2026 ADC Industry Forum

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Jessica Kennedy

Part 4 · 2:00 PM · Self-Supply Regulatory Briefing

Jessica Kennedy

Partner, Regulatory & Energy Law

Bennett Jones LLP

Jessica Kennedy is an energy and environmental regulatory lawyer who supports industry players in project development and transmission and electricity market regulation. She applies her expertise across a range of sectors, including renewable and conventional power generation, data centres, energy storage, pipelines, electrical transmission and distribution, upstream and midstream oil and gas, oil sands, forestry and mining.

Jessica regularly represents clients on environmental, regulatory, tariff and Indigenous matters before the Alberta Utilities Commission and other federal and provincial energy and environmental tribunals.

Jessica is educated in environmental biology, law and business, and has a keen interest in the current transformation of our energy industries. Her thought leadership includes writing and speaking on data centre regulation, renewable project development, energy storage, carbon emissions regulation, CCUS, environmental assessment, hydrogen, electricity market regulation, critical minerals, geothermal power and more.