Supporting clients navigate complex energy reforms
Contact usWELCOME TO REFORM MATTERS
Reform Matters is a partnership offering comprehensive, practical and accessible regulatory and policy advice and support, with a focus on the energy industry. The energy sector is continually changing in ways that are both profound – such as decarbonisation – as well as incremental. Supporting organisations to navigate complex reforms, both large and small, is where Reform Matters excels. As a multidisciplinary firm, our team brings expertise in both economics and legal analysis of regulatory frameworks. Combined with extensive experience in energy policy, we provide tailored guidance and advice to organisations looking to make informed decisions in a dynamic environment.
OUR AREA OF EXPERtISE
Reform Matters provides advice and assistance on policy issues spanning the electricity and gas supply chains, from electricity generation, wholesale markets and transmission networks and pipelines through to distribution networks and pipelines and retail markets.
OUR APPROACH
MATTERS
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
We work collaboratively with our clients to ensure we meet expectations and needs and have a strong understanding of context, policy drivers, project priorities and deliverables. Our clients choose to work with us because they know they can rely on us to provide the practical advice and support they need to get their projects across the finishing line.
Comprehensive Expertise
With complementary
backgrounds in law and
economics and experience across
government and business, we
possess deep knowledge and
understanding of the governance
and regulatory frameworks that
underpin Australia’s energy
markets.
CLARITY AND SIMPLICITY
Reform Matters communicates complex issues, problems and solutions in a clear and simple way. We tailor messages to suit the needs of different audiences while maintaining accuracy.
Solutions Focused
Clients aren’t just looking for
information, they’re looking for
bespoke solutions that work for
them. That’s why we deliver
tailored, fit-for-purpose options
and advice in a timely way and
work with clients from initiation
to implementation.
Our Services
Policy Reform
Reform Matters specialises in the development and analysis of energy policy. Regulatory frameworks need to continually adapt to change, whether it’s because of complex global challenges such as transitioning to net zero, new entrants seeking to disrupt the status quo, or social or technological changes that affect the way consumers interact with energy.
Regulatory Advice
Reform Matters provides tailored advice on energy regulatory issues to organisations looking to make informed decisions in a dynamic environment. Our team have worked for energy market bodies, industry stakeholders and consumer advocates on regulatory issues spanning the electricity and gas supply chains.
Training
Energy frameworks are complex and can be daunting, particularly for organisations and staff that are new to the sector. Reform Matters can help build capability and fill gaps in knowledge or competencies by providing tailored training and updates.
Our Expertise
Market Design
Reform Matters supports policy makers and participants to identify how market frameworks need to adapt to meet the challenges of transitioning to net zero.
REGULATORY DESIGN
Reform Matters provides expert advice on the economic regulation of monopoly network and pipeline businesses.
Reform implications
We provide practical advice on how policy reforms may impact our clients and support them to engage in reform processes.
Stakeholder and consumer perspectives
Reform Matters can assist clients in understanding the perspectives of their key stakeholders, including consumers and develop tailored engagement strategies.
Meet the team
Catriona
Catriona Webster is an energy lawyer and regulatory and policy consultant. Over two decades working in energy law and policy reform, Catriona has developed a deep knowledge and understanding of national energy market laws and rules, energy policy development and regulatory reform processes and has worked on a large range of policy reforms across the energy supply chain.
Elisabeth
Elisabeth Ross is an economist and energy policy expert with experience in market design, economic regulatory frameworks, competition analysis and consumer understanding. She has advised clients on a range of policy issues across the supply chain, more recently with a focus on reforms to integrate new technologies and services into market frameworks.