ProfessorPenelope Crossley

BEc(SocSci) (Hons) LLB (Hons) (Sydney) GradDipLegalPrac (College of Law) PhD (Sydney)

Professor Penelope Crossley is an international expert in the complex legal issues associated with the energy transition, including renewable energy and energy storage law, and electricity market governance. She is known for her sustained engagement with industry and government stakeholders, and for developing recommendations that have been directly adopted into law, international policy documents, and consumer guides.

In addition to her academic role, Penelope holds important clean energy industry leadership roles, serving as the Chair of the Product Listing Review Panel (2016 - present) and the Chair of the New Energy Technology Consumer Code Monitoring and Compliance Panel (2023 - present).

Previously, Penelope worked as an international project finance lawyer, and global in-house counsel for BP Alternative Energy. This commercial and practical legal experience informs her current research, ensuring that she focuses on real-world problems and identifies innovative commercial solutions that can be easily translated and applied.