8th FSR and BNetzA Forum on the Legal Issues of Energy Regulation

Jointly organised by the FSR Energy Law and Policy Area and Bundesnetzagentur, the German regulatory office, the forum will focus on the emerging energy market design.

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The workshop will open with a keynote address from Professor Michael Pollitt on the future of the European single market for gas and electricity. This will be followed by four sessions which will address; 

• The Emerging Electricity Market Design

  • This session will discuss of the forthcoming market design and the push toward the integration of renewables, reserve and balancing markets in this new context, and the effect of market coupling on competition and regulation. It will also assess the issues facing DSOs in the market and include a round-table debate on the increased interaction between DSOs and TSOs. 

• Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms
  • The focus of this session is the Commission’s state aid inquiry into national capacity remuneration mechanisms. Their findings will be presented and subsequently reviewed from both a legal and economic perspective.  

• Governance of the Electricity Market Design
  • This session will consider the Commission’s new governance proposal for the energy market design, including discussion of ACER’s roles and the perspective of both regulators and ENTSO-E on what lies ahead.

• Why don’t EU consumers switch? 
  • The final session will examine the EU energy consumer, with a particular focus on the role of switching and data management. 

Presentations:

Keynote Address

• Michael Pollitt: What’s Next for the European Single Market in Electricity in Gas

Session 1: The Emerging Electricity Market Design

• Stefan Arent: Overview of the Electricity Market Design Initiative
• Christine Müller: The Challenges for DSOs in Volatile Energy Markets  
• Nick Screen: Reserve and Balancing Markets
• Matthew Levitt: Market Coupling – The Impact on Competition and Regulation
• Roundtable Discussion: The Increased Interaction between DSOs and TSOs
  • Andrew Burgess
  • Roberto Zangrandi

Session 2: Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms

• Christof Schoser: Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms – The Commission’s Perspective
• Christoph Riechmann: Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms – An Economist’s Perspective
• Leigh Hancher: Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms – A Legal Perspective

Session 3: Governance of the Energy Market Design

• Paul Martinet: Governance Issues Related to ACER – What Should be Improved?
• Nadia Horstmann: The Regulator’s Perspective on the Commission’s Governance Proposal
• Florence Melchior: ENTSO-E’s Perspective on its Future Role

Session 4: Why Don’t EU Energy Consumers Switch?

• Dirk Van Evercooren: CEER’s Perspective: What NRAs can see and do
• Monika Stajnarova: The Consumer Perspective

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