new directions for australia's energy system

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www.ceda.com.au

New directions for Australia's energy system

Audrey Zibelman, Chief Executive Officer, Australian

Energy Market Operator

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Park Hyatt Melbourne

agenda

11.45am Registrations

12.10pm Welcome and Introduction Richard Bowen Chief Operating Officer, CEDA

12.15pm Keynote address New directions for Australia's energy system Audrey Zibelman Chief Executive Officer, Australian Energy Market Operator

12.35pm Lunch

1.00pm Moderated discussion and questions

Stephen Davy Chief Executive Officer, Hydro Tasmania

Richard Lowe Executive Manager, Business Growth, TransGrid

Audrey Zibelman Chief Executive Officer, Australian Energy Market Operator

Moderated by Neil Gibbs Founder & Principal Consultant, Marchment Hill Consulting

1.35pm Audience Q&A

2.00pm Close Richard Bowen Chief Operating Officer, CEDA

CEDA will be tweeting from this

event using #EnergyFuture

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sponsor

Major Sponsor

Marchment Hill Consulting

Marchment Hill Consulting (MHC) is a management consulting firm determined

to make a difference to the clients we serve in the energy and water industries,

the people we work with, and the communities and environment we live in. MHC

was founded by Neil Gibbs in 2004 with a desire to build a high quality, focused

and content-rich consulting firm to best serve our clients. Our senior consultants

built their expertise both in the industries we serve, and within the consulting

practices of major international firms gaining extensive experience of the ongoing

challenges and issues our clients face.

MHC has gained a reputation with its clients as a trusted and valued partner. We

deliver measurable value through:

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We develop and sustain leading insights on the contemporary industry issues

and continually develop our service offerings to these industry sectors. In the

energy sector, we are leading experts on the technical, commercial and

regulatory challenges of integrating renewables and distributed energy

resources into the electricity system and the emergence of distributed energy

markets.

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keynote speaker

Audrey Zibelman

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Energy Market

Operator

Ms Zibelman has extensive experience in the public, private and not-for profit

energy and electricity sectors in the United States, most recently having held the

positions of Commissioner and Chair of the New York State Public Service

Commission (NYPSC) prior to her appointment as the Australian Energy Market

Operator’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in 2017.

During her tenure at the NYPSC, Ms Zibelman led the design and

implementation of extensive regulatory and retail market changes to modernise

and transform the state’s electricity industry under New York Governor Andrew

M. Cuomo's ‘Reforming the Energy Vision’ plan.

A recognised national and international expert in energy policy, markets and

Smart Grid innovation, Ms Zibelman is a Founder and past President and Chief

Executive Officer of Viridity Energy, Inc., which she formed after more than 25

years of electric utility industry leadership experience in both the public and

private sectors.

Previously, Ms Zibelman was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating

Officer of GO15 member organisation, PJM, a regional transmission organisation

responsible for operating the power grid and wholesale power market which

serves 14 states across the eastern United States.

Ms Zibelman also held legal and executive positions at Xcel Energy, served as

General Counsel to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and was

Special Assistant Attorney General in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.

During her career, Ms Zibelman has served on numerous industry-related and

non-profit boards, including, but not limited to the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic

Reliability Councils. Ms Zibelman’s board experience also includes Advisor to

Secretary of Energy for the US Department of Energy and Advisory Council, New

York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State

Planning Board and the New York State Emergency Planning Council.




panel

Stephen Davy

Chief Executive Officer, Hydro Tasmania

Steve is Chief Executive Officer at Hydro Tasmania and has been with the

business since 2005.

Hydro Tasmania is Australia’s largest hydro company by volume generated with

over 30 hydro power stations and a hydro consulting business, Entura, operating

internationally. Hydro Tasmania’s mainland retail business, Momentum Energy,

sells electricity and gas on mainland Australia and on the Bass Strait Islands.

Steve has been at the forefront of Hydro Tasmania’s shift to becoming an

integrated energy business that enhances the value of our renewable energy

while seeing the benefits returning to the State.

Steve has overseen our commercial operations that include supporting mainland

retailing, contract and spot trading, major customer negotiations, supplier

arrangements and a range of operational activities.

Steve is the Deputy Chair of the Australian Energy Council and has previously

served as a representative for Generators on the National electricity Market’s

Reliability Panel.

Steve has previously worked in the banking industry, trading and marketing

commodities, currencies and derivative products and was Senior Vice President

at Bankers Trust Australia in the 1990s. He began his career in New Zealand in

the 1980s. Steve has an Honours Degree in Physics.

panel

Richard Lowe

Executive Manager, Business Growth, TransGrid

Richard has over 25 years’ experience in Australian and international capital

markets in mergers and acquisitions, financing and operations across the

infrastructure sector. In a career spanning commercial law, project finance and

investment banking, Richard has led successful bids and financed major

projects and acquisitions valued at more than $100 billion.

Richard is responsible for growing TransGrid’s non-prescribed businesses

including new connections and network expansion, telecommunications and

property and strategic acquisitions and commercialising new technology

initiatives.

Prior to joining TransGrid in March 2017, Richard was Managing Director for

Macquarie Infrastructure’s $2bn infrastructure portfolio in India which included

significant businesses in the energy, telecommunications and transportation

sectors.




facilitator

Neil Gibbs

Founder & Principal Consultant, Marchment Hill

Consulting

Neil’s current roles include Chairman of Marchment Hill Consulting, and Chair of

the Clean Energy Council’s Distributed Energy Leadership Forum. He was until

recently the Founding Chairman of GreenSync and i.n. concepts, and previously

was a VP for AT Kearney, and the Global Energy Practice leader for PA

Consulting Group. His earlier career included working in natural resource policy

for the Victorian Government and as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne.

Following an extensive career in global energy markets, Neil now actively

supports the decarbonisation of the electricity system, specialising in the

evolution of technology, business models, regulations and markets at the “grid

edge” – harnessing the value of innovation and customer engagement to deliver

secure, reliable, affordable and low-emissions energy services.

Other Current Roles:

• Committee for the Economic Development of Australia - Victorian State

Advisory Council

• Member, Australian Institute of Energy

• MAICD, GAICD

corporate tables

CEDA would like to thank the following members for hosting a corporate table

at today’s event.

AEMO APA Group Arup Ashurst

AusNet Services Australian Energy Council Citipower and Powercor Australia

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

EY Hydro Tasmania Jemena KPMG

Marchment Hill Consulting PwC Australia Siemens Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

attendees

Dhesie Acay Account Executive Stellar Asia Pacific Elena Alekseeva Assistant Manager KPMG Jonathan Anderson Engineer Arup Jeffrey Anderson Regulatory Projects Manager Citipower and Powercor Australia Jude Ariyaratanam Strategic Pricing Manager Momentum Energy Nipun Arora Senior Analyst Deloitte

George Aspros Head of Network Control & Operations Citipower and Powercor Ryan Auger Corporate Affairs Engie Alex Badham Director Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Andrew Bailey Technical Director REFCL Project Citipower and Powercor Polly Baranco Lightsource BP Renewable Energy Investments Limited

Nick Barda Project Officer, Major Energy Projects Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Garth Barnbaum Electrical Mechanical Portfolio Manager Hydro Tasmania Ben Barnes Director, Retail Policy Australian Energy Council Ben Beck Active Utilities Alex Beckitt Manager, Policy and Engagement Hydro Tasmania

Dugald Benson Finance Manager Origin Energy Michael Black Deloitte JP Blandthorn Director Hawker Britton Martin Blyth Software Sales Manager Siemens Ltd Dr Phil Blythe Chief Executive Officer GreenSync Gustavo Bodini Business Development Manager (Infrastructure) TransGrid

Please note attendee names are provided to aid networking and should not be added to mailing lists without permission from the individual.

Lyn Bowring General Manager, Solar, Storage and Energy Solutions Origin Energy Rodney Bray Manager Network Planning & Strategy United Energy & Multinet Gas Kirsten Brownstein Senior Policy Officer Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Peter Bryant General Manager AMI Services Citipower and Powercor Judith Caball Jemena Lyn Camilleri Deputy General Manager Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Anh Cao Senior Policy officer Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Vicky Carlson Partner KPMG Claire Cass Network Solutions Manager Citipower and Powercor Philip Chalko Account Manager Jemena Amy Childs General Manager Sales and Marketing Momentum Energy James Chisholm Head of Business Development Plenary Group Mark Clarke General Manager Networks United Energy John Clayton Associate Principal Arup

Michelle Coffey Truth Agency Momentum Energy Toby Cohen Project Consultant KJA Alan Coller Director, Grid Services & Business Development, Australia & New Zealand Solaredge Tony Concannon Chief Executive Officer Reach Solar Kieran Connell Head of Service Delivery Electricity United Energy Edward Consett Director EY Andrew Cooke Network Development Jemena Damien Cooling Legal Counsel EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Michael Cosgrave Executive General Manager Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Paula Cosgrove Senior Policy Officer Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Penelope Cottrill Principal Nous Group Rachel Cox Project Engineering Manager Pacific Hydro Paul Cullinan Chief Executive Officer Sumo Power Andrew Dargan General Manager Stellar Asia Pacific Kieran Davies Commercial Lead Royal Automobile Club of Victoria

Andrew Davis General Manager Electricity Markets Jemena Charles Davis Commonwealth Bank of Australia Stephen Davy Chief Executive Officer Hydro Tasmania Russell Dawson General Manager Finance Reporting Jemena Tanya Denning Partner Ashurst Royce Desousa General Manager Energy Visy Natasha Diamond Principal Davidson Julian Dichiera Technical & EPC Manager Reach Solar Andrew Dinning Generation & Major Augmentation Mgr Citipower and Powercor Marcus Dowling Business Development Manager Engie Michael Drake Director Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Karl Edwards Head of Transformation & Performance Improvement AusNet Services Mark Ellul General Manager Finance AusNet Services Nathan Epp Senior Business Development Manager Flow Power Alun Evans AGL

Cameron Fairlie Arup Paul Fearon Director of Energy Safety and CEO Energy Safe Victoria Javier Fernandez-Peinado Pyrenees Wind Farm Nino Ficca Managing Director AusNet Services Steve Foster Manager - Renewable Energy Policy Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Maddison Foster Senior Poliy Advisor Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet Campbell Fox Project Officer Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Noel Gallagher Sales and Commercial Manager Jemena Adrian Gardiner Partner Deloitte Daniel Garvey Project Manager Network Strategy Powercor Australia Limited Adam Gellie General Manager United Energy David Gianelly Services Manager CPB Contractors Debbie Goodin Non-Executive Director APA Group Lisa Gooding Manager Policy and Government Affairs EnergyAustralia

Patrick Gorr Senior Consultant Arup Eve Graham Senior Advisor Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Tim Gregson Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ralph Griffiths Head of Regulatory Compliance EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Ben Gust Executive Director Clean Energy Finance Corporation Dr Matthew Guthridge Executive General Manager, Strategy & Transformation AusNet Services Andy Haining Investment Director John Laing Peter Hansford Manager Business Development Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Peter Harris AO CEDA Honorary Trustee Productivity Commission Brendt Henricus Finance Director RayGen Resources Gabrielle Henry Director, Business and Energy Sector Development Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Prof Samantha Hepburn Professor Deakin University Ritchie Hills Commonwealth Bank of Australia Geoff Hinkins PwC Australia

Kam Ho Head of Origination and Development APAC Total Eren Hauke Jacobs General Manager, Medium Voltage & Systems and Customer Service Siemens Alan Jaszewski Group General Manager Stellar Asia Pacific Ranga Jayaratne Client Manager Aon Roger Jeffrey Partner Deloitte Alex Jones Chief Information Officer Citipower and Powercor Australia Justin Jones Partner Ashurst Chris Judd Chief Execuitve Officer UPC Renewables Terry Kallis Chairman Star of the South Wind Farm Pty Ltd Nick Katiforis Strategy Manager Siemens Bruce Kean AM CEDA Honorary Life Trustee Neuroscience Victoria Philip Kelly Senior Manager AEMO Pauline Kennedy Principal Policy Advisor Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources Fateh Khan Manager PTI Siemens Ltd

Adrian Kong Greenough River Solar Farm and Mumbida Windfarm Joe Kremzer Regulatory Manager Momentum Energy Vanya Kumar Executive Director Energy Commercial Projects and Programs Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Mendo Kundevski Principal ENEA Consulting Julian La Brooy Manager, Wholesale Markets and Renewble Policy Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Alma Laaksonen Manager, ICT Strategy & Architecture AusNet Services Olivier Lacroix Chef Execuitive Officer ENEA Consulting Sharon Lai Economist Reserve Bank of Australia Kylie Lane Partner Ashurst Lawrence Law Product Manager - Energy Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Sarah Lawley Head of Risk Management SIMEC ZEN Energy Ai Ling Lee Project Engineering Manager APA Group Chris Lefel Finance Manager Origin Energy Nick Leys General Manager Corporate Affairs Australian Energy Council

Stephen Livens General Manager, Government Relations APA Group Toby Lyng Development Manager Glenvill Jeff Lynn Partner Ashurst Sam Magee Head of Commercial - Corporate EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Nick Maher Senior Adviser Newgate Australia Jeffrey Mansfield Senior Development Manager Utilities and Services Melbourne Airport David Markham Corporate Affairs Australian Energy Council Tony Matheson Powercor Network Services Pty Ltd Ken McAlphine Managing Director Spring Street Advisory Eleanor McCracken-Hewson Senior Manager Social and Economic Inclusion AGL Jinglu McLay Director Nous Group Stephen McLennan Account Manager Jemena Elisa McLennan Senior Management Consultant Arup Russell Mclimont AGL John Mifsud Head of Network Asset Management Citipower and Powercor

Please note attendee names are provided to aid networking and should not be added to mailing lists without permission from the individual.

Paul Minnock PwC Australia Mohsen Moeini Team Leader, Hydropower and PHES Entura David Moo Manager, Major Projects Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning David Moretto Manager Portfolio Planning and Optimisation AGL Simon Morgan Sales Head Siemens Ltd Will Mosley Head of Sales RayGen Resources Andrew Mulder Senior commercial manager Innogy Damian Mullaly Senior Advisor, MacroEconomic Group Commonwealth Treasury Paul Murfitt Executive Director Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Chris Napoli Senior Manager Deloitte Steven Neave General Manager, Electricity Networks Citipower and Powercor Adam Newman Chief Financial Officer AusNet Services Kevin Nitschke Business Development - Energy Lockheed Martin David Oglesby Senior Manager Emerging Technologies Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Anne Osborn Consultant JANA Investment Advisers Anthony OSullivan Simply Energy Christopher Ouizeman Director Lawson Delaney Kumar Padisetti Partner Deloitte Akhil Pai Business Development Manager Entura Shreejan Pandey General Manager, Monash Energy Materials and Systems Institute Monash University Dr Adrian Panow Director, Deakin Energy DeakinPrime Sarah Paparo Senior Consultant Marchment Hill Consulting Alistair Parker Executive General Manager, Regulated Energy Services AusNet Services Shari Perera Executive Assistant AEMO Margarida Pimentel Manager Policy & Insights AusNet Services Julian Polachek External Communications Manager Alinta Energy Dr David Prentice Principal Economic Advisor Infrastructure Victoria Nick Presland Senior Manager KPMG John Preston QC MP General Manager Corporate Affairs AusNet Services

Heath Preston Statutory Reporting Manager AusNet Services Panos Priftakis Regulation Manager Snowy Hydro Matt Pucius Project Officer, Emerging Technologies Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Vince Read Project Director, Solar PV – Australia Innogy Renewables Chris Righetti Senior development manager Innogy Kristina Ringwood Director Futureye Dianne Rogers Business Development Coordinator AusNet Services Catherine Rooney Chief Economic & Commercial Adviser Infrastructure Victoria Nicole Ross Director Market Evolution and Access Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Alba Leon Ruiz Managing Director Innogy Daniel Ruoss Solar Energy Scott Russell General Manager Strategy, Programs & Change, Strategy & Program Delivery Citipower and Powercor Australia Damien Sanford Executive General Manager, Operations AEMO Seamus Scanlon Principal Consultant Davidson

Tanya Schneider Director Deloitte Peter Sgardelis Chief Operating Officer Star of the South Wind Farm Eric Shegog Director, Delivery and Commercial Entura Sarah Sheppard Director Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Heidi Sick Section Executive Power WSP Louise Sirianni Account Executive Stellar Asia Pacific Luke Skinner Head of Network Technologies Citipower and Powercor Nichol Slaven Business & Industry Engagement Sector Lead Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Aleks Smits Manager Policy and Research AGL Leoni Sonnenberg Head of Legal, Energy EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Jonathan Spear Executive Director & General Counsel Infrastructure Victoria Simon Spurr Associate Clean Energy Finance Corporation Reece Stephens Director, Utilities Commonwealth Bank of Australia Wei Sue Senior Consultant Marchment Hill Consulting

Andrew Sutherland Senior Energy Supply Consultant Enel X Alison Szymik Senior Project Officer, Major Energy Projects Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Dor Son Tan Project Manager Network Solutions Citipower and Powercor Katherine Teh-White Managing Director Futureye Will Temple-Smith Jr. Strategy Manager AusNet Services Andrew Theodore Executive General Manger, Energy Siemens Kane Thornton Chief Executive Officer Clean Energy Council Adam Thyboe Commercial Manager Star of the South Wind Farm

Giles Toler Customer Relationship Manager APA Group Daniel Tucci Asset Development Manager APA Group Wayne Tucker General Manager Strategic Asset Management TasNetworks Lynda Tully Counsel Ashurst Ernest Turner Associate Director - Utilities Commonwealth Bank of Australia Simon Uzunowski General Manager, Commercial Momentum Energy Janice Van Reyk Lochard Energy Annette van Rooyen Assistant Director Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Nicolette Vassilopoulos Corporate Counsel EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Tim Venn General Manager Victoria - Projects & Operations Davidson Renate Vogt General Manager, Regulations Citipower and Powercor Rachel Watson Chief Executive Officer Pacific Hydro Neil Watt Manager Network Strategy Citipower and Powercor Australia Ryan Wavish Chief Executive Officer Marchment Hill Consulting David Wilkey Principal Consultant, Secondary Electrical Systems Entura Peter Wilkins General Manager, People & Cutlure Citipower and Powercor

Alistair Williams Client Manager Aon Simon Williams Financial Advisor, Aquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory (AIFA) Engie Paul Williams General Manager, Power WSP Dr Richard Wraith Principal, R&D Tax RSM Australia Prof John Yearwood Head, School of IT Deakin University Tania Yudianoto PwC Australia Michael Zhong Deputy Chief Financial Officer Jemena

CEDA Victoria

Mental health reform

DATE Tuesday 4 December 2018, 11.45am – 2.00pm

VENUE Sofitel Melbourne on Collins

SPEAKERS Professor Allan Fels AO, Professorial Fellow, University of

Melbourne; Professor Peter Butterworth, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne

Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research; Professor Cathy

Mihalopoulos, Professor of Health Economics and Deputy Director, Deakin

Health Economics

EVENT OVERVIEW The Productivity Commission is conducting an 18-

month inquiry into the role of mental health in the economy. Join CEDA to

help explore the issues and get an early insight into what the inquiry could

mean for the sector.

Sponsorship opportunities available.

Health and human services: Connecting people with progress

DATE Monday 10 December 2018, 11.45am – 2.00pm


SPEAKERS Melinda Cilento, Chief Executive, CEDA; Rob Hulls, Direcotr,

Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University; Melina Morrison, Chief

Executive Officer, Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals; James

van Smeerdijk, Partner, PwC

EVENT OVERVIEW At this CEDA research release event find out why health

and human services are so important to Australia’s future reform and

prosperity and what can be done to address the growing pressure on the

sector.

Sponsorship opportunities available.

International keynote: Mariana Mazzucato

DATE Friday 14 December 2018, 11.45am – 2.00pm


SPEAKERS Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Chair in the Economics of

Innovation and Public Value, University College London

EVENT OVERVIEW CEDA in collaboration with Monash University and the

Centre for Policy Development present a unique opportunity to hear from

Mariana Mazzucato, one of the world’s leading voices on the economics of

growth and innovation.

Sponsored by CEDA members Australian Unity and Monash University.

CEDA contact:

Zoë Hewison, Event Coordinator Vic/Tas

Phone: 03 9652 8402 Email: [email protected]

about CEDA

CEDA is a respected independent national organisation with an engaged cross-

sector membership. More than 750 of Australia’s leading businesses, organisations

and academic institutions from around the country are members of CEDA. For more

than 50 years, CEDA has delivered informed discourse and rigorous research to

influence good public policy for Australia’s economic and social development.

Membership

Organisations join CEDA because CEDA delivers exposure to high level thought

leadership, timely briefings on issues of economic importance, access to

networking and brand reach through sponsorship and hosting opportunities. In

addition to high profile public events, CEDA also delivers regular member only

events for employees of member organisations and exclusive Trustee only

boardroom briefings for senior executives from member organisations. These

provide a unique opportunity for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and for

speakers and attendees to talk candidly on issues.

Research and policy

CEDA’s only agenda is to pursue good public policy to progress Australia’s

economic and social development. Since 1960 CEDA has produced more than

3000 publications, research reports and articles highlighting emerging issues and

directions in a diverse range of policy areas. Research in 2018 will focus on

inequality; community attitudes to economic growth and development; and a major

review of the purpose of economic growth and development in Australia.

For more information on CEDA membership, research and events please contact:

Michael Camilleri, State Director, VIC/TAS 03 9652 8416 [email protected] Zoë Hewison, Event Coordinator 03 9652 8402 [email protected] Mark Flower, Member Engagement Manager 03 9652 8405 [email protected]

Ben Luttrell, Associate Director, VIC/TAS 03 9652 8403 [email protected] Esther Greco, Senior Event Coordinator 03 9652 8414 [email protected] Jessica Lakey, Membership Advisor 03 9652 8417 [email protected]

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