legal/ egulato eeds. Se o d, t to a oid app oa hi g e halle ges ith a p edete i ed ias that this a ’t e do e o this is ’t the a it has al a s ee do e. T ue, the e a e ti es he the e eall is ot a eas solutio , ut, o e ofte tha ot, the e is a solutio a d it is ot e essa il fou d do the ell-t a eled path of least esista e. As g a d othe ould ha e said, The e’s o e tha o e a to ski the at.

...try to a oid approa hi g e halle ges ith a predeter i ed ias that this a t e do e or this is t the ay it has al ays ee do e.

What ad i e ould you gi e to o e ho aspire to joi i dustry, espe ially o the la a d poli y side?

the e ergy

Do ’t e i ti idated the ja go a d the te h i al aspe ts of this a e a. Ce tai l , the e’s a lea i g u e, ut it is o ea s i su ou ta le. If ou a e looki g fo a halle gi g a ee i a i dust that i pa ts all of us o a dail asis, gi e this a ea a t . You’ll fi d this is a e ol i g i dust ith e halle ges o the ho izo as ell as a ide a ge of oppo tu ities. Also, do ’t e hesita t to ask uestio s a d to look fo suppo t a d e to s i the i dust , oth o e a d e .

Des ri e the e ergy i dustry usi g o e ord, a d share ith us hy you hose this ord. So, as a la e , fi di g o e o d to ep ese t a thi g, u h less the e e g i dust , is ea l i possi le. M fi st i sti t ould e to sa that, This is ’t ou g a d a’s ele t i o gas o pa . But, if held to the o e o d, I’d ha e to sa ,

DYNAMIC.

The i dust is t ul e ol i g. With the e ge s of gas a d ele t i o pa ies, the i te se tio of e e g a d ate , the ad a e e t of e e a le oppo tu ities, a d the additio of the t a spo tatio se to , the e’s so ethi g e to o side e e da . You defi itel ill ot e o ed.

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