Established in 2003, Exigency's principals are ex-Big 4, with expertise in policy development, economic regulation, market access, risk and programme management.
Exigency is an authority on Australian energy markets with reach to other markets in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. From its base in energy markets, Exigency has expanded to provide strategic greenhouse gas advisory services from strategy development to implementation.
Exigency delivers consulting engagements in electricity market regulation, network connection, wholesale risk management and full retail contestability. We apply our industry experience and market regulation expertise to assist our clients in delivering their projects.
Embedded Networks
Exigency has established at 140 William St a distribution-only embedded network, with regulatory approvals at a state and federal level. This arrangement allows sustainable infrastructure to grid-connect easily.
Distributed Generation
Exigency arranges grid and market access for independent generation. It also can arrange management and investment in clean-tech generation through an alliance with Greenpeak, a licensed generator and part of the Victor Smorgon Group.
Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation
Exigency have installed ECOtality's Blink EV charging equipment at the InterPark 140 William Street carpark.
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Exigency has over six years carbon market and climate change experience and has provided advice to Government and industry.
Climate Change
Exigency has recent climate change consulting experience in the analysis and delivery of climate change impact and mitigation strategies and has relationships with leading climate change research institutes.
Offset Portfolio Establishment
Exigency has developed a carbon cost and investment curve for a diversified portfolio of carbon offsets, renewables and abatement measures and oversaw detailed feasibility studies for Board-endorsed schemes. Exigency then managed a tender which secured over a million tonnes of carbon offsets.
Coalition's Business Advisory Council on Climate Change
Exigency has been appointed as an economic advisor to the Coalition's Business Advisory Council on climate change.
Carbon Offset Guide: Think Before You Sink
Exigency is developing a guide to the Carbon Farming Initiative that can be used by industry groups and companies to inform their carbon abatement strategy.
In addition to providing energy, water and climate advice, Exigency is interested in sourcing sustainable and low emissions generation opportunities meeting the following criteria:
(1) Demand or supply requirements of at least 1MW electrical – no upper limit
(2) Energy off-take by multi-unit dwellings, owned within either high rise, community or precinct developments
(3) Generating or connection assets for sale with conversion or expansion potential
(4) Reliable supply of low emissions or renewable fuel sources
We can promise complete confidentiality and a very fast answer as to possible interest – within 24 hours.
Exigency is able to deliver Energy Services Companies that are:
(1) Based on joint venture Woking-like corporate structures
(2) Self financing, relying on private capital to fund infrastructure investments
(3) Low emissions
(4) Regulatory compliant
We have experience in delivering commercial-in-confidence bankable feasibility studies and in delivering energy services under ESCo arrangements.
Case Study - Precinct Energy Project.pdf
Case Study - Energy Services Company.pdf
Exigency has completed Australian and New Zealand energy and carbon market studies for incumbent participants and potential new entrants.
Overviews of recent market studies are provided as downloads.
Retail Electricity & Gas
Electricity Affordability
Market Heat - Retail Energy Market Guide 2011.pdf
Grounds for Alarm - Australian Electricity Cost.pdf
"In three weeks Exigency provided us with understanding that we've been looking three years for."
Client Comment
Adrian Palmer Email: adrian.palmer_exigency.com.au
Adrian Palmer is an expert in financial and energy market risk management and systems. He has broad experience in the energy and utilities industry including the development of the inter-regional hedging market in electricity and price path modelling for renewable energy and carbon markets. He also has the advantage of having extensive trading experience as head of domestic trading and financial engineering for a major Australian bank.
Stuart Allinson Email: stuart.allinson_exigency.com.au
Stuart Allinson has a broad utilities background and has held various positions in production, wholesale, distribution, retail and regulatory affairs. He has consulted to governments, market participants and large business users in the areas of Strategy, Policy, Process, Controls, Regulation, Compliance, Process Improvement and Program Management.
Bruce Macfarlane Email: bruce.macfarlane_exigency.com.au
Bruce Macfarlane has worked at a senior level across the water and energy industries implementing change programs and establishing business strategy. Bruce has taken a leading role in the development of smart water metering within Australia. Bruce has line management experience as an electricity derivatives trader and with a major Australian energy retailer.
Clients include private and government owned market participants, investment funds, private investors, regulatory bodies and government stakeholders with interests in the energy and carbon markets.
While the recent media attention on the Victorian smart meter rollout has been on allegedly dodgy installations, the bigger picture is that customers have no choice but to pay around $100 a year for the technology and are yet to receive any direct benefits.
In this Climate Spectator article Exigency provide insight into how the smart meter program could yet provide customers with benefits.
Contact the author, Bruce Macfarlane
Climate Spectator - A Smarter Way.pdf
A review of the connection arrangements for large customers throughout the National Electricity Market funded by the NECA Advocacy Panel.
Contact the authors, Stuart Allinson
, Adrian Palmer
Exigency - Whose Line is it Anyway - NECA.pdf
Exigency Management was engaged to provide ongoing strategic advice in relation to estimating and offsetting GHGs for ACTEW Corporation.
ACTEW_GHG_AbatamentStrategyReport.pdf
When the City of Sydney rejected all bids for the delivery of their trigeneration scheme it wasn't in support of Ross Garnaut's proposition that we need better regulation to foster the connection of distributed generation. Rather, was an outcome forced by the pricing and regulatory structures of the National Electricity Market.
In this Climate Spectator article Exigency provide insight into how disributed generation could be made simpler and more transparent through better regulation.
Climate Spectator - Getting Sydney connected.pdf
Exigency provided the AEMC with a submission on their strategic priorities providing a view that activities should be established that allow the competitive market to solve its challenges through:
Should the AEMC initiate these activities we observed that whilst the regulatory change required is small, the potential benefits towards energy market and greenhouse gas outcomes are substantial.
Contact the authors, Bruce Macfarlane
Exigency Submission to AEMC Strategic Priorities.pdf
Victorias Advanced Metering Infrastructure Program is the result of much government led analysis, industry planning and customer investment. However, there is a disconnect between the benefits described by that original analysis and the cost impact on customers by the AMI Program.
In making this submission, Exigency believes that there remains an opportunity for customers to derive some value from their investment in AMI.However, realising this opportunity requires the current Victorian Government to deliver on the original promise of the previous Government that the program would allow consumers to both better manage their energy use and understand greenhouse emissions .
Contact the authors
Exigency AMI Program Submission.pdf
Adrian Palmer
Stuart Allinson
Bruce Macfarlane
Exigency has installed an ECOtality Blink electric vehicle charging station in a commercial Melbourne car park and is a member of the Victorian Electric Vehicle Trial Working Group.
A number of barriers exist to the customer uptake of electric vehicles including regulation so Exigency made a submission to assist the Government of Western Australia to address those barriers and to support the proposed exemption of charging station operators from the distribution and retail licence requirements of the Electricity Act Submission.
Exigency - EV Licence Electricity Exemptions Submission.pdf
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Exigency provided a submission to the AEMC on demand side management stating that:
Exigency - AEMC Review, Power of Consumer Choice Submission.pdf
It's a debate with a decidedly apocalyptic ring: stand by while the dynamics of life on earth change irrevocably, or try to take action that may slow or halt the process and in so doing possibly compromise our way of life. Its a debate that challenges fundamental assumptions about evidence, responsibility and governance. And its a debate that was held at the Melbourne Town Hall by the Wheeler Centre.
Exigency's Stuart Allinson led the affirmative team demonstrating that "A tax won't fix climate change".
Contact Stuart Allinson
A tax wonât fix climate change - Wheeler Centre Debate - Exigency.pdf
Exigency assisted the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) with a submission responding to the AER Consultation Paper: Issues and AERs preliminary positions - connection charge guidelines for accessing the electricity distribution network, 10 June 2011.
The paper argued that current charging arrangements for connection to electricity distribution networks fail to promote the most economically efficient investment choices with regard to street lighting and distribution transformers.
Submission - Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.pdf
Exigency provided submissions, and was invited to present, to the the Senate Inquiry on "a carbon tax, or any other mechanism for putting a price on carbon".
Our submission presented a view that the current policy has been selected from a narrow range of penalty based schemes with insufficient consideration of the alternatives, and presented potential impacts of that policy choice.
110921 Submission Exigency.pdf
Senate Select Comittee on Scrutiny of New Taxes - Exigency Submission.pdf
The carbon tax will raise electricity prices but without electricity market reform it will result in few carbon savings. Intended to encourage customers to consume green electricity instead of their usual fossil fuel diet, the carbon tax is about to become the electricity markets latest impost that fails to connect with customers.
In this Australian Financial Review article Exigency provide an outline of how the carbon market and electricity could be linked.
AFR Electricity Market Reform 111108 FINAL.pdf
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Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment
Exigency and ECOtality have teamed to install the Blink EV charging equipment at the InterPark 140 William Street carpark.
The EV charge point is accessable from two car park bays that are visible from Little Collins St and from a manned entry/exit car park booth.
Exigencys approach to installation means that there are no electricity meter issues and that the method can be applied to other locations.
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