Public hearing - Melbourne, Thursday 27 September 2012

Select Committee on Electricity Prices

Public hearing - Melbourne, Thursday 27 September 2012

Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House,
Spring Street, MELBOURNE

Time

Witness

8.30 am

Australian Energy Regulator (Submission 59)
Mr Andrew Reeves, Chairman
Chris Pattas, General Manager, Network Operations and Development
Ms Sarah Proudfoot, General Manager, Retail Markets
Mr Ed Willett, Board Member

9.10 am

Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) (Submission 39)
Mr David Swift, Acting CEO

9.50 am

Morning tea

10.00 am

Panel: Victorian electricity distribution businesses (Joint submission 55)
Jemena
Mr Shaun Reardon, Acting Managing Director
United Energy
Mr Hugh Gleeson, CEO
Ms Lisa Drought, General Manager Corporate Affairs
CitiPower/Powercor
Mr Peter Bryant, General Manager, AMI Services
SP AusNet
Mr Nino Ficca, Managing Director

11.00 am

Panel:
Energy Users Association of Australia (Submission 56)
Mr Brian Green, Chairman
Major Energy Users Inc (Submission 30)
Mr Shane Bewry, Chairman
Mr David Headberry, Public Officer
Carbon Market Economics
Mr Bruce Mountain, Director CME (Submission 38)

12.00 pm

Lunch

1.20 pm

Panel:
Consumer Action Law Centre (Submission 24)
Mr Gerard Brody, Director, Policy and Campaigns
Ms Catriona Lowe, Co-CEO
Consumer Utilities Advocacy Centre (Submission 2)
Ms Caitlin Whiteman, Research and Policy Advocate

2.10 pm

Energy Supply Association of Australia (Submission 76)
Mr Matthew Warren, CEO
Mr Kieran Donoghue, General Manager Policy

2.50 pm

Afternoon tea

3.00 pm

Clean Energy Council (Submission 74)
Mr David Green, CEO
Mr Russell Marsh, Director of Policy

3.40 pm

Energy Efficiency Council (Submission 75)
Mr Rob Murray-Leach, CEO
Mr Simon James, President, EEC and General Manager, Energy and Environment Solutions Asia Pacific, Honeywell
Mr Simon Helps, Vice-President, EEC and Director, Cogen Advice

4.20 pm

EnerNOC (Submission 50)
Dr Paul Troughton, Manager of Regulatory Affairs

5.00 pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Electricity Prices
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3525
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: electricityprices.sen@aph.gov.au