Energy and resources

Electricity consultants - industry, markets, regulators and investors

ACIL Tasman’s consulting strength in the electricity industry is reinforced by PowerMark a market analysis model simulating price formulation in the electricity market.

ACIL Tasman’s Energy and Resources Group have an in-depth knowledge of electricity markets in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia. Projects have been successfully completed covering the following issues:

strategic options assessment for companies
commercial analysis of various markets
market review and future price modelling
renewable energy and greenhouse assessments
policy, regulation and evaluation studies
independent economic advice to project financiers
market and regulatory risk for investors
coal supply negotiations support
future policy and regulation
market governance and regulation
demand side market mechanisms
greenhouse gas abatement strategies
performance-based regulation
policy, regulation and evaluation studies
electricity plant financing

ACIL Tasman Clients

Our electricity industry client list includes many of the major generators, retailers, distributors and consumers, as well as governments and their agencies, regulators and industry associations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Strategic options assessments

ACIL Tasman has undertaken a number of projects for companies, with the aim of assisting them with:

understanding the various strategic options that are available to them in the current and future phases of their development
methodologies for assessing and ranking each of the options taking into account the specific attributes of the companies and their objectives.

We have developed a number of proprietary techniques to facilitate such assessments using real options, scenario analysis, earnings at risk and statistical analysis.

PowerMark

ACIL Tasman has developed PowerMark, a model that simulates the formulation of prices in the electricity market. It is at the cutting edge in simulating market behaviour, including the exercise of market power. The model has been extensively used to assist new entrants, banks and governments in understanding market behaviour and likely outcomes.