Dr Richard Tooth

Dr Richard Tooth

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Richard is an economist with expertise in economic policy, regulation and applied econometrics. His expertise crosses a range of industries including water, energy, information technology, natural resources, land transport, insurance and other financial services. His clients include corporations, industry associations, government departments and regulators.

Richard has over 20 years’ consulting experience (over 15 with Sapere) and has led over 100 engagements. He has authored several research publications and lectured at a post-graduate level. Richard is a former President of the NSW branch of the Economic Society of Australia and is currently a member of Ausgrid’s customer panel for its pricing working group.

Specialisations

Expertise

  • Data analytics
  • Economic and market analysis
  • Evaluations
  • Regulatory and cost benefit analysis
  • Strategy and business cases

Industries

  • Economic development
  • Finance and insurance
  • Infrastructure and transport
  • Public sector policy and finance
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Qualifications & accolades

  • PhD, School of Economics, University of New South Wales, 2006
  • Master of Business Administration, University of Victoria, Canada, 1994 (Finished top of class)
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Tasmania, 1986 Major in Information Science & Mathematics (Placed on Dean’s Roll of Honour for each year attended)

Recent work highlights include:

  • Review of the insurance market in Australia’s external territories
  • Regulatory impact statement for fuel price transparency reforms
  • Assurance reviews for the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Infrastructure Priorities Programme
  • Review of water utility developer charges
  • Regulatory impact analysis for a remake of water catchment regulation
  • Developing an approach for water utilities to assess water efficiency investments
  • Business case development for investment in the NSW cultural infrastructure
  • Review of third-party access pricing to water infrastructure services.

 

Case studies

Stormwater Pricing Study for the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission / Te Waihanga

Better measurement of the direct and indirect costs and benefits of resilience

 

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Customer survey to monitor engagement

Thinking about utility customer engagement

In this article Dr Richard Tooth examines developments in how regulated utilities engage with their customers, the problem of uninformed respondent bias and other issues.
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Utility pricing – to block or not to block

Rather than provide a volume discount, some utilities charge a higher rate for greater use. This approach, known as an inclining or rising block tariff, is often advocated as being a fair way to encourage conservation. But is this really the case? This article investigates.
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