Reliability Panel: Membership

Under Clause 8.8.2 of the Rules, the membership of the Panel must consist of:

  • a Commissioner of the AEMC appointed to act as Chairperson of the Panel
  • the Chief Executive Officer of AEMO or its delegate; and
  • at least five but not more than eight other persons appointed by the AEMC for a period of up to three years, such persons to include:
    • a person representing Generators;
    • a person representing Market Customers;
    • a person representing Transmission Network Service Providers;
    • a person representing Distribution Network Service Providers; and
    • a person representing the interests of end use customers for electricity.

The AEMC appointments took effect from 1 January 2011 and the current Panel consists of the following Members:

Name Position Term
Neville Henderson Chairman and AEMC Commissioner current term expires 2 November 2012
Trevor Armstrong    Executive General Manager, Transmission and System Operations, Ausgrid current term expires 31 December 2013
Simon Bartlett Chief Operating Officer, Powerlink current term expires 31 December 2013
Mark Grenning Chief Advisor Energy, Rio Tinto current term expires 31 December 2013
Chris Murphy Chief Executive Officer, Secure Energy current term expires 31 December 2013
Andrew Nance  Principal, St Kitts Associates current term expires 31 December 2013
Tim O'Grady  Head of Public Policy, Origin Energy current term expires 31 December 2013
Stephen Orr Director Strategy and Regulation, International Power Australia current term expires 31 December 2013
Nick Sankey Head of Utilities Energy and Renewables, Commonwealth Bank current term expires 31 December 2013
David Swift Executive General Manager Corporate Development, AEMO