2007 EPRG annual conference (London)
27 Sep 2007
08:00 -22:30
28 Sep 2007
08:00 -14:00
By invitation only
London
United Kingdom
3rd Joint Cambridge‐MIT Electricity Policy Conference
“Policies for a Sustainable and Secure Electricity Market”.
Programme
Welcome
- Paul L Joskow (MIT)
- David Newbery (EPRG)
EU competition policy
Chaired by Michael Pollitt (EPRG)
- Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive (Ofgem) – EU Energy Sector Inquiry
- David Newbery (EPRG) – Energy Sector Competition Policy: Unbundling
Integrating electricity markets
Chaired by David Newbery (EPRG)
- Paul Joskow (MIT) – Strengths and Weaknesses of Independent System Operators without Ownership Unbundling
- Bert den Ouden (CEO APX) – Market Integration: The Benelux Case
Lunch speaker
Jean Tirole (IDEI, Toulouse) – Economics and Energy Policy
Security of gas supply – politics and policies
Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)
- Pierre Noel (EPRG) – Does Europe Need an External Energy Policy?
- Christof Rühl (BP) – Addressing UK Gas Security of Supply
Reducing the carbon intensity of electricity
Chaired by William Nuttall (EPRG)
- Howard Herzog (MIT) – The Future of Coal, with Special Reference to Carbon Sequestration and Storage
- Karsten Neuhoff (EPRG) – Technology Policy to Support the Development of Low‐C Technologies
Meeting the investment challenge facing energy networks
Chaired by Paul Joskow (MIT)
- Yves Smeers (CORE, Catholic University of Louvain) – Future Structure and Regulation of Transmission Networks in Europe
- Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Regulating Network Investment and Quality of Service
The future of climate policies and emissions trading
Chaired by John Parsons (MIT)
- Michael Grubb and Karsten Neuhoff (EPRG) – Post-2012 Framework ETS/Kyoto Interaction
- Denny Ellerman (MIT) – Evolving US Policy towards Carbon Caps and Climate Change
Lunch speaker
Sir Nicolas Stern (London School of Economics) – The Prospects for Effective Climate Change Policies
Conference close
- Paul L Joskow (MIT)
- David Newbery (EPRG)