The fourteenth ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference was held in Brisbane on 25 and 26 July at the Sofitel Hotel. The themes of the conference revolved around two major issues – customer involvement and pricing.
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Conference program
2013 Regulatory Conference program ( PDF 100.02 KB | DOC 53 KB )
Conference proceedings
Day one: Thursday 25 July 2013
Sessions | Speakers |
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Session 1: Customer involvement: The next frontier for regulatory reform or a smokescreen hiding other failings? |
Presentation by Dr Mark Jamison, University of Florida ( PDF 202.41 KB ) Presentation by Professor Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia ( PDF 401.96 KB ) Presentation by Professor Matthias Finger, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Laussane ( PDF 310.27 KB ) |
Session 2: How do you design customer involvement? |
Presentation by Dr Chris Decker, University of Oxford ( PDF 159.85 KB ) |
Session 3: Regulatory pricing conundrums and challenges |
Presentation by Professor Michael Crew, Rutgers University ( PDF 262.11 KB ) Presentation by Professor Frank Wolak, Stanford University ( PDF 362.17 KB ) |
Session 4: Legal: A case study in consumer engagement |
Presentation by Sonny Popowsky, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates ( PDF 2.41 MB ) Presentation by Rachel Trindade, State of Competition ( PDF 368.87 KB ) |
Day two: Friday 26 July 2013
Sessions | Presentations |
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Breakout session 1: Communications: Managing congestion in communications |
Presentation by Dr Jonathan Cave, Warwick University ( PDF 1.06 MB ) Presentation by Professor Stephen King, Monash University ( PDF 332.13 KB ) |
Breakout session 1: Electricity: Pricing reforms and customer preferences |
Presentation by Associate Professor James Bushnell, University of California ( PDF 300.04 KB ) |
Breakout session 2: Water: Government Investment in the Rural Water Sector–managing competing priorities |
Presentation by Dr Glyn Wittwer, Monash University ( PDF 1.05 MB ) |
Breakout session 2: Finance: Investor expectations and the regulatory framework |
Presentation by Dr Peng Chen, Dimensional ( PDF 1.51 MB ) Presentation by Dr Ross Barry, First Principles ( PDF 610.88 KB ) |
Closing plenary session: A debate: ‘Are we twenty years behind America or are the rest of us on a totally different path with regard to consumer involvement’ |
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