IPA Energy + Water Consulting is an independent company that has worked at the forefront of electricity and gas de-regulation and market development for 16 years. The Company has global experience in creating, implementing and strengthening energy markets in order to increase competition, raise economic efficiency, attract private sector capital, foster renewables and promote emissions reduction. IPA works across electricity, gas, renewables, emissions and, more lately, in water.

 

IPA's original skills were in electricity markets and regulation. Subsequently the ideas of competition, regulation and private sector participation were taken up in gas and, later, water. More recently the electricity and gas industries have embraced the challenges of incentivising emissions reductions and renewables. Founded in 1989, first as a subsidiary of London Economics under the name of LE Energy, then as Ian Pope Associates, IPA is now based in Edinburgh.

 

The IPA Team

The company is one of the leading specialised energy sector practices in Europe.

 

To meet our clients' needs, our team is multi-disciplinary with knowledge and skills ranging across the fields of engineering, economics, finance, accountancy, regulation, law and computer modelling. The team is highly qualified; most have first class degrees, post-graduate qualifications or both. Importantly, our consultants have extensive energy sector experience. They have all had practical involvement in energy industry reform as senior managers in major utilities or as regulators and policy-makers prior to joining IPA. Through world-wide assignments and projects with IPA, their experience is constantly reinforced, ensuring that their knowledge and skills are kept at the leading edge of the energy sector.

 

This powerful combination of technical knowledge and commercial experience enables IPA to deliver highly practical advice and workable solutions to our clients.

 

Services

Market Analysis	Transaction Advisory
Project Economics	Regulation and Policy
Expert Witness	PSP and Fund Development
Organizational Restructuring	Training