Adam Chisholm, COMAH Business Development Manager at the Health & Safety Executive, will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2024 about the application of existing regulations to the onshore energy transition.

As the energy transition brings a period of opportunity and uncertainty to the COMAH sector, HSE recognises there are challenges ahead for all of us. In this presentation, Adam will describe how we plan to apply the existing goal-setting regulatory framework, whilst building a wider range of regulatory responses to make proportionate use of our resources. He will highlight the enduring importance of competence and say more about our work to explore opportunities for early regulatory engagement to influence safety in design of new COMAH sites. Finally, with legacy technologies and sites being part of the changing energy landscape for a long time to come, Adam will remind the audience of the regulatory expectations of them as they operate and maintain older assets whilst building their new ones. 

About the author:

Adam Chisholm is an HSE Principal Inspector with over 20 years’ experience of regulating the COMAH sector, and he leads the COMAH Business Development Team in the Chemical, Explosives, and Microbiological Hazards Division (CEMHD) of HSE. His primary responsibility is to develop the COMAH operational response to the Net Zero energy transition. Adam has a strong track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders from industry and wider government partners to identify and implement improvements in the planning and delivery of COMAH interventions.