MEIxAEMO Seminar: Q3 2023 - Quarterly Energy Dynamics
The Melbourne Energy Institute hosted Mr Kevin Ly, Group Manager for Reform Development and Insights at the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), to present findings from AEMO’s Q3 2023 Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report.
The QED covered the period 1 July to 30 September 2023 and tracks dynamics, trends and outcomes in Australia’s electricity and gas markets.
Discussion was moderated by Professor Michael Brear, Director, Melbourne Energy Institute.
RECORDING AND SLIDES
SPEAKER
Mr Kevin Ly
Group Manager - Reform Development and Insights
Australian Energy Market Operator
Kevin Ly is the Group Manager for Reform Development and Insights at the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). His role covers many aspects of energy markets, including market design, policy and regulation, working with the Energy Security Board (ESB), the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), and the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) on market reform. Kevin is also responsible for the development and publication of the Quarterly Energy Dynamics report.
Prior to joining AEMO, Kevin held a variety of senior wholesale and market development roles at Snowy Hydro and CS Energy, extending back to the commencement of the National Electricity Market (NEM) in December 1998.
Kevin is an engineer by training, and holds a Masters degree in Engineering Science from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), a Masters degree in Arts (Applied Research) from Macquarie University, and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Queensland.
MODERATOR
Professor Michael Brear
Director, Melbourne Energy Institute
The University of Melbourne
Michael Brear is a mechanical engineer and the Director of the Melbourne Energy Institute (MEI) at the University of Melbourne. MEI facilitates the University’s research on the technical, economic, environmental and social impacts of energy.
Michael is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, the Combustion Institute, Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Energy. He previously established the University’s multi-disciplinary degree, the Master of Energy Systems. Prior to commencing at the University of Melbourne, Michael worked for ICI Australia (now Orica), and then undertook graduate studies at Cambridge University and post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.