Matt Keen is an energy regulatory lawyer who practises in the inter-related areas of energy law, environmental assessment and permitting, tolls and tariffs, and issues concerning Indigenous peoples. He appears before the courts and tribunals such as the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Environmental Appeal Board, Alberta Utilities Commission, and the Canada Energy Regulator. Keen has extensive experience with major industrial facilities. He assists clients with environmental assessment and permitting processes, permit compliance, and disputes. These have included pipeline and powerline transmission facilities, upstream hydrocarbon developments, and downstream LNG infrastructure. He has participated in environmental assessment, joint review panel, and Royal Commission processes on behalf of major pipeline, energy and large industrial proponents. He assists clients facing environmental and regulatory investigations, and has defended environmental prosecutions in court. He has also represented clients in a broad spectrum of toll and tariff proceedings concerning electricity, natural gas and crude oil pipelines, in BC, Alberta and Ontario. He has acted for pipeline shippers and major industrial electricity customers, as well as utilities and energy trading companies.
