Wellington, New Zealand
My primary role is energy policy advice as an official to government ministers. Currently I coordinate energy policy on hydrogen as a potential fuel for New Zealand use and export and represent New Zealand internationally in the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial. I have taken part in several governmental reviews of the New Zealand electricity market; as part of the secretariat for the 2018 electricity price review and in the 2010 review where I was one of the MED/Treasury team of officials that managed the sale of Tekapo A&B from Meridian to Genesis Energy. Internationally I have been part of an OECD team conducting the Energy and Environmental Review of Iceland in 2013, and was the electricity expert for the IEA In-Depth Review of Australia's Energy Policy in 2017 and Japan in early 2020. I managed the sale of the Whirinaki power station by tender to Contact Energy, and the sale of the residual diesel fuel owned by the Crown by tender to Gull and Z-Energy. I manage the annual tender for the purchase oil tickets to maintain compliance with New Zealand's IEA obligations, and I am the NZ delegate to the IEA Governing Board in Paris. Other areas of involvement in energy include: - Management and setup of electricity retail operations. - Modelling of electricity systems and forecasting. - Assessing the potential effects of new energy technologies on energy policy. Specialties: Development of policy and legislation Commercial negotiation and mediation Modelling, operations research.
Advise Minister on energy policy. prepare cabinet papers and briefings. Management of secretariat for 2018 electricity price review. Coordination of energy policy for hydrogen production in New Zealand for local use and export. NZ delegate to IEA Governing Board in Paris.
Modelling of Electricity Supply and Demand
setup of Genesis retail