Simon Adams specialises in commercial law with particular emphasis on energy and competition law. He has extensive experience in the energy industry, particularly electricity and gas.
Mr Adams advises on all aspects of the power industry, both renewable and conventional, including facility construction, operation and maintenance, power procurement and retail sales, electricity network access and services, metering and regulation. In the gas sector, he advises on gas procurement and transport, pipeline construction and access, gas tolling, storage, aggregation and retail arrangements. Mr Adams also acts on energy disputes and has been appointed to the legal panel of the Western Australian Energy Review Board.
His previous experience includes acting in-house as senior legal counsel with a state owned electricity and gas retailer, and acted on the merger of that entity with the state owned generator. Mr Adams has also acted for various regulators including the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the operator of the Western Australian Wholesale Electricity Market, and the Western Australian Economic Regulation Authority.