2016 EPRG Spring Seminar

Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation: Evolution and Revolution

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2016 Spring Seminar in partnership with FTI Consulting and Compass Lexecon. On 12 May 2016 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Westminster College, and on 13 May 2016 at the Moller Centre, Churchill College for a full-day seminar.

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Programme

12 May 2016

Keynote speaker

Philip Lowe – A European Energy Union: Economics or Politics?

13 May 2016

Session 1: The future of DSM and the role of electricity storage

Chaired by Fabien Roques (FTI/CL)

• Robert Clover (FTI/CL) – Driving Technology and Business Models Innovation for Storage and Demand Response
• Omair Khalid and David Reiner (EPRG) – Exploring Barriers to Value Creation through Demand Side Response in Balancing and Capacity Markets

Session 2: Roundtable: The future of electricity system operation

Chaired by Michael Pollitt (EPRG)

• Cordi O’Hara (National Grid)
• Sonia Twohig (ENTSO-E)
• Jason Mann (FTI/CL)
• Monica Giulietti (Loughborough)
• Martin Crouch (Ofgem)

Session 3: The critical role of network charges for efficient decisions – new issues, new approaches

Chaired by Boaz Moselle (FTI/CL)

• Charles Verhaeghe (FTI/CL) – Distribution Charges: Review of Experiences on Tariff Structure and New Challenges
• Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Network Charging for a Flexible and Reliable Electricity System

Session 4: Market designs options to accommodate more RES

Chaired by David Newbery (EPRG)

• Karsten Neuhoff (DIW) – The Need for and Benefits of Intra-day Auctions for Interconnectors: Evidence from Germany
• Fabien Roques (FTI/CL) – Electricity Market: Toward a Radical Redesign for High Shares of Renewables?