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Ann Whitfield
Associate Director
Education
MSc in economics, London School of Economics
BA in philosophy, politics, and economics, Jesus College, Oxford University
Experience
Ms. Whitfield has 19 years' experience working as an economist for both private consultancies and government. Her particular areas of expertise include utility regulation and broader issues of energy market development. She has advised both regulators and utilities across a wide range of regulatory issues, and was involved with the initial development of the National Electricity Rules covering the regulation of both electricity transmission and distribution networks. Ms. Whitfield also has particular experience in relation to the arrangements for network augmentation (including the AER’s RIT-T and its predecessor, the regulatory test), and has advised a number of businesses on the practical application of these tests.
Ms. Whitfield's energy market development experience includes the development of Network Code arrangements for competitive gas markets, and a wide-ranging review of the operation of the Singapore Electricity Market. In Australia she has been involved in assignments for the Ministerial Council on Energy in relation to the roll-out of smart meters, Feed-in Tariff schemes, and Retailer of Last Resort arrangements.
Ms. Whitfield joined NERA's London office in 1996, and worked largely on energy sector projects, both in the UK and in Eastern Europe. She relocated to NERA's Sydney office in 1998. Since then, Ms. Whitfield has worked for a range of Australian clients, including the Ministerial Council on Energy, the Australian Energy Market Commission, jurisdictional regulators, and a range of utility businesses. She also has directed a number of large-scale projects in the wider South-East Asian region, including in both Singapore and Hong Kong.
