The AEMC is pleased to announce the appointment of a new representative to the Reliability Panel. 

The Commission has appointed the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)’s Rachele Williams as the discretionary representative on the Reliability Panel, following consultation with a range of DER, demand response and new business models (‘innovators’) organisations. Ms Williams has been appointed to replace the outgoing discretionary representative, Gabrielle Kuiper.  

The Commission wishes to thank Ms Kuiper for her significant and valued contributions to the Panel over the last year.   

Incoming Panel member Rachele Williams has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector and is currently the General Manager of Project Delivery at ARENA. Ms Williams is Head of ARENA’s Distributed Energy Integration Program which is aimed at maximising the value of consumer energy resources (CER) for all energy users. 

Ms Williams specialises in innovation and has extensive experience in emerging technology and has worked on fuel cell, small-scale wind turbines, distributed energy and storage projects. 

For information on the current Panel Members see here: https://www.aemc.gov.au/about-us/reliability-panel/panel-members