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April 2016
Diversification and cross-border interconnections at the core of the EU Internal Energy Market
The Energy Security Package presented last February by the European Commission highlights the importance of completing the EU Internal Energy Market and putting in place the missing infrastructure links to “quickly respond to supply disruptions and re-direct energy across the EU to where it is needed”. At present, the EU remains the largest energy importer in the world, with many EU countries heavily reliant on a single supplier. Lack of solidarity and coordination between Member States is a persisting challenge.…
Find out more »7th Edition European Electricity Ancillary Services and Balancing Forum
The face and practicalities of ancillary have completely changed over the past 5 years, not only from a regulatory point of view with the network codes but also with the key impact that renewable are having. Ancillary remains a key profit making tool for the energy company and the conference will show how to continue to utlise this as the market changes. During the forum we will, most of all, debate on how the current market model should look like.…
Find out more »Dinner Debate: A fit-for-purpose ACER and ENTSO governance in the framework of the Energy Union
As markets dynamically respond to the changing environment, it is only natural that the energy landscape looks somewhat different from what it was in 2009 when the Third Energy Package was adopted. Operational since 2011, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) had focused on the Framework Guidelines and Network Code process in its early years. Other legislative acts have been adopted since then, assigning new tasks and responsibilities to ACER. The future will likely see it attributed…
Find out more »Electricity market design: fit for consumers and decarbonisation
The electricity sector is changing drastically: customers are taking control while decarbonisation is progressing at full speed. In this new world, is the design of our electricity market appropriate? Can it deliver on European energy policy goals of decarbonisation, competitiveness and security of supply? The energy transition is unprecedented and opens for a brand new range of opportunities to innovate and invent new business models. It is thus high time to decide on a future-proof electricity market design that functions…
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