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Gina Cohen has been active in Israel's energy economy in general and its natural gas and electricity sectors in particular since 1998.
This is a decade which has witnessed the most extensive changes in the country's energy sector, including discoveries of natural gas offshore Israel and Gaza and the signing of a gas sales agreement with Egypt; amendments to the country's electricity regulations to enable the development of a private sector; the legislation of the first Natural Gas Law; the establishment of a governmental company to construct and operate the natural gas transmission system; the conversion by IEC of two power plants from fuel oil to natural gas and the gradual establishment of CCGTs; the publication of tenders for the construction and operation of natural gas distribution networks; the publication of tariffs and regulations for the establishment and operation of independent power plants and the publication of the first tender towards bringing LNG to Israel.
Gina Cohen has been involved in one way or another in a wide range of these activities and currently works as a consultant in the local energy sector.