2016 EPRG Winter Seminar
8 Dec 2016
18:30 -21:30
9 Dec 2016
09:00 -17:00
By invitation only
Clare College
Queen’s Road
Cambridge
CB3 9AJ
United Kingdom
Planning, Profits and Pricing: Policy and Competition in Energy Markets
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2016 Winter Seminar in partnership with NERA. On 8 December 2016 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Newnham College, and on 9 December 2016 at Clare College for a full-day seminar.
Programme
8 December 2016
Keynote speaker
Tim Minshall (University of Cambridge) – Will 3D Printing Make Manufacturing More Energy Efficient?
9 December 2016
Session 1: The role of central planning and procurement in efficient energy systems
Chaired by George Anstey (NERA)
- Juha Teirilä and Robert Ritz (EPRG) – Market Power in the Capacity Market? The Case of Ireland
- Vakhtang Kvekvetsia (NERA) – Real Options and Planning Under Uncertainty
Session 2: Competition in the energy market
Chaired by Stephen Littlechild (EPRG)
- Keynote address: Roger Witcomb (CMA)
- Sean Gammons (NERA)
- Bill Bullen (Utilita)
- Sebastian Eyre (LSE)
Session 3: Transmission and distribution pricing – current issues in electricity and gas markets
Chaired by Dominik Huebler (NERA)
- Kong Chyong (EPRG) and Katja Yafimava (OIES) – Gas Transmission Pricing and Investment in Cross-border Capacity
- Richard Druce (NERA) – Perspectives on Efficient Network Pricing
Session 4: Barriers and opportunities for a socially optimal carbon pricing
Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)
- Geoffroy Dolphin and Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – Political Economy of Carbon Pricing
- Alon Carmel and Dan Radov (NERA) – Climate and Renewables Policies in Europe