Jai Thomas is the Deputy Director General – Coordinator of Energy and leads Energy Policy WA, a group within the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. As Coordinator of Energy, Jai is the Senior Official responsible for the energy policy and regulatory arrangements in Western Australia, as well as providing advice to the Minister for Energy on energy policy and energy transition.
As Coordinator of Energy, he is also the designated Hazard Management Agency for disruption to electricity, natural gas or liquid fuel supplies in Western Australia.
Jai is an energy sector professional with expertise in electricity regulation and distributed energy projects, and has held regulatory and project delivery roles at both Horizon Power and Western Power.