Market Reform and Auction Design

Market Analysis has been involved in a number of projects concerned with utility industry reform and restructuring around the world. We advised the New South Wales Treasury and the Industry Commission of Australia on alternative market structures for generation in the Australian National Electricity Market. We have also contributed to World Bank-sponsored projects concerned with the reform of the electricity industries in Kenya, Bolivia and Iran.

We advised British Energy on the redesign of the UK electricity market in 2001 and the electricity company Cemig on the design of power contract auctions in Brazil in 2004. We have also worked on Channel 3 licence auctions for ITV plc; on the design and implementation of Hutchison 3G’s successful auction for national roaming services in 2006; and on Ofcom’s proposed multi-stage auction for the 3G expansion band spectrum.