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Internal consistency of risk free rate and MRP in the CAPM

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2003 TransGrid, NSW Australia<br />

Submission to <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s Review <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Regulatory Test<br />

Advised TransGrid <strong>in</strong> response to <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s Discussion Paper on <strong>the</strong> review <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

regulatory test. Tom prepared a report which commented both on <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s proposal to<br />

amend <strong>the</strong> regulatory test to improve clarity <strong>and</strong> to ensure <strong>consistency</strong> with <strong>the</strong> provisions <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> National Electricity Code, <strong>and</strong> also on <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s proposed options for <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

‘competition benefits’ <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> regulatory test.<br />

2003 Clayton Utz, TransGrid, NSW, Australia<br />

Murrayl<strong>in</strong>k’s Application for Regulated Status<br />

Tom advised TransGrid <strong>and</strong> Clayton Utz <strong>in</strong> respond<strong>in</strong>g to Murrayl<strong>in</strong>k’s Application to <strong>the</strong><br />

ACCC for regulated status, <strong>and</strong>, <strong>in</strong> particular, Murrayl<strong>in</strong>k’s use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> regulatory test to derive<br />

a regulatory asset value.<br />

Tom also advised TransGrid <strong>in</strong> respond<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s Prelim<strong>in</strong>ary View on Murrayl<strong>in</strong>k’s<br />

Application, <strong>and</strong> helped draft a fur<strong>the</strong>r report comment<strong>in</strong>g on aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ACCC’s<br />

approach.<br />

2001-03 TransGrid, NSW, Australia<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> regulatory test to network augmentation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Western Area<br />

Advised TransGrid on <strong>the</strong> application <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> regulatory for <strong>in</strong>tra-regional network<br />

augmentation planned for <strong>the</strong> Western Area <strong>of</strong> NSW. The application highlighted issues <strong>in</strong><br />

apply<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> regulatory test <strong>in</strong> a situation where an agreed reliability st<strong>and</strong>ard is not currently<br />

met.<br />

2002 Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />

Interconnection Pric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Advised Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> potential forms <strong>of</strong> price control <strong>the</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />

Commerce Commission could adopt <strong>in</strong> regulat<strong>in</strong>g PSTN <strong>in</strong>terconnection prices.<br />

2002 Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />

‘Intelligent’ Interconnection Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g Report<br />

Carried out a benchmark<strong>in</strong>g survey <strong>and</strong> provided a report to <strong>the</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Commerce<br />

Commission on behalf <strong>of</strong> Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. This report adjusted <strong>in</strong>terconnection prices<br />

<strong>in</strong> Europe, Australia <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> United States for differences <strong>in</strong> cost drivers (<strong>in</strong> terms <strong>of</strong><br />

switch<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> transmission economies <strong>of</strong> scale, transmission l<strong>in</strong>k lengths <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> cost <strong>of</strong><br />

capital <strong>and</strong> labour) compared to New Zeal<strong>and</strong>.<br />

2002 SPI PowerNet, Australia<br />

Design <strong>of</strong> Efficiency Carryover Mechanism<br />

Advised SPI PowerNet on <strong>the</strong> appropriate design <strong>of</strong> an efficiency carryover mechanism<br />

<strong>in</strong>tended to share efficiency ga<strong>in</strong>s between a regulated bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>and</strong> its customers.<br />

2002 SPI PowerNet, Australia<br />

ReOptimisation <strong>of</strong> Transmission Assets<br />

Advised SPI PowerNet on <strong>the</strong> appropriate approach to calculat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> value <strong>of</strong> assets<br />

previously optimised out <strong>of</strong> its regulatory asset base <strong>and</strong> now be<strong>in</strong>g “un-optimised” due to<br />

greater utilisation levels <strong>of</strong> those assets.<br />

2002 SPI PowerNet, Australia<br />

Adviser on Revenue Reset Application<br />

Advised SPI PowerNet on a range <strong>of</strong> high level issues <strong>in</strong> relation to <strong>the</strong>ir regulated revenue<br />

reset application, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g appropriate draft<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>consistency</strong> <strong>of</strong> argument throughout <strong>the</strong><br />

document. Presented aspects <strong>of</strong> SPI PowerNet’s application to <strong>the</strong> ACCC <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> an ACCC<br />

sponsored regulatory public forum.<br />

2002 Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />

Review <strong>of</strong> Interconnection Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g Report<br />

Advised Telecom New Zeal<strong>and</strong> on issues aris<strong>in</strong>g out <strong>of</strong> an Interconnection Benchmark<strong>in</strong>g<br />

report commissioned by <strong>the</strong> Commerce Commission <strong>of</strong> New Zeal<strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong>

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