EMCa provides a service that takes proposed solutions as far as possible towards implementation through direct implementation assistance or through design of practical implementation processes
Associate Director – Scott is an engineer with 20 years’ experience in all aspects of the electricity industry. Scott has experience working across the entire electricity supply chain and has also worked in government policy development, energy regulation and electricity market operations.
Since joining EMCa, Scott has worked primarily with a large electricity utility business in Malaysia, providing advice and guidance on the preparation of their incentive based regulatory submission. He has worked with the business in preparing a convincing narrative for the submission, and ensuring all past and future expenditure is suitably explained and persuasively supported by robust justification.
Prior to joining EMCa, Scott worked at Networks NSW where he project- managed the regulated revenue resets for NSW distributors Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy. This included managing the preparation of three highly complex submissions for each business, and tens of thousands of pages of supporting information, independent expert reports, financial and performance reports, and court submissions.In this role he:
At NSW electricity distributor Ausgrid, Scott was responsible for smart meter policy and regulation. During this time, he also project managed a smart meter technology trial and several customer research programs aimed at developing and implementing new smart meter enabled electricity tariffs.
Scott spent 3 years working at the Australian Energy Market Commission, where he managed several major industry reviews including, review of the Effectiveness of the NEM in light of Extreme Weather, review of dispatch arrangements for wind farm and review of reliability standards.
Earlier roles include Wholesale Markets Regulation Manager at Energex Retail, Team Manager Electricity Markets at Queensland Government, Market Analyst at the National Electricity Market Management Company, and Engineer at NSW generator Pacific Power.
Associate Director – Eddie Syadan is a finance, economics and accounting specialist. He has had several years’ experience undertaking detailed analysis and providing recommendations and reports related to complex budget and finance matters to senior management at an agency level in both the Queensland and Western Australian Governments. He has considerable experience in operational budget development, budget planning and budget forecasting as well as the development of financial plans and strategies.
Eddie has undertaken analysis of historical and projected expenditure requirements for electricity and gas utilities, for pricing and regulatory comparison purposes in Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.
Eddie has managed the budgets of state government funding programs at the agency level in both Queensland and Western Australia. This included developing financial plans and strategies and preparing the annual financial reports, preparing budget submissions, including resource allocation, monitoring budget performance and forecasting. Eddie has assisted in the development of policies and programs to facilitate the development of regional economies and communities.
Director – Gavin is an electrical engineer with 20 years’ experience in all aspects of the electricity industry providing energy related policy and strategy advice to government, regulators and energy utilities. He joined EMCa in 2014 as Associate Director based in Perth, Western Australia.
After an extensive career in senior management roles ranging from engineering and operational management to corporate business strategy, policy and regulation in a top 500 Australian company, Gavin provides advice to clients in Australia, NZ and parts of Asia as a specialist in electricity management. He has also advised on market development and reform activities, development and review of jurisdictional requirements and policy settings, and as part of reform programs to adopt national regulatory frameworks in Australia.
Managing Director – Paul is an energy economist and Managing Director of EMCa. With 33 years’ experience, he has played a major role in implementing and advising on electricity markets, gas markets, network access and regulatory regimes in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Asia.
After initially working in government as an energy economist and policy advisor, Paul joined the predecessor to Ernst & Young in 1985. He became a consulting Partner, establishing and leading an energy sector consulting group in Sydney and Melbourne, then a Vice President in Capgemini based in Sydney and with responsibility for energy sector reform consulting in Asia-Pacific. Paul established Energy Market Consulting associates in 2002.
Director – Mark is an electrical engineer with 30 years’ experience in all aspects of the electricity industry, ranging from executive to senior line management positions in Western Power, a Top 500 Australian company with over 5,000 personnel. He joined EMCa in 2013 as a Senior Associate based in Perth, Western Australia.
Prior to joining EMCa, Mark was the General Manager Networks at Western Power. In this capacity, Mark was responsible for Asset Management Planning and for preparing Western Power’s regulatory Access Arrangements, which led to the approval of a $A5.5 billion expenditure plan.
Mark established Western Power’s Smart Grid Development Branch, which included management of the Perth Solar City Project – the most comprehensive energy efficiency initiative in Western Australia. In his career he has also been General Manager Customer Services, General Manager Asset Management and prior to that was the Manager Regional Power Procurement.