UPDATE: due to the Covid-19 emergency in Europe, the event has been postponed to a later date. The new date and schedule will be posted as soon as they’re established
Dear Partners & Friends,
The European Energy Retailers and I-Com, the Institute for Competitiveness are pleased to invite you to the Roundtable “TOWARDS A DECENTRALISED ENERGY WORLD – Are the new rules fit for new businesses?” which will be held at the European Parliament in Brussels (Room A5F385) on Tuesday 24 March 2020 (16:30-18:30).
The roundtable will provide a forum for 40 selected representatives from EU institutions, companies and European associations in the energy field (utilities, DSOs, TSOs, retailers, etc.), consumer and civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders to discuss critical cases for unbundling in increasingly decentralized EU energy markets.
A networking reception in the European Parliament will follow the Roundtable (starting at 18:30). For more information on the programme, please find attached the event’s agenda (download agenda).
We would appreciate if you could kindly confirm your participation by next Thursday 27 February by email to events-brussels@i-com.it.
Background
The effective unbundling of activities is one of the most important elements for a well-functioning, competitive European energy market and a building block of EU energy policy. In an increasingly decentralized energy system, in which boundaries between the different activities are blurred, the EU needs to make sure that rules are fit for competitive market players to provide the services and innovative solutions and draw the boundaries between the areas in which regulated, and often monopolistic, operators should not interfere.
Objective
The objective of the event is to present the challenge of applying existing rules to new businesses, providing a number of concrete examples of critical cases for unbundling in the distributed energy system. All stakeholders will be encouraged to intervene, present their arguments and openly contribute to the debate on the opportunities and challenges of the new decentralized energy world. Please find attached the event draft agenda.
