New directions for Australia's energy system

Audrey Zibelman, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Energy Market Operator

Wednesday 28 November 2018 Park Hyatt

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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

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:

•The quality of our insight,

•The internal support we generate for change, and

•Our focus on implementation with integrity.

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.

We seek to maximise value, efficiency and productivity, and work collaboratively with our clients to ensure our services provide value for money. We are well- equipped to tackle novel problems and to advance new methods. We are flexible and adaptive to suit specific client needs. CEDA will be tweeting from this www.marchmenthill.com event using #EnergyFuture Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter @ceda_news

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 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.

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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

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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 Commonwealth Bank of Australia Australia

EY Hydro Tasmania Jemena KPMG

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

Dhesie Acay George Aspros Nick Barda Dugald Benson Account Executive Head of Network Control & Project Officer, Major Energy Finance Manager Stellar Asia Pacific Operations Projects Citipower and Powercor Victorian Department of Elena Alekseeva Environment, Land, Water Michael Black Assistant Manager Ryan Auger and Planning Deloitte KPMG Corporate Affairs Engie Garth Barnbaum JP Blandthorn Jonathan Anderson Electrical Mechanical Director Engineer Alex Badham Portfolio Manager Hawker Britton Arup Director Hydro Tasmania Victorian Department of Martin Blyth Jeffrey Anderson Environment, Land, Water Ben Barnes Software Sales Manager Regulatory Projects Manager and Planning Director, Retail Policy Siemens Ltd Citipower and Powercor Australian Energy Council Australia Andrew Bailey Dr Phil Blythe Technical Director REFCL Ben Beck Chief Executive Officer Jude Ariyaratanam Project Active Utilities GreenSync Strategic Pricing Manager Citipower and Powercor Momentum Energy Alex Beckitt Gustavo Bodini Polly Baranco Manager, Policy and Business Development Nipun Arora Lightsource BP Renewable Engagement Manager (Infrastructure) Senior Analyst Energy Investments Limited Hydro Tasmania TransGrid Deloitte

Lyn Bowring Michelle Coffey Andrew Davis Cameron Fairlie General Manager, Solar, Truth Agency General Manager Electricity Arup Storage and Energy Solutions Momentum Energy Markets Origin Energy Jemena Paul Fearon Toby Cohen Director of Energy Safety and Rodney Bray Project Consultant Charles Davis CEO Manager Network Planning & KJA Commonwealth Bank of Energy Safe Victoria Strategy Australia United Energy & Alan Coller Javier Fernandez-Peinado Director, Grid Services & Stephen Davy Pyrenees Wind Farm Kirsten Brownstein Business Development, Chief Executive Officer Senior Policy Officer Australia & New Zealand Hydro Tasmania Nino Ficca Victorian Department of Solaredge Managing Director Environment, Land, Water Russell Dawson AusNet Services and Planning Tony Concannon General Manager Finance Chief Executive Officer Reporting Steve Foster Peter Bryant Reach Solar Jemena Manager - Renewable General Manager AMI Energy Policy Services Kieran Connell Tanya Denning Victorian Department of Citipower and Powercor Head of Service Delivery Partner Environment, Land, Water Electricity Ashurst and Planning Judith Caball United Energy Jemena Royce Desousa Maddison Foster Edward Consett General Manager Energy Senior Poliy Advisor Lyn Camilleri Director Visy Victorian Department of Deputy General Manager EY Premier and Cabinet Australian Competition and Natasha Diamond Consumer Commission Andrew Cooke Principal Campbell Fox Network Development Davidson Project Officer Anh Cao Jemena Victorian Department of Senior Policy officer Julian Dichiera Environment, Land, Water Victorian Department of Damien Cooling Technical & EPC Manager and Planning Environment, Land, Water Legal Counsel Reach Solar and Planning EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Noel Gallagher Andrew Dinning Sales and Commercial Vicky Carlson Michael Cosgrave Generation & Major Manager Partner Executive General Manager Augmentation Mgr Jemena KPMG Australian Competition and Citipower and Powercor Consumer Commission Adrian Gardiner Claire Cass Marcus Dowling Partner Network Solutions Manager Paula Cosgrove Business Development Deloitte Citipower and Powercor Senior Policy Officer Manager Victorian Department of Engie Daniel Garvey Philip Chalko Environment, Land, Water Project Manager Network Account Manager and Planning Michael Drake Strategy Jemena Director Limited Penelope Cottrill Australian Competition and Amy Childs Principal Consumer Commission Adam Gellie General Manager Sales and Nous Group General Manager Marketing Karl Edwards United Energy Momentum Energy Rachel Cox Head of Transformation & Project Engineering Manager Performance Improvement David Gianelly James Chisholm AusNet Services Services Manager Head of Business CPB Contractors Development Paul Cullinan Mark Ellul Plenary Group Chief Executive Officer General Manager Finance Debbie Goodin Sumo Power AusNet Services Non-Executive Director Mark Clarke APA Group General Manager Networks Andrew Dargan Nathan Epp United Energy General Manager Senior Business Lisa Gooding Stellar Asia Pacific Development Manager Manager Policy and John Clayton Flow Power Government Affairs Associate Principal Kieran Davies EnergyAustralia Arup Commercial Lead Alun Evans Royal Automobile Club of AGL Victoria

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Patrick Gorr Kam Ho Adrian Kong Stephen Livens Senior Consultant Head of Origination and Greenough River Solar Farm General Manager, Arup Development APAC and Mumbida Windfarm Government Relations Total Eren APA Group Eve Graham Joe Kremzer Senior Advisor Hauke Jacobs Regulatory Manager Toby Lyng Victorian Department of General Manager, Medium Momentum Energy Development Manager Environment, Land, Water Voltage & Systems and Glenvill and Planning Customer Service Vanya Kumar Siemens Executive Director Energy Jeff Lynn Tim Gregson Commercial Projects and Partner Commonwealth Bank of Alan Jaszewski Programs Ashurst Australia Group General Manager Victorian Department of Stellar Asia Pacific Environment, Land, Water Sam Magee Ralph Griffiths and Planning Head of Commercial - Head of Regulatory Ranga Jayaratne Corporate Compliance Client Manager Mendo Kundevski EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Aon Principal ENEA Consulting Nick Maher Ben Gust Roger Jeffrey Senior Adviser Executive Director Partner Julian La Brooy Newgate Australia Clean Energy Finance Deloitte Manager, Wholesale Markets Corporation and Renewble Policy Jeffrey Mansfield Alex Jones Victorian Department of Senior Development Dr Matthew Guthridge Chief Information Officer Environment, Land, Water Manager Utilities and Executive General Manager, Citipower and Powercor and Planning Services Strategy & Transformation Australia Melbourne Airport AusNet Services Alma Laaksonen Justin Jones Manager, ICT Strategy & David Markham Andy Haining Partner Architecture Corporate Affairs Investment Director Ashurst AusNet Services Australian Energy Council John Laing Chris Judd Olivier Lacroix Tony Matheson Peter Hansford Chief Execuitve Officer Chef Execuitive Officer Powercor Network Services Manager Business UPC Renewables ENEA Consulting Pty Ltd Development Victorian Department of Terry Kallis Sharon Lai Ken McAlphine Environment, Land, Water Chairman Economist Managing Director and Planning Star of the South Wind Farm Reserve Bank of Australia Spring Street Advisory Pty Ltd Peter Harris AO Kylie Lane Eleanor McCracken-Hewson CEDA Honorary Trustee Nick Katiforis Partner Senior Manager Social and Productivity Commission Strategy Manager Ashurst Economic Inclusion Siemens AGL Brendt Henricus Lawrence Law Finance Director Bruce Kean AM Product Manager - Energy Jinglu McLay RayGen Resources CEDA Honorary Life Trustee Royal Automobile Club of Director Neuroscience Victoria Victoria Nous Group Gabrielle Henry Director, Business and Philip Kelly Sarah Lawley Stephen McLennan Energy Sector Development Senior Manager Head of Risk Management Account Manager Victorian Department of AEMO SIMEC ZEN Energy Jemena Environment, Land, Water and Planning Pauline Kennedy Ai Ling Lee Elisa McLennan Principal Policy Advisor Project Engineering Manager Senior Management Prof Samantha Hepburn Victorian Department of APA Group Consultant Professor Economic Development, Arup Deakin University Jobs, Transport and Chris Lefel Resources Finance Manager Russell Mclimont Ritchie Hills Origin Energy AGL Commonwealth Bank of Fateh Khan Australia Manager PTI Nick Leys John Mifsud Siemens Ltd General Manager Corporate Head of Network Asset Geoff Hinkins Affairs Management PwC Australia Australian Energy Council Citipower and Powercor

Paul Minnock Anne Osborn Heath Preston Tanya Schneider PwC Australia Consultant Statutory Reporting Manager Director JANA Investment Advisers AusNet Services Deloitte Mohsen Moeini Team Leader, Anthony OSullivan Panos Priftakis Peter Sgardelis and PHES Simply Energy Regulation Manager Chief Operating Officer Entura Star of the South Wind Farm Christopher Ouizeman David Moo Director Matt Pucius Eric Shegog Manager, Major Projects Lawson Delaney Project Officer, Emerging Director, Delivery and Victorian Department of Technologies Commercial Environment, Land, Water Kumar Padisetti Victorian Department of Entura and Planning Partner Environment, Land, Water Deloitte and Planning Sarah Sheppard David Moretto Director Manager Portfolio Planning Akhil Pai Vince Read Victorian Department of and Optimisation Business Development Project Director, Solar PV – Environment, Land, Water AGL Manager Australia and Planning Entura Innogy Renewables Simon Morgan Heidi Sick Sales Head Shreejan Pandey Chris Righetti Section Executive Power Siemens Ltd General Manager, Monash Senior development manager WSP Energy Materials and Innogy Will Mosley Systems Institute Louise Sirianni Head of Sales Monash University Kristina Ringwood Account Executive RayGen Resources Director Stellar Asia Pacific Dr Adrian Panow Futureye Andrew Mulder Director, Deakin Energy Luke Skinner Senior commercial manager DeakinPrime Dianne Rogers Head of Network Innogy Business Development Technologies Sarah Paparo Coordinator Citipower and Powercor Damian Mullaly Senior Consultant AusNet Services Senior Advisor, Marchment Hill Consulting Nichol Slaven MacroEconomic Group Catherine Rooney Business & Industry Commonwealth Treasury Alistair Parker Chief Economic & Engagement Sector Lead Executive General Manager, Commercial Adviser Victorian Department of Paul Murfitt Regulated Energy Services Infrastructure Victoria Environment, Land, Water Executive Director AusNet Services and Planning Victorian Department of Nicole Ross Environment, Land, Water Shari Perera Director Market Evolution Aleks Smits and Planning Executive Assistant and Access Manager Policy and AEMO Australian Competition and Research Chris Napoli Consumer Commission AGL Senior Manager Margarida Pimentel Deloitte Manager Policy & Insights Alba Leon Ruiz Leoni Sonnenberg AusNet Services Managing Director Head of Legal, Energy Steven Neave Innogy EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd General Manager, Electricity Julian Polachek Networks External Communications Daniel Ruoss Jonathan Spear Citipower and Powercor Manager Solar Energy Executive Director & General Alinta Energy Counsel Adam Newman Scott Russell Infrastructure Victoria Chief Financial Officer Dr David Prentice General Manager Strategy, AusNet Services Principal Economic Advisor Programs & Change, Simon Spurr Infrastructure Victoria Strategy & Program Delivery Associate Kevin Nitschke Citipower and Powercor Clean Energy Finance Business Development - Nick Presland Australia Corporation Energy Senior Manager Lockheed Martin KPMG Damien Sanford Reece Stephens Executive General Manager, Director, Utilities David Oglesby John Preston QC MP Operations Commonwealth Bank of Senior Manager Emerging General Manager Corporate AEMO Australia Technologies Affairs Victorian Department of AusNet Services Seamus Scanlon Wei Sue Environment, Land, Water Principal Consultant Senior Consultant and Planning Davidson Marchment Hill Consulting

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Andrew Sutherland Giles Toler Nicolette Vassilopoulos Alistair Williams Senior Energy Supply Customer Relationship Corporate Counsel Client Manager Consultant Manager EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd Aon Enel X APA Group Tim Venn Simon Williams Alison Szymik Daniel Tucci General Manager Victoria - Financial Advisor, Senior Project Officer, Major Asset Development Manager Projects & Operations Aquisitions, Investments and Energy Projects APA Group Davidson Financial Advisory (AIFA) Victorian Department of Engie Environment, Land, Water Wayne Tucker Renate Vogt and Planning General Manager Strategic General Manager, Paul Williams Asset Management Regulations General Manager, Power Dor Son Tan TasNetworks Citipower and Powercor WSP Project Manager Network Solutions Lynda Tully Rachel Watson Dr Richard Wraith Citipower and Powercor Counsel Chief Executive Officer Principal, R&D Tax Ashurst Pacific Hydro RSM Australia Katherine Teh-White Managing Director Ernest Turner Neil Watt Prof John Yearwood Futureye Associate Director - Utilities Manager Network Strategy Head, School of IT Commonwealth Bank of Citipower and Powercor Deakin University Will Temple-Smith Jr. Australia Australia Strategy Manager Tania Yudianoto AusNet Services Simon Uzunowski Ryan Wavish PwC Australia General Manager, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Theodore Commercial Marchment Hill Consulting Michael Zhong Executive General Manger, Momentum Energy Deputy Chief Financial Energy David Wilkey Officer Siemens Janice Van Reyk Principal Consultant, Jemena Lochard Energy Secondary Electrical Systems Kane Thornton Entura Chief Executive Officer Annette van Rooyen Clean Energy Council Assistant Director Peter Wilkins Victorian Department of General Manager, People & Adam Thyboe Treasury and Finance Cutlure Commercial Manager Citipower and Powercor Star of the South Wind Farm

notes

notes

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 VENUE Sofitel Melbourne on Collins 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 VENUE Sofitel Melbourne on Collins 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

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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.

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