DAY 2 - Transformation of the electric power business- Fereidoon P. Sioshansi, Ph.D.

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Transformation of the electric power business

 

The Master Class consists of 3-days of intensive, interactive lectures by Dr. Sioshansi covering 8 topical areas in the electric power sector:

  • The fundamentals of the electric power sector
  • Transformational change along the utility value chain
  • The 3Ds - Decarbonization, decentralization & digitalization
  • Innovation & disruption enabling consumer stratification into prosumer, prosumager & more exotic versions
  • Distributed energy resources, aggregation & virtual power plants
  • Climate change: How bad is it & why is it such a difficult problem to solve
  • Energy transitions of the past & why this one has to be different
  • What future for utilities; emerging business models; how to apply the lessonslearned & prepare for future job opportunities in the energy sector 

The lectures are supplemented by 9  virtual lectures presented by distinguished invited guest speakers from Italy, the UK, Australia, California, Spain, Germany, and Sweden with empirical applications and innovative business models directly relevant to the topics of the lectures.

Further details can be found in the attached file.


  Date and Time

  Location

  Hosts

  Registration


  • Date: 27 Feb 2025
  • Time: 09:00 AM to 06:15 PM
  • All times are (UTC+01:00) Rome
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  • Facoltà di Ingegenria e Architettura - Università degli Studi di Cagliari
  • Via Marengo 3
  • Cagliari, Sardegna
  • Italy 09123
  • Building: Edificio M
  • Room Number: Aula B0 (IAM_TA)
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  • Starts 14 February 2025 12:00 AM
  • Ends 27 February 2025 12:00 AM
  • All times are (UTC+01:00) Rome
  • No Admission Charge

  Speakers

President, Menlo Energy Economics

Biography:

Fereidoon P. Sioshansi is with Menlo Energy Economics, a consulting firm based in San Francisco. His professional experience includes: Nearly 30 years of experience in economics of energy markets. Familiarity with policy, regulatory, technical and environmental aspects of the electric power sector in the US and internationally. Competency in demand and price forecasting, electricity market design, competitive pricing & bidding, integrated resource planning, energy conservation and energy efficiency, economics of global climate change, sustainability, energy security, renewable energy technologies, regulatory and policy matters, and comparative performance of competitive electricity markets. Advises major utility clients and government policy makers domestically and internationally on electricity market reform, restructuring and privatization of the electric power sector. Has published numerous reports, books, book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of subjects.
 
 

 

Email:

Address:1925 Nero Ct, , Walnut Creek, California, United States, 9458




Agenda

DAY 2: Thursday 27 Feb 

9 am

Guest speaker #4: Confirmed

Neil Lessem, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)

Sydney, Australia

9 am Italy time = 7 pm Sydney time

Main takeaway: Guest speaker will describe the phenomenal rise of distributed generation in Australia, an overview of the market and some of the key issues facing retailers and customers specifically focusing on how

AEMC, through regulation and new rules is encouraging the integration of DERs into VPPs, demand flexibility services, new products and retail service innovation

10:00 am           

Break
10:15 am

Lecture 4: Innovation & disruption; consumer migration into prosumer, prosumager & more exotic versions
11:15 pm Break
11:30 pm

Guest speaker #5 (virtual): Confirmed 

Demand flexibility services & electronic trading platforms

Marco Giansoldati

Piclo Energy, based in Milan, Italy

Main takeaway: Guest speaker will describe the need for demand flexibility and the emergence of electronic platforms for trading demand flexibility services in the UK and beyond
12:30 

Lunch break
1:30 pm

Lecture 5: Distributed energy resources, aggregation & virtual power plants
2:30 pm

Break
2:45 pm

Guest speaker #6 (virtual): Confirmed 

Aggregation & Virtual power plants (VPPS)

Lotte Lehmbruck, Next Kraftwerke

Main takeaway: Guest speaker will provide an overview of NK’s business model, history, growth, future expansions including

How does Next Kraftwerke aggregate loads & generation

How does the VPP concept actually work?
3:45 pm

Break
4:00 pm

Lecture 6: Climate change: How bad is it & why is it such a difficult problem to solve
5:00

Break
5:15 pm

Guest lecture #7: Confirmed

5:15 pm Italy = 8:15 am CA

Ahmad Faruqui

Main takeaway: Guest speaker will describe the advantages of variable electricity pricing, how they can be offered, what are the remaining regulatory, behavioral and technical challenges to their wide-spread acceptance & adoption
6:15 pm

End of day 2

The attendees shall get exposure to a wide range of issues on the economics, business, technology, environment and regulatory aspects of the rapidly evolving electric power sector.

A multiple-choice test at the end will evaluate how much of the delivered content was absorbed and retained by the attendees.


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