Energy

Navigating Australia’s energy future with confidence: Maddocks helping to lead the way in Australia’s dynamic energy and resources sectors.

Our Energy Sector Expertise

The Maddocks team combines deep energy regulatory and market operation insight with energy transactional and project experience to support every stage of the energy lifecycle – from project inception to operation and beyond.

We are trusted advisers to government, investors and market participants across electricity, renewables and gas. Our whole-of-project approach ensures legal solutions are tailored to the realities of each development, considering not just initial investment and construction, but long-term operational impacts.

With extensive experience in regulatory reform, transactional structuring and project delivery, we help clients seize opportunities in a rapidly evolving market. Whether you're developing utility-scale renewables, a virtual power plant of distributed energy assets, navigating energy transition reform, or investing in emerging technologies like hydrogen and battery storage, our team is ready to support you.

We offer top-tier capability with a flexible model that delivers exceptional value. Our large, multidisciplinary team can scale to meet your needs, and our long-standing relationships across the sector reflect our commitment to partnership and performance.

As Australia transitions to a cleaner, more resilient energy future, Maddocks is here to help you shape it.

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Our work

Energy markets, regulation and reform

Advisers to Government and market bodies on electricity, renewables and gas market regulatory arrangements. Our clients include: DCCEEW C’th, NSW Government DCCEEW, Vic Government DEECA, the AEMC and AEMO.

Major renewable energy assets, including solar, wind and battery storage (BESS) projects

Acting for clients involved in the funding, development, delivery, operation, acquisition and sale of renewable energy assets. Includes clients such as CleanPeak Energy, Origin Energy, and PCL Construction.

Renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

We have acted for major energy retailers and large corporates in long term renewable PPAs, under which they purchase both energy and LGCs. Certainty of supply of Large Scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) to meet their regulatory obligations (energy retailers) and 100% renewable sourced energy (large corporates) is essential.

NEM spot market and regulatory advisory work

We have advised extensively over many years for major electricity generators and gentailers (being combined generators and retailers), such as Hydro Tasmania and regulatory advisory work.

Distributed energy assets and virtual power plants (VPPs)

We acted for the National Renewables Network (NRN) in partnership with energy retailers, solar battery suppliers and AI technology providers to establish and operate large numbers of solar battery installations across multiple customer sites as a VPP operating in the National Electricity Market.

Wholesale and retail energy, carbon and environmental product (EP) contracting

We act for energy companies and international commodity trading houses on physical and derivative contracts and trades (including under the ISDA contracting framework), and a wide range of energy retail contracts for commercial and industrial customers (including carbon neutral, demand response, spot market pass through energy products/services).

Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure and contract offerings

Acting for electricity distributors and their affiliates (e.g. Ausgrid and Plus ES) and large integrated energy companies (e.g. Origin Energy) in respect of their EV offerings.

Customer and supply agreements

Acting for governments, major industrial users (e.g. mining and minerals processing), universities, hospitals and other private companies on collective and collaborative energy procurements.