Mary Anne Aldred
Strategic Advisor
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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Biography
Mary Anne Aldred is a strategic advisor in our litigation and disputes group and energy regulatory practice. She is based in Toronto and provides strategic advice to clients in the energy sector in Ontario.
Mary Anne is a seasoned lawyer, with over 25 years of experience in the energy sector. Prior to retiring in April 2021, Mary Anne was chief operating officer & general counsel at the Ontario Energy Board, where she was responsible for leading all aspects of the organization's corporate operations and for providing legal counsel, energy policy advice, strategic leadership, and for liaising with government on energy matters. Mary Anne joined the OEB as general counsel in 2006. In 2015 she was appointed vice president of strategic policy, assuming the additional responsibilities of strategic policy development and overseeing the establishment of the Registrar's office. In 2017 Mary Anne was appointed chief operating officer and general counsel.
Prior to joining the OEB, Mary Anne was a lawyer and regulatory affairs advisor for over 12 years with Hydro One and the former Ontario Hydro where she held the roles of assistant general counsel regulatory senior legal counsel and director, transmission regulation.
Professional experience
Collapse allFaculty of Law, Western University, 1984
- Ontario 1986
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2023-2024: recommended in Energy (Electricity)
- Member, board of directors, Electrical Safety Authority
- Member, board of directors, Energy Bar Association, Canadian chapter
- Teacher, LLM program, Law of Public Utilities, Osgoode Hall Law School
Insights
Energy storage sector ramps up in Ontario
Publication | February 05, 2024
The Regulatory Energy Transition Accelerator: Enabling collaboration among the world’s energy regulators as they facilitate the move to net-zero
Publication | February 06, 2023
Responses to innovation by Canadian energy regulators
Publication | April 28, 2022