Policy, Regulation & Sustainability
Building Smart, Inclusive, and Sustainable Market Frameworks
We help governments and regulators design energy policies that drive clean energy investment, align incentives, and protect consumers. Our expertise ensures that regulation keeps pace with transition goals while promoting equitable outcomes.
Energy Policy & Regulatory Advice
We guide the design and reform of energy policies and regulations to support competitive, reliable, and low-emissions electricity markets.
- Align policy design with national goals and international best practices
- Review and reform market rules and tariffs
- Conduct regulatory impact assessments and economic modelling
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement to strengthen reform outcomes
Our work helps policymakers build frameworks that enable clean energy deployment while maintaining system integrity.
Climate Change Policy
We support the development of strategies that integrate climate commitments into energy planning and governance.
- Model emissions trajectories and policy impacts
- Identify and address policy gaps
- Assess readiness for climate finance and international reporting
This ensures energy sector pathways are aligned with long-term climate targets.
Social, Environmental & Gender
We ensure energy transitions are inclusive and environmentally responsible through comprehensive impact analysis and stakeholder engagement.
- Conduct social and environmental impact assessments
- Develop gender action plans
- Design inclusive stakeholder engagement strategies
Our work supports just transitions that account for social equity and environmental safeguards.
Net-Zero Pathway Planning
We develop tailored roadmaps for governments and utilities to achieve net-zero targets while balancing reliability and affordability.
- Model decarbonisation scenarios using tools like PLEXOS and PLANET
- Conduct policy diagnostics and feasibility studies
- Create implementation roadmaps and institutional plans
These pathways provide a structured approach to accelerating the energy transition.
Externality and Social Costing
We quantify the broader impacts of energy decisions to guide more sustainable investment and regulatory choices.
- Calculate the social cost of carbon, pollution, and unserved energy
- Integrate these metrics into cost-benefit analysis
- Inform investment evaluations and policy submissions
Our approach ensures externalities are properly accounted for in system planning and reform.
The IES Advantage
Integrated market and technical modelling
Our recommendations combine economic, engineering and policy insight
Proven modelling tools and techniques
We apply industry standard platforms like IES’s proprietary software PROPHET, and the non-proprietary platform PLEXOS, PSSE and PSCAD
Track record across Asia-Pacific
Trusted by governments and system operators region-wide
Tailored insights to guide investment
Focused on practical outcomes aligned with policy, market and technical realities
Trusted by Industry Leaders
and Decision Makers
We are proud to partner with governments, regulators, transmission and distribution operators, market participants, and technology innovators.
Ready to Shape Smarter Energy Systems?
Partner with us to design market frameworks and policies that accelerate clean energy, strengthen regulation, and drive equitable transition outcomes.