PIAC’s Energy + Water Consumer Advocacy Program (EWCAP) will tomorrow present at an Australian Institute of Energy breakfast. The event will consider whether electricity and gas networks should be required to write down the value of their assets if they are under-utilised.
Who: Foreword by Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, Senior Policy Officer, PIAC and introduction by Vincent Dwyer, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright.
Bruce Mountain will present the results of his recent report ‘Privatisation and the regulatory valuation of electricity distribution network service providers in New South Wales: Evidence and issues’. (Report prepared for PIAC.)
Garth Crawford will present the results of his August 2014 research paper, ‘Written Down Value? Assessing proposals for electricity network write-downs’, for the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Bill Nixey, Lead Consultant, IES Advisory.
When: Thursday, 4th December 2014, 7:30am – 9:30am
Where: Norton Rose Fulbright, Level 18, Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street, Sydney
MEDIA CONTACT: PIAC Media and Communications Officer, Gemma Pearce: 0478 739 280.
Photo: Dr Gabrielle Kuiper and Oliver Derum, Senior Policy Officers, EWCAP.