Commission

Lyndon Rowe, Utilities Commissioner

Lyndon Rowe was appointed as Utilities Commissioner (part-time) from 1 January 2019 for five years and was extended for a further five years from 1 January 2024. He previously served as an Associate Commissioner (appointed on 6 April 2018). From 2014 to 2017, he was the full‑time Chair of the Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation of Western Australia (trading as Synergy). For the previous 10 years, Mr Rowe was the inaugural Executive Chair of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds an economics degree from the University of Adelaide.

Richard Owens, Associate Commissioner

Richard Owens was appointed as Associate Utilities Commissioner (part-time) on 6 April 2018. He is also Senior Commissioner of the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission of the ACT and a director at farrierswier consulting. His previous roles include Executive General Manager at the Australian Energy Market Commission, leading an independent expert review into electricity transmission planning for the NSW Minister for Energy, a member of the secretariat for the Finkel review into the National Electricity Market, and a member of AEMO's Consumer Panel for the Integrated System Plan. He also previously worked as a lawyer in major law firms and government specialising in utility regulation, competition and consumer law. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Laws, and is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley Executive Leadership Program. Mr Owens is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.