Developing Electricity Market Seminar
Thursday 22 March 2012
Baby Grand, Grand Opera House, Belfast
The Department of Energy & Climate Change in GB published its Electricity Market Reform (EMR) White Paper in 2011 which set out key measures to attract investment, reduce the impact on consumer bills and create a secure mix of electricity sources including gas, new nuclear, renewables and carbon capture and storage. Many of the reforms set out in the package (eg carbon price floor) will have a significant impact on the operation of the energy sector in Ireland.
At a European level, the single European energy market poses many challenges for Ireland and the SEM with a number of significant disparities in the design of the two markets. It is expected that a high-level redesign of the SEM will be required to allow it to comply with the single European market arrangements, and clearly there will be governance and legal implications associated with this, in addition to the financial cost, estimated in 2011 at €100 million by the ESRI. In addition, a single European market will bring significant change in terms of the level of co-operation required with regulatory authorities across Europe.
This seminar will examine the implications of electricity market reform, both at a Great Britain and a European level, on the Irish energy sector.
Featured speakers include:
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David Newbery Electricity Policy Research Group University of Cambridge |
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Robin McCormick General Manager SONI Ltd and General Manager, SEMO |
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Richard Murphy Corporate Director McGrigors LLP |
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Rabindra Nepal Department of Economics Heriot-Watt University |
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Jean-Pierre Miura Principal Analyst Utility Regulator |
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Reg Platt Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research |
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