2021 EPRG Spring Seminar

12 May 2021

Session 1: Post-Brexit electricity cross border trading arrangements

Chaired by Robert Ritz (EPRG)

• Paul Dawson (RWE) – Trading UK Power Post-Brexit: The Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
• David Newbery (EPRG) – The Cost of Uncoupling GB Interconnectors

Session 2: On the future of DSO and its role in delivering Net Zero

Chaired by Michael Pollitt (EPRG)

• Karim Anaya Stucchi (EPRG) – The Future of the Distribution System Operator (DSO) in Europe
• Steve Atkins (SSEN) – There’s No Such Thing as DSO
• Carmen Gimeno (GEODE) – Is DSO Regulation Fit for Purpose?

Keynote speaker

Peter Cramton (Former Deputy Chair of ERCOT) – Lessons from the 2021 Texas Electricity Crisis

13 May 2021

Session 3: Roundtable: Climate policy

Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)

• Baroness Julia King (CCC)
• Simon Sharpe (Cabinet Office)
• Steven Fries (Shell)
• Robert Ritz (EPRG)

Session 4: Net Zero energy system in 2050: pan-European and national perspectives

Chaired by Kamiar Mohaddes (EPRG)

• Kong Chyong (EPRG) – A Pan-European Perspective
• Alex Haffner (NG ESO) – A UK Perspective