Draft Report from the ‘Nelson Review’ Panel is released, on Wednesday 6th August 2025

Posted by Paul McArdleWednesday 6th August 2025  7:52 AM   Topic: 2024-11 beginning Nelson Review

In yesterday’s wrap of the past 5 weeks, I’d noted that

  • Tim Nelson (when speaking at #ACES2025 last Tuesday) said that the Panel had not quite finished the draft report,
  • but it was ‘imminent’.

So here’s a brief article today to note that the draft report of the Nelson Review panel is released today, and is accessible from the Federal DCCEEW website here.

There are essentially two linked documents as follows:

The draft Report Consultation Questions

You can download the 239-page PDF of the report here:

2025-08-06-NelsonReview-DraftReport-Cover

There’s also 4 pages of consultation questions here:

2025-08-06-NelsonReview-ConsultationQuestions

With respect to the consultation, the department notes:

  • Consultation closes on Wednesday 17th September 2025 (i.e. 6 weeks from today); and
  • To contact the ‘Nelson Review’ secretariat at NEMReview@dcceew.gov.au

 

So happy reading!

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Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients. Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

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