Adrian Kemp
Associate Director
Education
Masters of Economics, Australian National University
Bachelor of Economics, with Honors, University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Laws, University of Western Australia
Experience
Mr. Kemp has over 11 years' experience as an economist providing advice on the regulation of the transport, energy, and water industries and competition matters relating to access to bottleneck facilities.
Since joining NERA, he has advised numerous regulatory agencies, including the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, and the Essential Services Commission. In addition, he has worked closely with all levels of government providing policy advice on regulation, market design, and major economic reforms, including for the Ministerial Council on Energy, the Australian Transport Council, the COAG Road Reform Taskforce, the National Transport Commission, the Roads and Traffic Authority, the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, and the Department of Energy, Water Heritage and the Arts.
Mr. Kemp has also worked closely with industry, including in the water sector (Yarra Valley Water, Sydney Water, and ACTEW Corporation), the energy sector (Western Power, Powercor, EnergyAustralia, Jemena, and the Energy Networks Association), and the transport sector (Australasian Railways Association and Pacific National).
He has advised clients on a wide range of infrastructure regulation and competition related matters, including road pricing, transport market regulatory design, transport investment analysis and pricing, certification requirements within the Competition Principles Agreement, demand-side participation in energy markets, electricity smart metering infrastructure, bulk water market design, energy market rules, energy efficiency, and environmental considerations in transport and energy. His industry experience spans road, rail, airports, ports, grains, bulk and urban water, electricity networks and generation, gas networks, sugar markets, natural resources, and the environment.
Mr. Kemp is currently the Vice President of the New South Wales Branch of the Economics Society of Australia.
