Ann Whitfield

Ann is at the forefront in addressing issues surrounding investment in network infrastructure, including in the context of renewable energy and storage development and the increase in Consumer Energy Resources.

Ann has over thirty years’ experience working as an economist for both private consultancies and government. Ann’s particular areas of expertise include utility regulation, cost benefit analysis (particularly in relation to network investment assessments) and broader issues of energy market development.

Ann has advised both regulators and utility businesses in Australia, including the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council, the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Australian Energy Regulator, various jurisdictional regulators and a range of utility businesses in the electricity, gas, water, rail and aviation sectors.

Ann is recognised as the foremost expert in the application of the Regulatory Investment Tests for electricity network investments, and has direct, practical experience of the application of these tests to major transmission investments (including ISP projects) and non-network solutions, as well as the regulatory framework within which the test sits.