DETI - Energy Legal Advisers

Tender description

The Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Investment wishes to appoint a firm of solicitors/legal advisors to provide specialist legal expertise and direction on a number of major work areas. It is not possible to identify the precise issues on which legal advice will be required. It is anticipated however, that such work will include those illustrated below, and it is expected that these will span electricity, gas, renewable and sustainable energy, energy storage, and linkages with other energy markets (GB; RoI; Europe): • Common Arrangements for Gas; • EU IME3 Directives and related Licensing Issues (Internal Market for Electricity & Gas); • Primary legislation, including a likely new Energy Bill; • EU Security of Supply Directives; • Electricity Grid/Interconnector Licensing and Wayleaves; • Gas Network Extension Licensing and Wayleaves • Renewable Heat Incentives; • Energy Storage; • Secondary electricity and gas legislation; • SEM regional harmonisation; • Off-shore grid – regulatory issues; • Any other issues, activities, decisions in relation to the Department’s work on energy law requiring legal advice/input; • Commercial energy market transactions; • NI Renewables Obligation; • Impact on NI of DECC’s Electricity Market Reform. Tender documents can be obtained electronically for registered users of Central Procurement Directorate’s e-sourcing system, e-sourcing NI. If you are not already registered to use e-sourcing NI and wish to obtain these documents please register at www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk and follow the link to the current opportunities page.