Andy leads Ofgem’s work on electricity access, connections, network charging and electric vehicles.

Andy is also Ofgem’s representative on the CEER (European Regulators) General Assembly and the ACER Board of Regulators. He is Vice-chair of the CEER Distribution Systems Working Group, and a member of the Bureau of the OECD Network of Economic Regulators.

Andy led for Ofgem on the joint Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan with Government and jointly chairs the Ofgem-BEIS Smart Systems Forum. He was until recently a member of Ofgem’s Enforcement Oversight Board. Previously, Andy was Associate Partner in our networks divisions leading on regulation of energy networks generally, and before that was Head of Enforcement and Competition Policy. He joined Ofgem in 2008 from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), where he was Head of Network Regulation, and interim Deputy Director of Industry Monitoring and Analysis. Andy had previously held a number of posts at ORR, including leading on European Policy, developing ORR’s strategy and corporate planning, and managing regulatory oversight of commercial access contracts for rail infrastructure.