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Consultancy and Advice

Members of CEEM provide consulting and advisory services in the field of energy and environmental markets.  We have also conducted over 50 short courses on electricity restructuring for government and industry clients from 1989 in Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, Denmark, Canada, and the Philippines. If your organisation is interested in services of this kind, please contact:

Dr Regina Betz

Ph: +61 2 9385 3354

Email: r.betz@unsw.edu.au

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Dr Iain MacGill
Ph: +61 2 9385 4920
Email: i.macgill@unsw.edu.au
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Consultancy Projects

Client Organisation Year Project
NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change 2008 A Discussion of Issues Relevant to Transition of the Demand Side Abatement Component of the NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme to a White Certificate Scheme
NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change 2008 Review of Market-based Schemes to Drive Energy Efficiency
National Emission Trading Taskforce 2007 Advice on the further definition of the auction proposals in the Discussion Paper "Possible Design for a National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme"
CSIRO 2007 Economic Modelling of Distributed Energy
The Office of Energy, Western Australian Government 2007 Study of Grid Connected PV System Benefits, Opportunities, Barriers and Strategies for Western Australia
National Emissions Trading Taskforce 2006 Consultancy on the optimal policy parameters for a national emissions trading scheme in Australia
Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra 2006 Review of the Commonwealth Photovoltaic Rebate Programme
NSW Dept of Planning 2005 Analysis of the interrelationship between PV output and residential load at the Newington Olympic Village, as well as any correlation with NEM prices
Australian Stock Exchange 2005 The development of experimental economics tools to demonstrate how markets for environmental products wor
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris 2004 Evaluation of the Body of Experience Gained Under the Helsinki Disciplines Concerning Tied Aid Credits: Stage II
PWC Legal 2004 Redbank 2 Power Station Appeal: Expert Witness
Government of Tasmania 2004 3-day workshop and advice on the implications of Tasmanian participation in the National Electricity Market
Industrial and government clients 2004 Advice on the implications of restructuring proposals in Western Australia and the Northern Territory (with Clayton Utz)

 

Consultancy projects prior to CEEM's inception

Sustainable Energy Ireland 2003-2004 Advice on the implications for sustainability of the proposed electricity restructuring arrangements in Ireland,
Government of Victoria 2003-2004 Greenhouse energy policy (with the Allen Consulting Group)
Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria 2003-2004 Advice on the design and implementation of energy efficiency policy
Nordic Consulting Group a/s (for Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 2003 Evaluation of Denmarks Mixed Credit Programme
Australian Greenhouse Office 2003 Advice on the value of grid-connected photovoltaic systems
Australian Greenhouse Office 2003 Advice on wind farm power system interaction and planning issues
Government of Australia 2003 Advice on the implementation of energy efficiency policy

Environmental Protection Authority of NSW

2003 Advice on opportunities for demand management
Government of Vietnam delegation to Australia 2003 Briefing on the implementation of electricity restructuring in Australia (with the Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales)
BP Solar Australia 2003 Advice on the value of PV systems in diesel electricity grids
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, NSW 2003 Participation in working group on the development of a Demand Management Code for electricity distributors
NSW Environment Protection Agency 2002 Advice on compliance by retailers with emissions licence condition
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand 2002 Advice on the design and implementation of sustainability policy for the New Zealand Electricity Industry
South Australian Government Taskforce on Demand Management 2002 Advice on the implementation of a demand management strategy
National Electricity Market Management Company Limited (NEMMCO) 2001 Report on Recent Experience in the electricity industry in California
National Competition Council 2001 Expert advice on electricity industry matters
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW 2000 Report on distribution loss factor calculation
FAFO (for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway) 2000 Evaluation of Norway's Mixed Credit Programme
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris 1999 Procurement Profiles of OECD/DAC Member Nations for Bilateral Aid
Government of Victoria 1999 Emission Trading (with the Allen Consulting Group)
NEMMCO 1998-99 Ancillary Services Design (with IES)
Electricity Reform & Sales Unit, South Australia 1998 Sustainability Issues in Electricity Restructuring (with Energetics)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris 1998 Assessment of the Development Quality of Tied Aid Projects
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID, and previously AIDAB), Economic and financial appraisal of Development Import Finance Facility (DIFF) Grants 1993-1997

Financial and Economic Appraisal of the following 15 projects:

Guangzhou Public Transport Environment Improvement Project, China, 1997.

Search & Rescue Vessels, Philippines, 1996-97.

Gongzui Automization of Hydroelectric Power, Sichuan, China, 1996.

Tongjiezi Automization of Hydroelectric Power, Sichuan, China, 1996.

Kaoshanchun Substation, Changchun, China, 1996.

Fuyang Co-generation Facility, China, 1996.

Banjarmasin Power Transmission and Substation, Indonesia, 1994.

Upgrade of Air Navigation Aids, Indonesia, 1994.

Shanghai Battery Recycling Plant, Shanghai, China, 1993-94.

Tianjin Subway North-South Line, Tianjin, China, 1993-94.

Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) 1997 Report on Standby Charges for Embedded Generation
NSW Environment Protection Agency 1996 Working Group on Tradeable Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permits
National Grid Management Council 1995-1996 Experimental Testing of National Electricity Market Design
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris 1995 Evaluation of the Body of Experience Gained Under the Helsinki Disciplines Concerning Tied Aid Credits.
Philippines Energy Regulatory Board 1995 Seminars organised for the staff on Implementing Competition in Electricity - the Australian Experience
Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1995 1995 Inquiry into the Effects and Consequences of Public Sector Reforms on Australias Infrastructure Services
National Grid Management Council 1994-1995 Demand Management Working Group
California Energy Commission 1993

Report on Electricity Restructuring in the Californian context.

 

 

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