Conference on the Electricity Commission and Market Design Options
17 July 2003, InterContinental Wellington

1. Keynote Address - Hon Pete Hodgson Minister of Energy

2. "Coal as a Supply Choice" - Don Elder, CEO, Solid Energy

3. "Wind, Geothermal and Small Scale Hydro Prospects" - Gavin Fisher, Director of National Centre for Climate-Energy Solutions, NIWA

4. "Gas Supply Issues" - Chris Mulvena, LPG/Kapuni Gas Contracts Manager, Shell (Petroleum Mining) Co. Ltd

5. "Electricity Supply Security Decisions" - Toby Stevenson, General Manager, Electricity Trading, Contact Energy

6. "Reserve Generation Issues" - Peter Calderwood, Manager, Strategic Business Development, Trustpower

7. "Optimal Generation and Transmission Planning Model" - Tom Halliburton, Energy Modelling Consultants Ltd

8. "Transmission Investment under the New Regulatory Regime" - Transpower's Perspective" - Howard Cattermole, Industry Integration Manager, Transpower

9. "Achieving the Right Balance Between Markets and Central Direction" - Carl Hansen, Chief Economist, M-Co

10. "Incentives for Innovation" - Rob Jamieson, Commercial Manager, Orion

11. "A Small Consumer Perspective on the Proposed Electricity Commission" - Molly Melhuish, Small Consumers

12. "The Changing Balance Between Market and Intervention in the Electricity Sector" - Ralph Matthes, Executive Director, Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG)

13. "Issues that Need to be Considered by the Electricity Commission" - Steve Goldthorpe, Sustainable Energy Forum

14. "Models for Optimizing in Electricity Markets" - Dr. Andy Philpott - Electric Power Optimization Centre, Univ. of Auckland

15. Conference notes

16. Conference summary

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