Some of our recent projects have included:
ConocoPhillips coal seam gas acquisition
Advised ConocoPhillips on its A$9 billion acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in
Origin Energy's coal seam gas business.
Queensland Government wind and gas asset sales
Acted for the Queensland Government on the sale of its wind farm assets and gas
businesses. This was Australia's largest ever wind farm sale (comprising five
operating wind farms and 14 development sites).
Tamar Valley Power Station acquisition
Acted for the Tasmanian Government on its purchase of the partly completed
gas-fired Tamar Valley Power Station from Babcock and Brown Power Limited.
Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline acquisition
Advised the Alinta/Alcoa/DUET consortium in its acquisition of the Dampier to
Bunbury natural gas pipeline for approximately A$1.8 billion.
Philippines energy reform
Advised the Philippines Energy Regulatory Commission on the development of
competition rules, transmission and distribution revenue and price regulation
rules, and business separation guidelines.
Australian energy market reform
Advised the Standing Committee of Officials (a committee formed under the
Australian Ministerial Council on Energy) on the development and implementation
of significant reforms to the regulation of Australia's energy markets. This
project entailed the establishment of two new national energy regulatory
institutions and a reformulation of the energy regulatory framework, with
substantial amendments to the National Electricity Law and the National
Electricity Code (now the National Electricity Rules).
Chuandongbei Sour Gas project
Acted for Chevron Corporation on the acquisition of a 49 per cent interest in
Chuandongbei gas project in central China, from PetroChina.
Restructure and sale of Queensland energy businesses
Advised the Queensland Government on the restructuring and subsequent A$3
billion sale of its electricity and gas retail, and gas distribution
businesses.
Bluewaters power stations
Advised the Griffin Group in relation to the construction of the Bluewaters I
and II power stations, the first privately funded, owned and operated coal-fired
power stations in Western Australia.
Emu Downs wind farm - offset of Kwinana Desalination Plant greenhouse outputs
Acted for the project sponsors, Stanwell Corporation and Griffin Energy, on the
development of the A$180 million Emu Downs wind farm in Western Australia. The wind
farm was developed to offset greenhouse issues associated with the Kwinana
Desalination Plant.
ZeroGen Project
Advising the Queensland Government-owned electricity generator, Stanwell
Corporation, on the 'ZeroGen Project' in central Queensland. The project
involves a proposed demonstration plant to prove up clean coal technology
involving carbon capture and storage.
Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC)
Advising the ESC in relation to the interpretation and application of its
regulatory functions and powers under the Essential Services Commission Act
2001, Electricity Industry Act 2000 and Victorian Renewable Energy Act 2006.
This includes advising on the development and implementation of the Victorian
Renewable Energy Target (VRET) Scheme.
Meridian Energy
Advised Meridian Energy on the sale of its Australian power generation interests
(wind and hydro - the largest renewable electricity generation portfolio in
Australia) to AGL.
Victorian gas and electricity industry reform
Advised the Victorian Government on the reform of its electricity and gas
industries. Advised on the drafting and implementation of the legislative and
regulatory aspects of the reforms in both industries, as well as the changes
needed to enable the disaggregation of the State Electricity Commission of
Victoria and the privatisation of the government-owned businesses in those
industries.
Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters
Advised Victorian Government agencies over many years on the electricity supply
arrangements for the Portland and Point Henry aluminium smelters.
Generation
Acting for the bidders and their financiers as to the SWIS Peaker, West
Kimberley, Alinta/ALCOA cogeneration, NRG, Redbank 2, Lake Bonney Windfarm and
various cogeneration power station projects.
National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO)
Advising NEMMCO since its inception in 1999 on the implementation of an
inter-regional settlement residues auction in the national electricity market.
