There is a panoply of agencies regulating energy at the Commonwealth level and not all of these seem to be rowing in the same direction.  The main agencies are  

• The Energy and Environment Department with 490 staff in energy and greenhouse — plus another  454 in its dependent agencies: Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Clean Energy Regulator and the Climate Change Authority;
• The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) with 283 staff;
• The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) with 95 staff;
• The Energy Security Board (ESB) with perhaps 10 staff; and
• The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) with 670 staff. 

 Although AEMO is mainly concerned with operational issues, its CEO and a good many...