Practice areas
Education M.B.A. Henley Management College
M.A. Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK Experience Sarah Fairhurst has a wide range of international experience in the electricity industry and brings strong analytical qualifications combined with commercial experience and pragmatism to advise clients on commercial contract analysis, development and drafting of transition contracts, power procurement and asset valuation, and energy market design. Ms Fairhurst has particular expertise in the design and implementation of commercial and regulatory contracts for the sale of electricity and gas—often in projects where the interface between commercial interests and government policy objectives collide. A typical project would involve designing a new type of contract to meet a specific need, such as the advice to Western Power regarding their power procurement process. In this project, Ms Fairhurst used her extensive PPA expertise combined with an understanding of electricity market development to design and negotiate a new type of power purchase agreement to manage the specific risks facing Western Power entering the new WA market.
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