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Economic Advice to Bidder on $3.25 billion Generation and Retail Privatization

Castalia helped Australia’s Origin Energy gain approval to bid for electricity retail and generation assets being privatized by the State of New South Wales. Origin already owned other power assets, so it had to show that acquiring more would not reduce competition.

January 17, 2020

Projects Telecommunications C08064 New Zealand Expert evidence, evaluation, and learning

Cost Benefit Analysis of New Zealand’s Broadband Strategy

Castalia advised on the costs, benefits, and optimal design of a subsidy scheme to expand broadband access in New Zealand. Telecommunications service providers wanted to ensure that the scheme did not distort competition or waste resources.

January 16, 2020

Projects Energy C13041 New Zealand Expert evidence, evaluation, and learning

Reviewing the Single Buyer Model for the Electricity Market, New Zealand

Castalia showed there was no evidence that a single-buyer of electricity would improve upon the wholesale electricity market. Opposition parties in New Zealand campaigned on a platform of introducing a single buyer.

November 18, 2019

Projects Energy C06083 New Zealand Expert evidence, evaluation, and learning

Expert Evidence on Land Use Plan to Preserve Water Resources, New Zealand

We analysed various options to preserve water quality in rivers and streams in Canterbury, New Zealand. The regional council promulgated a plan that would have limited sustainable plantation forestry, without having considered other options to preserve river flows.

November 13, 2019

Projects Energy C06086 New Zealand Expert evidence, evaluation, and learning

Strategy and Policy for a Carbon Market in New Zealand

Castalia helped Shell New Zealand prepare its response to the draft New Zealand Energy Strategy. The proposed strategy created unnecessary risks for the energy security and development of natural gas reserves

November 12, 2019

Projects Energy C04010 New Zealand Infrastructure planning, transaction advisory, and financing

Valuing Contact Energy for an Investor, New Zealand

Castalia advised an international strategic investor on its bid for a controlling stake in Contact Energy, one of New Zealand’s biggest energy providers. Our client needed a deep understanding of pricing, regulation and market rules in order to value Contact Energy.

November 7, 2019

Projects Infrastructure and markets for social services C17047 New Zealand Expert evidence, evaluation, and learning

Evaluation of Facility to Promote Health PPPs, New Zealand

Castalia assessed the effectiveness of the Pilot Health PPP Advisory Facility. International donors for the Facility wanted to know if their money was well spent.

November 7, 2019

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Castalia conducts solar PV workshop in Turkey

A Castalia team presented their findings from financial and economic analysis of rooftop solar PV projects in a workshop in Turkey on October 25, 2019.

October 29, 2019

Projects Natural resources and Primary Production C03024 New Zealand Transforming organizations and service delivery

Development of the Cervena Venison Appellation, New Zealand

Castalia recommended turning a poorly coordinated Cervena Appellation into a brand under a consolidated ownership structure to increase value of New Zealand venison exports. A New Zealand venison brand would be valuable, but the Cervena Appellation failed to deliver the benefits, despite requiring compulsory subscription by deer farmers.

October 28, 2019

Projects Energy C04004 Philippines Transforming organizations and service delivery

Securing Private Participation in Regional Electricity Distribution Cooperatives, Philippines

Castalia designed a model for private sector participation in the Philippines’ rural electric cooperatives to attract operational expertise and finance for development. Many rural electrification cooperatives in the Philippines were struggling as a result of poor management and lack of finance.

October 28, 2019