2011 EPRG Spring Semimar

Renewable Energy Policy

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2011 Spring Seminar. On 12 May, EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Peterhouse, and on 13 May, to a full-day seminar at Robinson College.

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Programme

12 May 2011

Keynote speaker

Christof Ruehl (BP)

13 May 2011

Session 1: Why support renewables?

Chaired by William Nuttall (EPRG)

• Boaz Moselle (FTI Consulting) – Why Support Renewables?
• Michael Grubb (EPRG and CCC) – Cost, Benefits and Policy

Session 2: Support scheme: what works and at what cost?

Chaired by Michael Pollitt (EPRG)

• Jorge Padilla (Compass Lexecon and CEPR) – The Spanish Experience
• David Newbery (EPRG) – From ROC to FIT: Why and How

Session 3: Accommodating renewables: market design

Chaired by Guido Cervigni (Compass Lexecon and Bocconi University)

• Richard Green (University of Birmingham) – Issues in Great Britain
• William Hogan (Harvard and FTI Consulting) – Nodal Pricing in the US

Session 4: Policy roundtable: Lessons for UK and EU policy

Chaired by Boaz Moselle (FTI Consulting)

• Juan Jose Alba (Endesa)
• Jacqueline Boucher (GDF Suez)
• Michael Pollitt (EPRG)
• Ronald Roosdorp (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Netherlands)