SEDC Symposium ‘Empowering Residential and SME Consumers’ hosted by MEP Theresa Griffin.
Policy-makers, market actors, experts and consumer representatives debated why and how consumers should be empowered to participate in the electricity system through demand-side flexibility.
The event took place on the 20 October 2016, at the European Parliament, József Antall Building, room JAN 4Q2.
You can see the presentations from our speakers by clicking on the links inserted in the agenda below.
Agenda
15.00 – 15.20 Welcome Frauke Thies, Executive Director, SEDC
Keynote Speech Theresa Griffin, MEP
15.20 – 16.00 What is consumer empowerment?
- Giving consumers a choice – Anna Colucci, Head of Unit, Energy Retail Market, European Commission – See presentation
- Where is Demand-Side Flexibility in Europe today? – Philippa Hardy, Senior Analyst, Delta-ee – See presentation
- The people’s perspective – Monique Goyens, Director General, BEUC
16.00-16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 – 17.50 Panel discussion: Creating the right conditions for consumer engagement
Input presentation: Consumer engagement models from the new SEDC White Paper – Simon Anderson, Chair of the SEDC Research Committee and Chief Strategy Officer, Green Energy Options
Panelists:
- Grégory Lamotte, CEO, Comwatt
- Lucy Symons, Policy Manager, Open Energi
- Patricia de Suzzoni, Chair of the Customers and Retail Markets Working Group of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and Adviser to the President of the French Energy Regulatory Authority CRE
- Chris King, Global Chief Regulatory Officer, Siemens Digital Grid – See presentation
- Simon Anderson, Chief Strategy Officer, Green Energy Options – See presentation
Moderated by Frauke Thies, Executive Director, SEDC
17.50 – 18.00 Closing Remarks Jessica Strömbäck, SEDC Chairman and Chairman of Joule Assets Europe
