2002
PA Consulting Group retained by Ireland's Commission for Energy Regulation to conduct a review of electricity trading arrangements, aimed at facilitating a competitive Irish electricity market
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18 November 2002
PA Consulting Group has been chosen by Ireland's Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) to review, develop and evaluate options for and to design final electricity trading arrangements. PA will assist CER in overseeing the implementation of these arrangements.
CER will, through this review, develop electricity trading arrangements that will shape the Irish electricity industry for decades to come. PA has been chosen to assist CER in identifying and addressing the specific demands of the Irish electricity market within the context of EU electricity market and industry reform. PA will draw on its experience in electricity markets around the world to find the best solution for Ireland.
This project builds on PA's earlier work in the establishment of the CER. We are excited to have the opportunity to work again with CER on this important review. PA will work closely with CER to develop electricity trading arrangements that are suited to the Irish electricity market and aimed at facilitating a sustainable competitive electricity market in Ireland.
The project was started in mid-October, with the design phase concluding in early 2003. PA will then assist the CER in implementing the selected design. PA brings wide-reaching capabilities to this project, including electricity market experts, IT experts, and other staff from around the globe working through PA's Dublin office. PA's team combines theoretical knowledge of electricity markets, extensive experience in many of the world's existing electricity markets, and practical experience in electricity market design and implementation.
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For more information, please contact:
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| Sarah Bergin |
| PA Consulting Group |
| 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue |
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| United States |
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Tel: + 1 202 442 2741 |
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Fax: + 1 202 442 2832 |
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E-mail:
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About PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a leading management, systems and technology consulting firm, with a unique combination of these capabilities. Established almost 60 years ago, and operating worldwide from over 40 offices in around 20 countries, PA draws on the knowledge and experience of around 4,000 people, whose skills span the initial generation of ideas and insights all the way through to detailed implementation.
PA builds strategies for the creation and capture of shareholder and customer value, and helps clients accelerate business growth through innovation and the application of technology. PA distinguishes itself from its competitors through the range and quality of its people, the depth of
its industry insight, its development and use of technology, and also its independence and culture of respect, collaboration and flexibility in working with clients.
We are proud that our clients say “PA makes it happen.”
PA has broad experience of establishing competitive energy markets around the world in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US.
- In the UK, PA has won awards for its work on the deregulation of the UK electricity market in 1998.
- In The Netherlands, PA worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, advising on the timing and phasing of the introduction of competition in the electricity and gas markets.
- In Denmark, PA played a central role in the deregulation of the Nordic Power Market, through assisting The Nordic Power Exchange, the Danish Ministry of Energy, the Danish Energy Agency (Regulator) and the National Grid Co. of Norway in establishing efficient markets mechanisms and regulating tools.
- In the US PA has a long involvement in the electricity market reform effort through our work with PJM, New England and California (post-crisis). PA's energy experts are significant contributors to industry policy at both the national and state levels.
- In Australia, PA has acted as principal advisor to the National Grid Management Council (NGMC) for the design of the National Electricity Market. PA continues to advise the NGMC's successor organization - the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) -and major jurisdictions including Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
- In New Zealand, PA's extensive work spans nearly a decade and a half, from the restructuring of Electricorp and formation of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand ECNZ), the subsequent separation of TransPower from ECNZ and the eventual formation of the New Zealand electricity market.
- In Malaysia, PA oversaw the restructuring of the electricity market into a competitive market, and the "operationalizm" of the Independent Grid System Operator.
- In the Philippines, PA designed market rules and a governance structure for the wholesale spot market during privatization of the national power company.
- In Ontario, Canada, PA undertook a complete, full-spectrum industry review and market design work that concluded with the establishment of market rules.
- In Singapore, PA assisted the Energy Market Authority with the design, planning and implementation of a new electricity market designed to promote the efficient location and supply of competitively-priced electricity, open up the retail market to effective competition and enable private investment in Singapore's power system infrastructure through a transparent market and regulatory regime.
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