Ministers today approved the appointment of Robert Spedding to the Coal Authority, and announced the selection of the first Electricity Market Reform Panel of Technical Experts.

The panel will provide independent scrutiny of the analysis which will inform the Government's first Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan.


Secretary of State Edward Davey said: "The experts that we have on this panel will help us to ensure the analysis that informs the EMR delivery plan is as robust as possible, allowing us to achieve our ambitions and ensure value-for-money for taxpayers."

Robert Spedding has been appointed for three years as a Non-Executive Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at the Coal Authority.

Mr Spedding, former Head of Advisory Risk Management for KPMG Europe LLP and currently Chair of the Audit Committee for The Law Society, takes over from Stephen Dingle who was appointed as Chair of the Coal Authority at the end of last year.

(CD/GK)