 | Trish has extensive experience in analysing competition, legislative and commercial issues relevant to economic regulation of infrastructure industries and, in particular, third party access. Trish joined Synergies in 2005, bringing considerable experience in the analysis of a range of economic issues, including industry policy, competition policy and performance and regulatory issues relating to infrastructure industries. She developed her career at the Bureau of Industry Economics, Queensland Treasury and the Queensland Competition Authority, enabling her to develop an understanding of economic and regulatory issues from a public policy, shareholders’ and regulator’s perspective.
Skills and capabilities:
- Regulatory economics
- Applied microeconomic analysis
- Market structure and design
- Competition analysis
- Industry economics
Projects: - Provided advice on the development of a third party access regime for a port development in WA;
- Provided advice to a rail access provider on regulatory precedent regarding service quality regimes;
- Prepared advice to an electricity distribution business on regulatory coverage of services;
- Drafted a report for a water service provider on desirable features of efficient water markets;
- Prepared a report for a bulk water service provider, including literature review and analysis, of economic valuation of benefits of improved catchment management;
- Undertook an assessment of a service provider’s water charging policy for a large industrial customer to assess compliance with the National Water Initiative and regulatory precedent and provide advice for future negotiations;
- Preparation of submissions and briefing notes on regulatory reform issues for the Australian Pipeline Industry Association relating to the regulation of gas transmission pipelines as part of development of the National Gas Law and Rules;
- Analysis of alternative institutional arrangements for the supply and management of water infrastructure in the Lower Fitzroy River;
- Analysis of economic impacts of alternative policy instruments applied to water markets in Queensland.
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