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#Energy, Mobility & Sustainability

The Active Distribution System Operator (DSO)

27 September 2022
14:00
- 15:00

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System integration between electricity, gas and transport will be essential if deep decarbonisation and energy security objectives based on clean electricity and gas are to be achieved. The joint decarbonisation effort will require active electricity and gas distribution operators (DSOs) to collaborate with a multiplicity of local actors, in an environment constrained by resource availability where the use of existing assets – and solutions that make better use of them – must be maximised.

Join us as we analyse the future role of DSOs in the energy transition and system integration at local and regional levels using exciting case studies in and outside Europe. This active role envisaged for DSOs is a work in progress, and we set out to expand on five areas previously analysed in our 2021 report on the future of DSO regulation: EV charging points and renewable gas refuelling; decarbonising electricity and gas networks; optimising local energy storage and coping with flexibility requirements; indicative energy planning; and promoting bottom-up innovation in system integration.

On Tuesday 27 September at 14:00 CEST, CERRE will hold a public workshop to present and debate the paper with authors Michael Pollitt, Monica Giulietti, Andrei Covatariu, Daniel Duma, and representatives from regulatory bodies, industry and the European institutions.

This workshop is free and open to all, but registration is required. Please register to receive the connection details. If you can’t join us live then the workshop will be available to replay on the CERRE YouTube Channel.

 

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Programme

14:00

Welcome and introduction

Albéric Mongrenier, Director Energy, Mobility and Sustainability, CERRE.

14:00

Paper presentation

Michael Pollitt, CERRE Academic Co-Director, University of Cambridge.
Monica Giulietti, CERRE Research Fellow, University of Loughborough.
Andrei Covatariu, Senior Research Associate, Energy Policy Group.
Daniel Duma, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute.

14:25

Stakeholder Reactions & Discussion

Sabine Crome, Policy Officer, Internal Energy Market Unit, DG Energy, European Commission.
Torsten Knop, Head of European Regulation, E.ON SE.
Christophe Wagner, International Director, GRDF.
Charles Esser, Director General, Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER).

14:40

Audience Q&A

Albéric Mongrenier, Director Energy, Mobility and Sustainability, CERRE.

14:55

Conclusion

Speakers

Michael Pollitt
Michael Pollitt
CERRE Honorary Academic Director
University of Cambridge

Michael Pollitt is Professor of Business Economics at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He is an Assistant Director of the university’s Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) and a Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics and Management at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Michael is an elected Vice President (for Publications) of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). He is a former external economic advisor to Ofgem.

Michael Pollitt is Professor of Business Economics at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He is an Assistant Director of the university’s Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) and a Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics and Management at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Michael is an elected Vice President (for Publications) of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). He is a former external economic advisor to Ofgem.

Monica Giuletti
Monica Giulietti
Research Fellow
and Nottingham University Business School

Monica Giulietti is Professor of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School since 2023.

Before joining Nottingham, she worked at the Universities of Loughborough, Warwick, Aston and Exeter. Her research focuses on competition and regulation in wholesale and retail energy markets, energy consumers’ behaviour, fuel poverty, distribution networks and decentralised energy resources. Throughout her career, she has frequently published in international journals and conducted research work for several governmental institutions and organisations.

Monica Giulietti is Professor of Industrial Economics at Nottingham University Business School since 2023.

Before joining Nottingham, she worked at the Universities of Loughborough, Warwick, Aston and Exeter. Her research focuses on competition and regulation in wholesale and retail energy markets, energy consumers’ behaviour, fuel poverty, distribution networks and decentralised energy resources. Throughout her career, she has frequently published in international journals and conducted research work for several governmental institutions and organisations.

Andrei Covatariu
Andrei Covatariu
Research Fellow
and Energy Policy Group (EPG)

Andrei Covatariu is an international energy and climate change expert. His activity focuses on climate and energy policies, concentrating on the energy transition process and its geopolitical, economic, and social challenges. Andrei’s views and policy analyses are constantly published and cited in international media. He holds multiple roles, working at the intersection of theoreticians (think tanks, academia) and practitioners (energy industry, international organizations, domestic), engaging with both private and public stakeholders, across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

Andrei is currently the Co-Chair of the Task Force on “Digitalization in Energy” and a Vice-Chair of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Simultaneously, he serves as a Non-resident Scholar in the Climate and Water Program at the Middle East Institute (United States), a Senior Research Associate at Energy Policy Group (Romania), and an Associate Lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching energy and environmental policies. In 2021, Andrei co-founded ECERA, a network of sustainability practitioners aiming to produce policy-relevant knowledge, helping governments, companies, NGOs, universities, and others navigate the various facets of sustainability.

In the past, Andrei has worked for other for-profit companies, or with different multilateral and international organizations (e.g. International Energy Agency, World Energy Council), think tanks (e.g. Harvard’s Belfer Center; Energy Policy Group), or NGOs (Climate Reality Project, Climate Interactive, etc.).

Andrei holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering, a master’s degree in business administration, and a master’s in public policy (MPP) from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, with a summer project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

Andrei Covatariu is an international energy and climate change expert. His activity focuses on climate and energy policies, concentrating on the energy transition process and its geopolitical, economic, and social challenges. Andrei’s views and policy analyses are constantly published and cited in international media. He holds multiple roles, working at the intersection of theoreticians (think tanks, academia) and practitioners (energy industry, international organizations, domestic), engaging with both private and public stakeholders, across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

Andrei is currently the Co-Chair of the Task Force on “Digitalization in Energy” and a Vice-Chair of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Simultaneously, he serves as a Non-resident Scholar in the Climate and Water Program at the Middle East Institute (United States), a Senior Research Associate at Energy Policy Group (Romania), and an Associate Lecturer at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching energy and environmental policies. In 2021, Andrei co-founded ECERA, a network of sustainability practitioners aiming to produce policy-relevant knowledge, helping governments, companies, NGOs, universities, and others navigate the various facets of sustainability.

In the past, Andrei has worked for other for-profit companies, or with different multilateral and international organizations (e.g. International Energy Agency, World Energy Council), think tanks (e.g. Harvard’s Belfer Center; Energy Policy Group), or NGOs (Climate Reality Project, Climate Interactive, etc.).

Andrei holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering, a master’s degree in business administration, and a master’s in public policy (MPP) from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, with a summer project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

Daniel Duma
Daniel Duma
Research Fellow
and Stockholm Environment Institute

Daniel Duma has a background in political science (B.A), public policy (MSc) and economics (PhD) and has worked in the energy sector for almost 10 years, holding various roles related to public policy, development, finance and sustainability at Enel. Currently, he is a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute.

In 2020, Daniel completed the MBA program at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, with a concentration in Energy and Environment. Daniel is also an affiliated expert of the Energy Policy Group, where he contributed to research projects on the green transition and economic growth. Daniel is a fellow of the Aspen Institute Romania since 2015.

Daniel Duma has a background in political science (B.A), public policy (MSc) and economics (PhD) and has worked in the energy sector for almost 10 years, holding various roles related to public policy, development, finance and sustainability at Enel. Currently, he is a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute.

In 2020, Daniel completed the MBA program at the University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, with a concentration in Energy and Environment. Daniel is also an affiliated expert of the Energy Policy Group, where he contributed to research projects on the green transition and economic growth. Daniel is a fellow of the Aspen Institute Romania since 2015.

Medium Torsten Knop
Torsten Knop
European Regulation
E.ON SE

Torsten Knop has spent his whole career in the utility industry.

After a brief period working for an industry association, he joined the RWE Group (today E.ON) in 1999. Here he was mostly focused on public affairs issues concerning transmission and distribution grids.

With the start of formal regulation in Germany in 2005, he moved to regulatory affairs and is currently responsible for European Regulation at E.ON SE.

He is an economist by formation.

Torsten Knop has spent his whole career in the utility industry.

After a brief period working for an industry association, he joined the RWE Group (today E.ON) in 1999. Here he was mostly focused on public affairs issues concerning transmission and distribution grids.

With the start of formal regulation in Germany in 2005, he moved to regulatory affairs and is currently responsible for European Regulation at E.ON SE.

He is an economist by formation.

Medium Sabine Crome
Sabine Crome
Policy Officer, Internal Energy Market Unit
DG ENERGY, European Commission

Sabine Crome is working as a Policy Officer in the “Internal Energy Market” unit at the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission. Her main assignments relate to DSO regulation, demand side flexibility and electromobility.

Sabine Crome joined the European Commission in 2000. Previously to her current post, she worked in the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport and in the Directorate General for Competition in the field of State aid and merger control.

Sabine Crome is working as a Policy Officer in the “Internal Energy Market” unit at the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission. Her main assignments relate to DSO regulation, demand side flexibility and electromobility.

Sabine Crome joined the European Commission in 2000. Previously to her current post, she worked in the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport and in the Directorate General for Competition in the field of State aid and merger control.

Christophe Wagner
Christophe Wagner
International Director
GRDF – Gaz Réseau Distribution France
Charles Esser Web
Charles Esser
Secretary General
CEER – Council of European Energy Regulators

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