Consultants reports

In 2010 the ACCC commissioned a consultants' report on benchmarking the price of ethanol:

• Benchmarking the Price of Fuel Ethanol in Australia, prepared by Energy Quest.

In early 2009 the ACCC commissioned two consultants’ reports on the setting of the import parity price (IPP) for various fuels:

• The method and basis of the setting of the import parity price (IPP) for unleaded petrol and diesel in Australia, prepared by McLennan Magasanik Associates (MMA)
• Review of the appropriateness of the current LPG international benchmark in the setting of domestic LPG prices, prepared by the Allen Consulting Group (Allens).

A summary of the IPP reports is included in appendix B of the 2009 formal monitoring of petrol report Monitoring of the Australian petroleum industry—report of the ACCC into the prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol in Australia.