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New member appointed to the Common Quality Technical Group

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The Electricity Authority has appointed Brent Duder (Aurora Energy) to the Future Security and Resilience Common Quality Technical Group.

Brent Duder replaces Chris Conway, who is taking up a new opportunity overseas.

This group provides independent technical advice to the Electricity Authority for its review of the common quality requirements in Part 8 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010.

More information: Common Quality Technical Group

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