ENERGY
Designing systems for resource and ecosystem management
We help investors and companies to…
Contribute to the design of resource markets and management schemes to ensure that these schemes do not harm business and the economy any more than is necessary to achieve their objectives, and that any harm is justified by the benefits achieved
Expert Evidence on Nitrate Emissions Trading System to Protect Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Castalia compared effects of a regulatory regime and a cap-and-trade scheme to reduce non-point nitrate emissions into New Zealand’s Lake Taupo. Increased nitrate run-off from dairy farming was threatening the quality of water in Lake Taupo. Environment Waikato proposed what it called an ‘emissions-trading scheme’ which had the effect of stopping land from being converted to dairy-farming while doing little to improve the farming practices of existing dairy-farmers. Read more
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We help investors and asset owners to profit from sector transformation caused by disruptive technologies and regulatory changes ... Read more
Transform enterprises. We identify: business constraints, strategic assets, and market opportunities, then develop strategies that remove constraints, build on strategic ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to avoid problems with competition authorities, and protect themselves from market manipulation, as they ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to advocate market designs that will enable investor returns while serving the public interest ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to avoid problems with competition authorities, and protect themselves from market manipulation, as they ... Read more
We help investors to make the case to regulators supporting the tariffs utilities need to earn reasonable profits and for ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to originate proprietary deal flow for investors, identifying and developing invest-able opportunities ... Read more
We help investors and asset holder to perform due diligence on the commercial, regulatory, market and political aspects of a ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to attract blended finance to infrastructure investments, through mechanisms such as Viability Gap Funding, ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders by providing authoritative, independent expert testimony on competition, access to essential infrastructure, regulation and ... Read more
We help investors and asset holders to ensure that policies and regulations do not damage business growth and dynamism, by ... Read more
