Led by Peter Nelson, Norton Gledhill has a leading Energy practice. We have experience in many fields of advisory and transaction-based commercial and government legal work. We provide advice on industry regulation to the Victorian Government and the Essential Services Commission. We also advise generators, retailers and financial institutions on the legal aspects of their activities in wholesale and retail energy and carbon markets.

Carbon

• carbon pollution reduction scheme
• trading of carbon permits
• mechanisms for passing on carbon costs

Competition and Trade Practices Law

• access arrangements
• restrictive trade practices

Corporate Advisory

• financial services laws including applications for Australian financial services licences
• risk management
• anti-money laundering
• compliance
• privacy and preparation of privacy policies

Energy

• derivatives
• ISDA master agreements
• power purchase agreements
• trading of RECs and other environmental products
• supply arrangements for large industrial customers
• metering
• off-take agreements for renewable energy power stations
• connection and use of system agreements
• compliance with the National Electricity Rules
• applications for retail licences
• retailers' terms for electricity and gas sale agreements

Government

• national reforms to the energy industry
• legislation and regulations in the electricity and gas industries
• the Victorian Renewable Energy Target and Victorian Energy Efficiency Target schemes
• feed-in tariff schemes for renewable energy generators
• licensing regimes

Insolvency and Reconstruction

• liquidations and other external administrations in the energy industry

Litigation and ADR

• access disputes
• commercial resolution of contractual disputes in the energy industry
• price reviews under long term power purchase and gas supply agreements
• challenges to regulatory decisions
• defence of prosecutions by energy industry regulators

Mergers and Acquisitions

• mergers and acquisition transactions in the energy industry