Key topics

• European regulations on Capacity Payments – Latest case practice. Future challenges
• State Aid and how these are changing – report following the electricity regulation and proposals for streamlining
• Security of supply monitoring – developing the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) and new flexibility methodology
• Future Planning and Designing of the Capacity Market
• Need for mechanisms to support Flexibility or Capacity
• A look at some markets with high penetration of Renewables
• Changes in the capacity needs of some markets including flexibility and long duration storage
• Cross Border participation in Capacity Mechanisms – Should we move from a physical to a simpler financial approach?
• Aligning security of supply and decarbonization targets
• Markets considering introducing or changing Capacity Mechanisms (Germany, France, Greece, Baltics, Sweden)
• Markets considering alternatives or complements to Capacity Mechanisms – developing balancing capacity and also Ancillary services
• Updates on the German Market Design – Powerplant strategy and their plans for security of supply
• Current discussions in the UK about reform of CM to better align with decarbonization
• Outcomes of market reform discussions and future plans for capacity and flexibility in the UK
• France’s example on moving from a decentral to central Capacity Mechanism
• Poland’s plan for security of supply and transitioning out of coal

Who should attend

CEOs | CIOs| VPs | CTOs| Directors| Department Heads| Technical Analysts| Research Engineers |Specialists| Government officers specializing in:

• Electricity capacity
• Transmission Operations
• Power plants marketing & business development
• Power generation
• Capacity & Demand Response
• Renewable Energy Resources
• Peak Load Control
• Distributed Energy resources
• Energy regulations
• Energy storage
• Smart Grids
• Market Analysis and Products
• Risk controlling/management

Target audience

• Transmission System Operators – TSOs
• Distribution System Operators – DSOs
• Independent System Operators – ISOs
• Energy Traders
• Power Generators
• Aggregators
• Energy Regulators