CERRE at European Sustainable Energy Week: ‘Competition or Intervention? Rethinking Market Design for a Secure and Affordable Energy Union,’ with DFC Economics

Alberto Pototschnig is an economist with extensive experience in energy policy, regulation and market design issues, with a focus on European markets. Between 2010 and 2019 Alberto served as the first Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

After seven years in the consultancy business with London Economics, Alberto joined the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority in 1997. As Director of Electricity Regulation, he was responsible for the design and implementation of technical and economic regulation for the electricity sector.

In 2000 Alberto was appointed CEO of the Italian Electricity Market Operator, and later joined the Italian Transmission System Operator (TSO). From 2006 to 2010 he was a Partner in Mercados EMI, an international consultancy specialised in energy markets design and regulation.

Alberto regularly teaches in FSR training courses on regulatory and market design issues and directs the ‘Regulatory Policy Workshop Series’, the longest-running FSR workshop series, investigating the most topical issues in the energy sector.

Dr Enrico Tesio is Principal at DFC Economics and Advisor at the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute. Enrico’s expertise in energy markets spans the full spectrum of wholesale market design, as he supported institutions, regulators, system operators and private businesses on a wide range of matters including spot and long-term market design, regulatory frameworks for low-carbon gases, renewables and storage, auction design and implementation, market modelling, grid code review, and support in disputes and litigation – including REMIT cases across Europe.

Beyond Europe, he has provided advisory services on electricity and gas market reform in Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan and the Western Balkans, drawing on EU market design principles and best practices.

Prior to joining DFC, Enrico supported trading operations in two EU energy companies, leading on risk management for the power and gas portfolios.

Enrico holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) and an MSc in Physics from the Università degli Studi di Milano.

With more than 30 years of experience in the field of Energy, Climate and Sustainability in several companies and associations at EU and Belgian levels, Isabelle is leading the advocacy of IFIEC Europe towards the European institutions, grid operators, regulators and stakeholders.

Mathilde Lallemand is currently working at DG ENER in the European Commission, in the Internal energy market Unit, as team leader for the electricity market. She worked previously for electricity Transmission System Operators at ENTSO-E and the French TSO RTE.

Cemil is an economist with almost 30 years of experience in regulatory and commodity market issues gained from working for both the UK energy regulator (Ofgem) and with EDF Trading. He is also a Board member of Energy Traders Europe.

He has worked at EDF Trading since 2008 and is Head of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs and is responsible for all of EDF Trading’s compliance and regulatory activity and strategy for power, gas, carbon and financial markets.

Constanze Picking is Director of the Energy, Mobility, and Sustainability Practice at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). Before joining CERRE, she served as Vice President for Government Relations at Garrett – Advancing Motion. Prior to that, she was Director for Government Relations across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Honeywell, where she led EMEA advocacy efforts across aerospace, defence, energy, and transportation, securing key regulatory outcomes at the EU level. She also brings 12 years of experience at Daimler, where she led EU advocacy.

Constanze studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the College of Europe. She holds a Master’s degree in Politics, History, and Economics, as well as a Master’s degree in European Economic Integration.