Overview

Jessica Kennedy is a partner in Bennett Jones' Calgary office whose practice focuses on regulatory law for resource development, transmission, and electricity-market regulation. She advises across renewable and conventional power generation, pipelines, electrical transmission and distribution, upstream oil and gas, oil sands, and mining. Jessica handles environmental, regulatory, tariff, and Indigenous matters before the Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Utilities Commission, Canada Energy Regulator, and Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board. Her advocacy also includes judicial reviews in the Alberta Court of King's Bench and appeals before the Alberta and Federal Courts of Appeal. She advises businesses on regulatory implications, negotiates agreements with Indigenous groups and affected stakeholders, and helps obtain approvals for major projects. Jessica writes and speaks on renewable development, emissions regulation, carbon capture, environmental assessment, hydrogen, critical minerals, geothermal power, and energy storage. She was admitted in Alberta in 2013.

Practice Areas

• Energy Regulatory
• Environmental Law
• Indigenous Law
• Power and Renewables
• Oil and Gas
• Infrastructure
• Mining

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2013 (AB)