Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) 2013 Conference Competitive, sustainable and secure energy- Progress and Prospects Tuesday, 29 January 2013 Venue : Musée du Cinquantenaire (Address: Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Brussels)

Programme

08.45-09.15 Registration

09.15-09.30 Welcome Lord Mogg

CEER President and Chair of ACER

Board of Regulators

09.30-09.50 Opening Remarks:

Aims of the European Commission’s (Nov. 2012)

Communication on the Internal Energy Market

Mr Günther Oettinger

EU Commissioner for Energy

09.50-10.10 Opening Remarks:

Is the Internal Energy Market delivering for

consumers?

Mr Tonio Borg

EU Commissioner for Health and

Consumers

10.10-10.30

Questions from the floor

10.30-10.55 Coffee break

Session 1

Competitiveness goal –progress and prospects

Lord Mogg

CEER President and Chair of ACER

Board of Regulators

10.55-11.10 Introductory speech by Lord Mogg on the findings of

the ACER/CEER Market Monitoring Report

11.10-12.10 Q&A -Will Europe have a competitive single energy market by 2014?

Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members)

Mr Alberto Pototschnig

ACER Director

Mr Graeme Steele

Member of the Board of ENTSOG

Ms Inge Bernaerts

Head of Unit, DG ENER

Ms Monique Goyens

Director General of The European Consumer

Organisation, BEUC

12.10-12.30

Questions from the floor

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break

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Session 2

Sustainability goal – progress and prospects for

renewables

Ms Annegret Groebel

CEER Vice President

13.30-13.45 Opening Remarks:

Renewable energy – a major player in the EU Energy

Market? Council conclusions on renewables

Mr Michael Goodwin

Irish Permanent Representation in

Brussels, Irish Presidency, Council of

the EU

13.45-14.00 Opening Remarks:

CEER review of renewable support schemes

Mr Martin Crouch

Chair, CEER Electricity Working Group

14.00-15.10 Q&A: Meeting sustainability goals through integrated and efficient network investment

Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members)

Mr Daniel Dobbeni

ENTSO-E President

Ms Hannah Nixon

Senior Partner, Ofgem/CEER

Ms Marie Donnelly

Director, Renewables, Research and Innovation,

Energy Efficiency, DG Energy

Mr Juan José Alba Rios

Vice-President Regulatory Affairs Endesa

15.10-15.30 Questions from the floor

15.30-15.50 Coffee Break

Session 3

Security Goal – progress and prospects

Mr Michel Thiollière

CEER Vice President

15.50-16.05 Opening Remarks:

The need for compliance between current and future

bilateral agreements and internal energy market

rules.

Mr Krišjānis Kariņš

MEP, Rapporteur for setting up an

information exchange mechanism with

regard to intergovernmental

agreements between Member States

and 3rd countries

16.05-17.05 Q&A: Security of supply and the role of gas

Panel discussion (moderated discussion in the form of questions to panel members)

Mr Shkelqim Bozgo

President of the Energy Community Regulatory

Board

Mr Riku Huttunen

CEER

Mr Brendan Devlin

Adviser in the Directorate for Internal Energy

Market, DG ENER

Mr Gertjan Lankhorst

Eurogas Vice-President

17.05-17.30 Questions from the floor and concluding remarks Lord Mogg,

CEER President