The AEMC is pleased to announce the appointment of a new distributed network service provider (DNSP) representative and two new discretionary representatives to the Reliability Panel.
The Commission has appointed Peter Price as the DNSP representative on the Reliability Panel. Peter has been appointed to replace David Salisbury who resigned ahead of his move back to the United Kingdom. The Commission thanks David for his contribution to the panel over the last year.
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper and Melissa Perrow have been appointed as discretionary members to the panel. Gabrielle has taken up a vacant position and Melissa has been appointed following the expiry of Kathy Danaher’s term representing large energy users. The Commission would also like to thank Kathy for her contribution to the panel over the past three years.
Panel member bios
DNSP Representative
Incoming panel member Peter Price is the Head of Corporate Strategy and Executive General Manager Asset Safety and Performance at Energy Queensland. Peter is responsible for leading Energy Queensland’s engineering and asset management strategies, which includes the safe and efficient management of the Group’s electricity distribution networks.
Prior to joining Energy Queensland, Peter was a member of Energex’s executive management team for ten years. His career with Energex included managing and leading capital planning and program delivery, asset management, procurement, regulatory issues, and the growth of new commercial businesses.
Discretionary representatives
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper has been appointed to represent distributed energy resources, demand response and new business models as a discretionary representative to the Panel. She is a DER Specialist and a Guest Contributor at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Gabrielle is an energy, sustainability and climate change professional with over twenty years’ experience in the corporate world, government and non-government organisations and academia. She was previously the DER Strategy Specialist with the Energy Security Board. Prior to that Gabrielle held senior executive or senior advisory energy-related positions in the Office of the Australian Prime Minister, at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and in the NSW Government.
Melissa Perrow has been appointed as a discretionary representative to the Panel for large energy users.
Melissa is the General Manager Energy at Brickworks Limited. She is responsible for managing the energy needs as a large user of electricity and gas. Melissa has 20 years of wholesale energy trading experience gained across electricity, gas, carbon and green markets having previously worked for Origin Energy and AGL. She holds a Bachelor in Applied Science, a Bachelor of Business, a Graduate Diploma in Technology and a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance.
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