2018 EPRG Winter Seminar

Reform and Change in Energy and Climate Policies

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2018 Winter Seminar. On 6 December 2018 EPRG hosted delegates to dinner at Newnham College, and on 7 December 2018 for a full-day seminar at the same College.

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Programme

6 December 2018

Keynote speaker

Martin Daunton (Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge) – Privatisation and Back to Nationalisation: Lessons of History

Friday 7 December

Session 1: Getting market design right

Chaired by Karim Anaya (EPRG)

• Paul Simshauser (Griffith Business School) – What Went Wrong with Australia’s National Electricity Market? The Missing Money and Missing Policy
• Jo Aston (Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation) – New All-island Wholesale Electricity Market Arrangements: Initial Assessment and Looking Forward

Session 2: Natural gas and LNG markets in 2030

Chaired by Robert Ritz (EPRG)

• Chi-Kong Chyong (EPRG) – Groningen Production Cap: Impact on Gas and Electricity Markets
• Chris Wright (Vitol) – Developments in Global LNG

Session 3: The evolution of carbon markets and policy instruments

Chaired by Laura Diaz Anadon (University of Cambridge)

• David Newbery and Bowei Guo (EPRG) – The Impact of the British Carbon Price Support on CO2 Emissions from Electricity
• Herman Vollebergh (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) – Carbon Pricing in the EU: Evaluation of Different EU ETS Reform Options

Session 4: Panel discussion: Future of infrastructure financing

Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)

• Simon Bittlestone (NAO)
• James Richardson (NIC)
• Mark Braithwaite (Macquarie MIRA)
• Simon Taylor (EPRG)
• Julia Pyke (EDF Energy)