Prior to joining MinterEllison I worked for over nine years in-house as a Senior Legal Counsel, and Acting General Counsel, of one of Australia's largest energy companies, Energy Queensland. This in-depth in-house experience allows me to provide well-rounded perspective and understanding of challenges and drivers of inhouse legal procurement and project delivery.

Career highlights

• Major network projects: Advised on all aspects of major sub-transmission projects in South-East Queensland, including all land acquisition matters, regulatory test compliance, community consultation, and planning and environmental approvals under State and Federal legislation.
• Distribution Connection contracts: Advised on drafting a contractual suite for electricity network connection projects, including retail customer connections and renewable generation connections.
• Renewable energy procurement: Advised major customers and market participants on renewable energy procurement, including wholesale PPAs, retail PPAs and retail sleeved PPAs.
• Energy retailers: Advised on retail contracts for residential, commercial and industrial electricity customers including renewable backed products that allow their customers to make credible statements in relation to renewable electricity usage.
• Battery Connection: Advised Queensland distribution entities on regulatory impacts of connection of utility scale battery energy storage systems.
• Embedded networks: Advised in regulatory reviews of registration and authorisations in relation to private electricity networks.
• ISDA Master Agreements: Advised major generators and retailers in respect of their derivative transactions for electricity and environmental products.
• Regulatory Compliance Programs: Assisted major generators and retailers in step-change compliance programs to navigate the complex National rules frameworks.

• Integration of DER and demand side participation
  

  Immediate, near term and longer term reforms to give consumers more choice and control over their energy options. Plus a summary of the arguments for and against.

• Resource adequacy through transition
  

  Existing energy-only price signals are not fit-for-purpose. Immediate to longer term reforms to ensure adequate firm and flexible capacity and ongoing reliability.