This report, jointly prepared with Merz Consulting Engineers, provides independent technical advice about material differences in operating environments between Australian electricity distribution network service providers in the National Energy Market. This report is intended to contribute to the Australian Energy Regulator’s economic benchmarking. ...

Simon Orme, James Swansson and Eli Hefter of Sapere were engaged by the Australian government’s department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) to undertake a project to assess current arrangements for consumer access to energy consumption data and scope proposals for change. The project arose from the Australian Government’s announcement in its 2011 Clean Energy ...

Sapere prepared a report for the Australian government on the impact of extreme weather events on the National Electricity Market, as part of preparation for a third National Energy Security Assessment (NESA). The first part of the report is an historical analysis of data and reports on extreme weather events. It identifies historical linkages between ...

On 31 May 2016, the Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) issued its Final Determination for Regulated retail electricity prices for 2016-17. This determination relates to the “R” component of retail prices seen by customers. The “N” or network component is set by the Australian Energy Regulator. Under the final decision, regulated retail prices in Queensland increase, ...

This report finds that the degree of network congestion upon which the proposals in Ergon’s Tariff Structure Statement depend has been over-stated by two (2) orders of magnitude based on Ergon’s public data on zone substation congestion. It follows that the AER’s August 2016 Draft Decision finding that the ETSS contributes sufficiently to the achievement ...

A cost utility analysis of a pilot of bowel screening in New Zealand. The analysis used micro-simulation to explore the cost effectiveness of a bowel screening programme in a New Zealand setting. It found that bowel screening is an extremely cost effective health intervention. ...

Sapere was retained by Australia’s Energy Security Board to review governance of technical standards for Distributed Energy Resources (DER). Working with engineering experts from Cutler Merz, this work involved extensive stakeholder consultation, desktop research, a survey and a webinar. It resulted in a set of proposals for change. The Review highlights that to date the ...