Mark Mills

Ofgem

In 2020, Mark Mills stepped up to the role of deputy legal director at energy regulator Ofgem, leading a team of 15 lawyers whose mission is to protect energy consumers and contribute to the achievement of net zero.

Despite the fact that Mills was unable to meet half his team in person due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they have nonetheless worked seamlessly to support Ofgem’s work with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on designing a future system operator which will be central to the achievement of net zero, as well as signing regulatory frameworks for developing technologies within the energy sector, including electricity storage.

Mills also made significant reforms in the UK’s power markets, with estimated consumer benefits of more than £300m per year, and successfully defended a related regulatory appeal held virtually before the Competition and Market Authority during the third lockdown in 2021.