Event
30.03.2021
13:00 - 15:30

CEER Annual Conference 2021 – Dynamic Regulation in Practice: The energy sector during the pandemic and Energy Transition

The CEER 2021 Annual Conference represents one of our flagship events of the year and usually takes place at the beginning of the year.

This year is the last year of our 3D Strategy, therefore the overall focus of the event is on the last “D” Dynamic Regulation. The dynamic regulation naturally ties in the two sessions:

Session one  developed around the topic of the pandemic's effects on the energy sector.

Session two showed another aspect of dynamic regulation, demonstrating how NRAs adapted and evolved with regard to regulatory frameworks that fit the energy sector transition.

Meet our Speakers

 

Programme

Programme

13:00 - 13:05

Opening and welcome address

13:05 - 13:15

Keynote Speech: European Green Deal and its initiatives for delivering the energy transition

Speakers

Kadri Simson

Commissioner for Energy, European Commission
13:15 - 13:45

Session One: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Energy Sector

Speakers

Jean-Laurent Lastelle

Vice President, CEER

Mechthild Worsdorfer

Director for Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, IEA
13:45 - 13:55

Panel discussion with Q&A

Speakers

Jean-Laurent Lastelle

Vice President, CEER
13:55 - 14:00

The Covid‐19 pandemic facilitating energy transition opportunities

Speakers

Prof Jiří Jaromír Klemes

, University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
14:00 - 14:05

Consequences of the pandemic for energy consumers

Speakers

Matthew Vickers

CEO, Ombudsman Services UK, VP National Energy Ombudsmen Network (NEON)
14:05 - 14:15

Energy network operator function during the pandemic crisis

Speakers

Marie-Pierre Fauconnier

CEO, Sibelga (Distribution network operator of Brussels Capital Region)
14:15 - 14:25

Break

14:25 - 14:40

Session Two: Sector coupling and the energy transition

Speakers

Christine Materazzi-Wagner

Christine Materazzi-Wagner

ACER/CEER Electricity Working Group Chair, ACER/CEER
Biography
Christine Materazzi-Wagner
ACER/CEER Electricity Working Group Chair, ACER/CEER

Christine Materazzi-Wagner is a graduated electrical engineer and working in the energy sector for more than 25 years. From 2011 to present, she is Director of Electricity at E-Control. Since 2019 she chairs the regulators ACER and CEER Electricity Working Group tackling the regulatory issues of for example, system operation, network development, market integration and adequacy.

Before joining E-Control, Christine covered engineering, development cooperation, research and management consulting tasks, also dealing with power generation, renewables and smart grids.

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Pedro Verdelho

Pedro Verdelho

Vice President, CEER
Biography
Pedro Verdelho
Vice President, CEER

Pedro Verdelho is the President of the Portuguese Energy Regulatory Authority’s (ERSE). He previously served as the Director of ERSE’s Pricing and Tariffs Division.

With more than 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, Pedro is deeply involved in European regulatory cooperation. Since March 2021, he serves as Vice-President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). In addition, since 2019, he has chaired the Gas Working Groups of CEER and of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

Pedro is also actively involved in other international regulatory cooperation platforms, including the Mediterranean Energy Regulators (MEDREG), where he Chairs MEDREG’s Renewables Working Group, and Ibero-American Association of Energy Regulators (ARIAE), where he Chairs ARIAE’s Gas Working Group.

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14:40 - 14:45

Session Two: Panel discussion with Q&A

Speakers

Wolfgang Urbantschitsch

Wolfgang Urbantschitsch

Vice President, CEER
Biography
Wolfgang Urbantschitsch
Vice President, CEER

Dr Urbantschitsch is the Executive Director of the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Energy. Since 2013 he has been Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Energy Community. From 2001 until 2016, he was Head of the Legal Department of E-Control.

From 2011 until 2016, he was a Member of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Board of Appeal.

Before joining E-Control, Mr Urbantschitsch worked as a legal advisor at the Austrian Federal Constitutional Court, the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Telecommunication and as a research assistant.

Dr Urbantschitsch is the author of numerous publications on energy law as well as constitutional and administrative law. In addition, he is a lecturer at universities and other institutions.

He obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Graz/Austria.

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14:45 - 15:00

TSO innovation for a climate-neutral European energy system

Speakers

Uroš Salobir

Director of the Strategic Innovation Department, ELES, Slovenian TSO
15:00 - 15:20

Hydrogen, enabling a zero-emission society

Speakers

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

Secretary General, Hydrogen Europe
15:20 - 15:30

Closing remarks and new CEER strategy preview

Speakers

Annegret Groebel

Annegret Groebel

CEER President, CEER
Biography
Annegret Groebel
CEER President, CEER

Dr Annegret Groebel is Director of International Relations at the German Regulatory Authority for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA). Dr Groebel has worked for BNetzA since 1998. She has been CEER President since January 2019 and was a Vice President of CEER since 2012. She also has chaired the CEER Market Integrity and Transparency (MIT) Working Group since 2013. She is a member of the Board of Regulators of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Dr Groebel has a PhD in Economics from the University of Mannheim. She is also involved in the work of the Independent Regulators Group (IRG) and the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).

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