Future Electricity Markets

Over the last two decades, many electricity markets have been liberalised worldwide. At the same time, various forms of regulation are still in place and the optimal level and form of public intervention is widely discussed. Much of the discussion focuses on adequacy and reliability issues and on the support schemes for renewables.

In this context, the newly established Center for Energy and the Environment (CEE, ZHAW) in partnership with the SCCER-CREST, and the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) at the ZHAW School of Management and Law hosts an international conference on Future Electricity Markets between Liberalisation and Regulation.

Program:

1.30 pm: Registration
2.00 pm: Andreas Bergmann (ZHAW, Public Sector): Welcome and introduction
2.10 pm: Reto Schleiniger (ZHAW, Center for Energy and the Environment): Power Market Regulation: Basic issues
2.30 pm: Iain MacGill (UNSW Sydney, Center for Energy and Environmental Markets, CEEM): Lessons from Australian National Electricity Market: How much liberalisation is possible, how much regulation is needed
3.00 pm: Silvia Banfi (Zurich Municipal Electric Utility ewz): Future Regulation of Hydro-Power in Switzerland
3.30 pm: Coffee Break

4.00 pm:

Workshop 1: Support policies for renewables (SM 01.05)
Chair: Iain MacGill (UNSW Sydney, CEEM)
Experts: Jan Abrell (ETH Zurich), Peter Hettich (University of St. Gallen, Law School), Christoph Sutter (Axpo)
Workshop 2: Capacity mechanisms (SM 01.23)
Chair: Reto Schleiniger
Experts: Yingqi Liu (University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute),
Urs Meister (BKW), Florian Zimmermann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Workshop 3: Wasserkraft Schweiz: Quo vadis? (SM 02.23) (Workshop held in German language)
Chair: Regina Betz
Experts: Thomas Geissmann (ETH Zurich, Center for Energy Policy and Economics),
Stefan Muster (VSE), Hannes Weigt (University of Basel)
5.15 pm: Panel Discussion in Plenary
Chair: Bernd Kiefer
Panel: Iain MacGill, Urs Meister, Regina Betz
6.15 pm: Apéro