Public hearing - Canberra, Thursday 6 August 2009

Inquiry into the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a related bill

Public hearing - Canberra, Thursday 6 August 2009

10:30am – 4:45pm
Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House
Canberra ACT

Time Witness

10:30am – 11:30am

Aluminium Industry Roundtable

Australian Aluminium Council  (Sub. 62) 
Mr Miles Prosser, Executive Director

Alcoa of Australia (Sub. 42)
Mr Alan Cransberg, Managing Director
Mr Tim MacAuliffe, General Manager, Corporate Affairs and Carbon Strategy

Hydro
Mr Trevor Coombe, Head, Global Alumina and Smelter Growth, Oceania

Rio Tinto Alcan (Sub. 65)
Ms Marghanita Johnson, Manager, Climate Change
Dr Xiaoling Liu, President, Primary Metals, Pacific

Tomago Aluminium (Sub. 10)
Mr Warren Brooks, Environment and Sustainability Manager
Mr Roy Gellweiler, Chief Financial Officer

11:30am – 12:15pm

Australian Sugar Milling Council (Sub. 104)
Mr Christopher Connors, CEO, NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative Ltd
Mr Gary Longden Director, ASMC
Mr Mark Moriarty, Member Representative, ASMC
Mr Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, ASMC
Mr John Power, Director, ASMC
Mr Charles Westcott, Chairman, Mackay Sugar Limited

12:15pm – 1:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm – 2:30pm

Renewable Energy Producers Roundtable

AGL (Sub. 39)
Ms Sarah McNamara, Head of Government Affairs
Mr Tim Nelson, Head of Carbon and Sustainability

BP Solar (Sub. 63)
Ms Andrea Gaffney, Government Relations Manager
Mr Tony Stocken, Regional Manager

Hydro Tasmania (Sub. 40)
Mr Kane Thornton, Senior Adviser, Renewable Energy Policy

Infigen Energy
Mr Jonathan Upson, Development Manager

IT Power Australia
Mr Simon Troman, Managing Director
Dr Muriel Watt

Pacific Hydro (Sub. 8)
Mr Andrew Richards, Executive Manager, Government and Corporate Affairs

Vestas Wind Systems (Sub. 130)
Mr Ken McAlpine, Government Relations Manager

2:30pm – 3:15pm

Greenpeace (Sub. 43) (by teleconference)
Mr Julien Vincent, Climate and Energy Campaigner

3:15pm – 3:30pm

Afternoon tea

3:30pm – 4:15pm

Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, UNSW
Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director (Engineering)

4:15pm – 4:45pm

Department of Climate Change
Mr Blair Comley, Deputy Secretary
Mr Rob Raether, Assistant Secretary, Renewables and Reporting Branch

4:45pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: economics.sen@aph.gov.au