Allison Sears is a Co-Leader of Fasken’s Global Energy and Climate Group for the Alberta region. Her practice focuses primarily on energy, utilities and environmental matters. With experience before all levels of court in Alberta, Allison also represents clients in arbitrations, mediations, and regulatory proceedings before various federal and provincial regulators including the Canada Energy Regulator, the Alberta Utilities Commission, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the Environmental Appeals Board, and the Land and Property Rights Tribunal. Having acted for both market participants and the Independent System Operator in numerous regulatory proceedings, Allison has considerable experience in Alberta’s power market.
Ahsan is the national business development leader for Burns & McDonnell based in Calgary office. In his role Ahsan is responsible for project initiation, development support and external relationships for power generation and delivery projects in Canada. Ahsan sits on the Board of Examiners at the APEGA and served as chair of CUTRIC’s Power Provider and Utilities Committee.
Starting from a single chapter in Toronto, Ontario, we have expanded our reach globally, establishing chapters in nearly every continent. WiRE has grown to over 25 chapters, over 180 events with more than 7,000 attendees, and an online community of 26,000 and counting! This expansion is a testament to our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive community in the clean energy sector. We are excited about the future as we continue to grow, with plans to establish even more chapters around the globe.
We owe our success to the many inspiring women and men who have generously volunteered their time and shared their knowledge. Their contributions have been instrumental in building our global community. It has truly been a team effort, and we are deeply grateful for their support. Without them, we would not have been able to make the impact that we have.
Our mission is to advance the role and recognition of women and other underrepresented groups in the clean energy sector. We believe that this mission is more critical than ever as we strive for a just energy transition. We are committed to empowering women globally, ensuring they receive the recognition, support, and opportunities they deserve.
At URICA (pronounced “Eureka”), we excel at revealing strategic solutions and insights designed to minimize risk and improve the bottom-line return for electricity generators and large-volume consumers in the deregulated energy market.
Specializing in providing commercial services for physical supply and volume & price exposure management for electricity and energy commodities. It’s been our focus since 1998.
Beginning as a small, local electricity company in 1911, we have transformed over the last century to become an experienced and well-respected electricity generator and wholesale marketer of electricity. With approximately $3 billion in annual revenue, more than $10 billion in assets and operations in three countries, we have proven our worth as an electricity producer, as a community member and as a solid investment.
For more than 70 years, TC Energy has proudly operated pipelines, storage facilities and power-generation plants that support life in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Our facilities operate safely, reliably and quietly. TC Energy’s core operations are Energy Solutions, Natural Gas, Oil & Liquids and Power & Storage.
Our consulting services are provided by seasoned electricity sector professionals, offering a wide breadth and significant depth of industry knowledge. This experience and knowledge, combined with a detailed understanding of market fundamentals yields the strategic insights that provide clients with a competitive advantage. Power Advisory invests the time and effort required to understand our clients unique needs, offering tailored services to drive desired outcomes. We are proud to support a wide range of clients who repeatedly turn to us for input to support their projects, programs, regulatory filings or investment decisions.
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.
Nextracker is the leading provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects around the world.
McCarthy Tétrault is a Canadian law firm that offers a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. We deliver integrated business, litigation, tax, real property, and labour and employment law services through our offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, New York and London, U.K. Our industry expertise and cross-practice, collaborative platform ensures we help build our clients’ competitive advantage.
We are Canada’s first national law firm and also it’s most innovative, leading the way in reimagining legal service delivery through our client solutions and MT>Divisions to meet our client’s evolving needs.
Through our integrated approach to delivering client-centric services, we offer sophisticated legal and business advice that incents efficiency, leveraging our deep industry knowledge and resources across our Firm for an exceptional service experience that provides solutions for our clients’ most complex problems.