Electrical power work, for purposes of the Lexpert Directory, is defined in the widest sense in order to identify those firms capable of providing a full service to various clients. As such, the practice encompasses advising existing and prospective market participants (including major investors, lenders, project developers, distributors, public sector entities, and public and private sector consumers) on a host of transactional (e.g., corporate/commercial), regulatory, and policy matters, ranging from the development, structuring, financing and permitting of energy projects (including nuclear, hydro-electric, oil and gas-fired, and fossil-fuel facilities) the management and retrofitting of existing facilities, co-generation, through to all aspects of the restructuring and deregulation of wholesale and retail electricity markets within a new, competitive framework.