Developing Electricity Market Seminar

The implications for the Irish energy sector

Programme

09.00 Welcome and introduction:
Richard Murphy
Corporate Director
McGrigors LLP
  SEM and European market integration: Regulatory update
Jean-Pierre Miura
Principal Analyst
Utility Regulator
  Transitional energy markets: Legal aspects
Richard Murphy
Corporate Director
McGrigors LLP
  KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Making electricity market reform work
Professor David Newbery
Electricity Policy Research Group
University of Cambridge
  Questions & answers / Panel discussion
10.30 Morning coffee / Networking break
11.00 Integrating renewable electricity into electricity markets: Lessons learnt and the way forward
Cesar Martinez Villar
EurElectric
  Market integration, efficiency and interconnectors
Rabindra Nepal
Department of Economics
Heriot-Watt University
  Market reform: The system operator’s perspective
Robin McCormick
General Manager
SONI Ltd and General Manager, SEMO
  Examining the impact of market reform on the generation sector
Bill Coyle
Plant Manager, Coolkeeragh ESB
  Carbon floor price: Is it effective? What will be its impact?
Reg Platt
Research Fellow
Institute for Public Policy Research
  Questions & answers / Panel discussion
13.00 Chairman’s summary and seminar close followed by networking lunch