The Economic Impact of High Energy Prices in Australia
Energy Policy Institute of Australia Policy Paper #2: The Economic Impact of High Energy Prices in Australia” was guest authored by Executive Director and Adjunct Professor (UQ) Jim Snow in February 2014 and is getting a new airing with the whole debate on the costs of electricity and gas in Australia and its impacts on businesses and consumers.
Assessment of Prudency and Efficiency for Multinet Gas
MG has engaged Oakley Greenwood to provide an independent opinion as to the prudency and efficiency of MG’s actual capital expenditure for the above two categories of capex, in the context of the requirements of the Rules (Rule 79 in particular).
AMI transition charges review for Jemena Electricity Networks (Vic)
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) is responsible for determinations under the AMI Order – in
– Council (AMIOIC) — a regulatory instrument that determines what costs Jemena Electricity
Networks (Vic) Ltd.
(JEN)
will recover for AMI
–
related expenditure
,
and how that recovery should
occur.
Revised calculation of reasonable efficient competitor costs report
This report has been prepared by Principal Consultant, Tim Ryan and Executive Director, Lance Hoch for the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal as part of its review of wholesale water and sewerage prices.
CIGRE working group report into international capacity mechanism
Greg Thorpe and Alex Cruickshank from Oakley Greenwood were part of the working group for capacity mechanisms: needs, solutions and state of affairs.
Toward Fixed Price Retail Electricity Contracts
Paper published in Energy Source and Distribution Magazine “Toward Fixed Price Retail Electricity Contracts”
Gas price trends report 2006-2015 v2
The opaque nature of Australia’s wholesale natural gas markets and the deregulation of natural gas retail markets in most states and territories mean there is limited information in the public domain about the gas prices paid by industrial and residential customers. This report is intended to help fill this information gap and inform market participants, consumers and policy development.
Inaugural conference on Integration of Distributed Energy Resources
Executive Director Greg Thorpe addresses CIGRE Australia’s (www.cigreaustralia.org.au) inaugural conference on integration of distributed energy resources (CIDER) in the Asia Pacific Region held in Brisbane 19-20 August 2015
Assessing the Transformation Ahead – National Energy Market: Mark 2
Jim Snow, Executive Director will present a paper at the Queensland Power and Gas 2015 forum in Brisbane on Assessing the Transformation Ahead – National Energy Market: Mark 2. Read the paper here.
External review of impact on generation sector
View the full market review documents on the Australian Energy Market Commission website.
Disruptive Technologies and Network Value
Jim Snow, Executive Director will present a paper at the EUAA Queensland Energy Forum on “Disruptive Technologies and Network Value”.