Regulatory Analysis & Policy Impact
Independent, evidence-based assessment of policy proposals, draft regulations, and amendment packages — translating regulatory complexity into clear implications for investment, project development, and corporate strategy.
- Interpreting draft and final regulations in plain language
- Quantitative assessment of cost, credit, and obligation impacts
- Comparing program designs and regulatory approaches across jurisdictions
- Advising on strategic input to consultation submissions and advocacy
Strategic Advisory on LCFS Compliance
Advising on compliance pathway design and credit strategy for obligated parties and credit generators operating under LCFS-style regulations across North America, with primary expertise in British Columbia's Low Carbon Fuel Act and Canada's Clean Fuel Regulations.
- Assessing compliance pathway options and obligation forecasts
- Advising on credit generation, banking, and trading strategy
- Advising on engagement strategy with regulators and standard-setters
- Interpreting cross-jurisdictional obligations for multi-market participants
New Compliance Markets & Credit Programs
Tracking and interpreting emerging compliance markets and credit-creation frameworks across North America, helping clients identify revenue opportunities, understand regulatory and market risks, and develop mitigation strategies as new programs move from rulemaking to operation.
- Assessing market entry opportunities in new and adjacent jurisdictions
- Evaluating credit-pathway eligibility and quantification methods
- Assessing voluntary market interaction with compliance program design
- Credit market outlook: price trends and supply/demand dynamics
Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) Advisory
Helping clients understand, commission, and defend carbon-intensity (CI) analyses under LCFS-style regulations across North America, with primary expertise in British Columbia's Low Carbon Fuel Act and Canada's Clean Fuel Regulations.
- Advising on CI modelling tool requirements and interpretation: GHGenius, CA-GREET, and other program-specific tools
- Reviewing pathway certification requirements across North American clean fuels programs
- Assessing feedstock sourcing, land use and biodiversity (LUB), and indirect land-use change (ILUC) considerations
- Reviewing sensitivity analysis and methodological defensibility
Innovative Feedstock & Technology Review
Providing technical and policy review of emerging conversion technologies and non-conventional feedstocks, integrating technical, policy, and market eligibility considerations for first-of-a-kind projects.
- Assessing technology readiness and scalability
- Reviewing feedstock supply, sustainability, and chain-of-custody
- Evaluating regulatory eligibility under multiple clean fuels programs
- Commercial pathway assessment under regulatory and market risk
Program Evaluation
Delivering independent evaluation of clean fuel program performance, market design, and credit-price dynamics, supporting both policy refinement and corporate planning.
- Evaluating program effectiveness and GHG outcomes
- Assessing market design and analyzing credit-price dynamics
- Benchmarking against peer jurisdictions
- Advising on program amendment or renewal options
Expert Testimony & Submissions
Providing expert opinion, regulatory submissions, and testimony grounded in more than a decade of senior regulatory leadership, serving counsel, investors, and proponents in proceedings, hearings, and due-diligence reviews.
- Providing expert reports for regulatory and judicial proceedings
- Advising on and reviewing written submissions to consultations and rulemakings
- Supporting investor and lender due-diligence reviews
- Supporting witness preparation and panel testimony
Decarbonization Strategy
Supporting long-range strategy development for governments and corporates seeking credible, evidence-based decarbonization pathways aligned with climate targets and emerging compliance regimes.
- Advising on sector-level decarbonization roadmaps
- Reviewing policy mix design: carbon pricing, performance standards, and incentives
- Interpreting compliance market implications for corporate net-zero strategy
- Supporting stakeholder and Indigenous engagement strategy
