The Minister for Resources and Energy and the Assistant Treasurer today announced important appointments to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).
Mr Edward Willett has been reappointed until May 2013 and Mr Andrew Reeves has been appointed for five years.
Mr Willett has previously served as a member of the AER and has provided a strong contribution at a time when the Regulator was in its early years of operation.
He is also a member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Mr Reeves has been appointed as a State/Territory member of the AER.
He has been the Energy Regulator for Tasmania as well as the Tasmanian Government's Prices Oversight Commissioner.
The Government would like to thank outgoing AER member, Mr Geoff Swier for his valuable contribution to the AER. His services are greatly appreciated.
Messrs Willett and Reeves join Mr Steve Edwell who is the Chair of the AER.
23 July 2008