Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)
2013 Conference Competitive, sustainable and secure energyProgress and Prospects Tuesday, 29 January 2013 Venue : Musée du Cinquantenaire (Address: Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Brussels)
Programme
08.45-09.15
Registration
09.15-09.30
Welcome
Lord Mogg CEER President and Chair of ACER Board of Regulators
09.30-09.50
Opening Remarks: Aims of the European Commission’s (Nov. 2012) Communication on the Internal Energy Market
Mr Günther Oettinger EU Commissioner for Energy
09.50-10.10
Opening Remarks: Is the Internal Energy Market delivering for consumers?
Mr Tonio Borg EU Commissioner for Health and Consumers
10.10-10.30
Questions from the floor
10.30-10.55
Session 1
Coffee break
Competitiveness goal –progress and prospects
Lord Mogg CEER President and Chair of ACER Board of Regulators
10.55-11.10
Introductory speech by Lord Mogg on the findings of the ACER/CEER Market Monitoring Report
11.10-12.10
Q&A -Will Europe have a competitive single energy market by 2014? Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members) Mr Alberto Pototschnig ACER Director Mr Graeme Steele Member of the Board of ENTSOG Ms Inge Bernaerts Head of Unit, DG ENER Ms Monique Goyens Director General of The European Consumer Organisation, BEUC
12.10-12.30 12.30-13.30
Questions from the floor Lunch Break
Session 2
Sustainability goal – progress and prospects for renewables
Ms Annegret Groebel CEER Vice President
13.30-13.45
Opening Remarks: Renewable energy – a major player in the EU Energy Market? Council conclusions on renewables
Mr Michael Goodwin Irish Permanent Representation in Brussels, Irish Presidency, Council of the EU
13.45-14.00
Opening Remarks: CEER review of renewable support schemes
Mr Martin Crouch Chair, CEER Electricity Working Group
14.00-15.10
Q&A: Meeting sustainability goals through integrated and efficient network investment Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members) Mr Daniel Dobbeni ENTSO-E President Ms Hannah Nixon Senior Partner, Ofgem/CEER Ms Marie Donnelly Director, Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency, DG Energy Mr Juan José Alba Rios Vice-President Regulatory Affairs Endesa
15.10-15.30
Questions from the floor
15.30-15.50 Session 3
Coffee Break Security Goal – progress and prospects
15.50-16.05
Opening Remarks: The need for compliance between current and future bilateral agreements and internal energy market rules.
16.05-17.05
Q&A: Security of supply and the role of gas
Mr Michel Thiollière CEER Vice President
Mr Krišjānis Kariņš MEP, Rapporteur for setting up an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements between Member States and 3rd countries
Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members) Mr Shkelqim Bozgo President of the Energy Community Regulatory Board Mr Riku Huttunen CEER Mr Brendan Devlin Adviser in the Directorate for Internal Energy Market, DG ENER Mr Gertjan Lankhorst Eurogas Vice-President 17.05-17.30
Questions from the floor and concluding remarks
Lord Mogg, CEER President
CEER 2013 Conference “Competitive, Sustainable and Secure Energy – Progress and Prospects”
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