KEA 3 is a specialist consultancy that provides strategic, analytical and implementation support to corporate, government and NGO clients. We specialise in the energy and environmental sectors, with a focus on markets.

We combine rigorous analytics with hands-on experience to develop pragmatic solutions to complex problems. Our advice is based on economics and quantitative analytics.

Our clients rely on us to deliver economic modelling, environmental economics, market assessment and design, policy advice and evaluation, and strategic advice with speed and precision.

Key Personnel

According to a survey commissioned by the New Zealand Electricity Commission, 47% of New Zealanders would consider switching electricity retailers on environmental grounds. Given the recent scrapping of the moratorium on new thermal generation build, could consumer preference become a driver for development of renewable energy in New Zealand?

KEA 3 presents a new report on the interaction of REDD and carbon markets.

The introduction of REDD into carbon markets are show to have profound impacts on the price of carbon, and, consequently, on both Annex I domestic abatement and mitigation within CDM regions.

Please join us for our presentation with Greenpeace International titled "REDD in the carbon market: will it help keep global warming to less than 2 degrees?"in Bonn, Germany on 30 March 2009.

The introduction of incentives to reduce deforestation and degredation (REDD) has been hearalded as an inexpensive means of reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions. IF REDD credits were integrated into post-2012 emissions reductions compliance trading, developing nations could increase their committents by 23 % without increasing compliance costs according to modelling presented in side events at the UNFCCC conference in Poznan Poland (December 2008).

We combine a consultant's problem solving initiative with deep technical knowledge. We specialise in the electricity and environment sectors, with a focus on markets.

Economics
Forecasting
Financial and economic modelling
Economic advice
Economic valuation
Non-market valuation
Ecological/environmental economics

Policy
Regulatory assessment and advice
Strategic analysis
Policy evaluation and advice
Resource planning and management

Markets
Market assessment - opportunities and barriers
Market development and rules design

Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Lincoln College)
Diploma of Economics (Waikato University)
Master of Management Studies (with Distinction) (Waikato University)

Alistair has extensive experience working with complex policy processes, and has worked on many of the key economic reforms of the last decade including the 1998 electricity industry reforms, the price control threshold for electricity line businesses, amendments to the Commerce Act, the 2002 climate change policy package, and the Telecommunications Amendment Act 2006.

Alistair offers clients proven expertise in applying his extensive skills in economic and strategic analysis to formulating practical solutions to complex policy problems.

Bachelor of Forestry Science (First Class Honours) (Canterbury University)

Karen has provided regulatory and economic advice on rule and other policy changes to the Electricity Commission since May 2004. She is currently assisting the Electricity Commission with a project to improve the wholesale electricity pricing process. This has involved developing a conceptual framework for achieving an appropriate trade-off between price certainty and price accuracy, and enabling consumers to make efficient decisions which enhances competition.

Since January 2007, Karen has assisted the Commerce Commission with its role under the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998.

Master of Business Administration (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering (University of Illinois)
Bachelor of Arts – Asian Studies (University of Illinois)

Erich has ten years’ experience in the climate change, energy and consulting fields. While a high-level thinker, Erich is also drawn to the details. His projects often involve detailed numerical analysis and development of complex financial and economic models.

Prior to joining M-co, Erich provided market assessment, value chain, cost-benefit assessment, option value and organisational change analysis to large corporate clients in the energy, banking, and manufacturing sectors as an associate with Booz Alan Hamilton in the United States. Erich’s energy and consulting career has also involved assessment of investment and management decisions in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Taiwan and the United States.

Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (First Class Honours) – Economics, Money and Finance (Victoria University)
Bachelor of Science – Mathematics and Statistics (Victoria University)

Rachel has an in-depth understanding of regulatory economics and has a proven ability to effectively plan and organise complex projects. Prior to joining KEA 3, Rachel worked at M-co as a Senior Consultant. Prior to this she was a Senior Analyst at the Commerce Commission, providing regulatory advice on the telecommunications industry and project managed telecommunications projects. Rachel has also worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, where she provided economic advice on a range of issues including the impact of increasing freight costs on inflation, and the effects of increasing demand for food in Asia.