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EFA Joins Forces with RAP

In May 2009, Energy Futures Australia joined forces with The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a non-profit organisation formed in the United States in 1992 by experienced regulators.
Peer Reviews of Energy Efficiency Policies

EFA Managing Director, Dr David Crossley, was invited to be a team member for the inaugural APEC Peer Reviews of energy efficiency policies carried out in New Zealand and Chile in February and March 2009.
Independent Assessment of the APEC Energy Working Group

In January 2009, EFA Managing Director, Dr David Crossley, completed his report on the independent assessment of the APEC Energy Working Group.
White Certificates in Australia

An article on white certificates in Australia by EFA Managing Director, Dr David Crossley, was published in the January 2009 edition of the newsletter of the International Energy Agency Demand Side Management Programme.
International Project on DSM and Climate Change

In November 2008, EFA Managing Director, Dr David Crossley announced the commencement of a major International Energy Agency research project on demand side management and climate change.

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Welcome to Energy Futures Australia

Energy Futures Australia was founded in 1996 by our Managing Director, Dr David Crossley. We are a small, highly focussed consultancy company specialising in providing analysis, advice and project management services in relation to:

sustainable energy policy and programs, including energy efficiency, demand side management, renewable energy and abatement of greenhouse gas emissions;
energy policy and planning across all energy forms, with an emphasis on climate change and greenhouse issues;
energy industry restructuring and reform across the diversity of evolving energy markets.

Since 1996, we have completed nearly 50 projects and about 90 publications for a broad range of clients in Australia and internationally, including governments, regulators, energy companies, industry associations and NGOs.

Note: Energy Futures Australia is not involved in futures market trading. Our company name refers to future energy policy and programs rather than financial trading.

What we do

Following are some of the projects we have successfully completed. For background information on each of these projects, please click the links in red. Summaries of all projects completed by Energy Futures Australia are available from the search boxes on the left under 'EFA's Work'. A printable list of all EFA projects is available under the 'About Us' menu item above.

Reviewed 250 energy projects carried out under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).
Project managed the corporatisation of a major government-owned electricity generator in Australia.
Prepared a report on smart metering for an environmental NGO.
Directed an international R&D project for the International Energy Agency Demand Side Management Programme which investigated the use of demand side management measures to support electricity networks.
Reviewed a government-sponsored energy efficiency financing scheme in Thailand.
Developed the first edition of a Code of Practice on demand-side management for electricity distributors in New South Wales, Australia.
Prepared a report for the New South Wales electricity industry regulator on societal demand management.
Provided advice on the implementation of trading in energy efficiency certificates (‘white certificates’) as part of a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in New South Wales.
Managed the development of a market and technology roadmap for the Australian solar photovoltaic industry.
Provided advice on energy efficiency to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, an international public-private partnership.
Led teams carrying out peer reviews of energy efficiency policies in Chile and in New Zealand for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC).

Featured Project

Demand Side Management and Climate Change

Client: Four individual countries under the auspices of the International Energy Agency Demand Side Management Programme

Currently directing a multi-national project that is investigating the potential contribution to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions that can be made by demand side management (DSM) technologies and measures. The project is also examining the extent to which emissions mitigation measures can provide benefits to electricity systems and identifying opportunities for funding DSM programs with revenue from trading emission reductions. Project commenced in 2008 and to be completed in 2010.

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