NZ Electricity Sector: New Electricity Board Named
March 30th, 2010
The Electricity Authority Establishment Board, which will set up the Electricity Authority replacing the Electricity Commission, is to be chaired by Dr Brent Layton. Other board members are Simon Botherway, Miriam Dean, Roger Sowry, Peter Harris and David Caygill. The appointments will run to September 30. Dr Layton is also chairman of the Electricity Technical Advisory Group which last year undertook a review of the electricity sector and recommended changes to improve competition and security of supply. Miriam Dean was also a member of that group. David Caygill is currently chairman of the Electricity Commission and Peter Harris has been a member of the Commission since it started in 2003. Roger Sowry, a former Minister in the Bolger-Shipley Govt, is currently a private consultant with Saunders Unsworth, and a member of the Electricity Commission. Botherway is a chartered financial analyst with long experience in the financial services sector.
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