European Regulation Forum
on Electricity Reforms
Contract N° SSP6-CT2004-502479
 
Berlin SESSA Conference
"Perspectives and Challenges of EU Electricity-Enlargement"
Programme and Presentations

Dates: 8 – 10 December, 2004
Location: Berlin University of Technology
Str. d. 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Room H 3005

Wednesday, 8 December

19.30 Reception, drinks and buffet
(Habel Weinkultur, Luisenstr. 19, 10117 Berlin, close to Brandenburg Gate ;
http://www.wein-habel.de/html/impressum.html)


Thursday, 9 December: Day 1: Survey and Background Analysis


General format: Presentations (~15 min. each), discussant (~ 5 min.), general discussion

8.00 Registration, coffee

9.00 Welcome and Introduction
Jean-Michel Glachant, University Paris XI, SESSA Project Leader
Report of the Stockholm SESSA-Conference, Lars Bergmann (Stockholm School of Economics)

9.30-11.00 The Current State of Electricity Sector Reforms in the New Member States
(Chair: Jean-Michel Glachant, University Paris XI)
Electricity Sector Reforms - The EBRD Transition Report 2004 - Maria Vagliasindi (EBRD)
Benchmarking the Reforms of the Electricity Sector in the New Member States - Christian von Hirschhausen and Georg Zachmann (DIW Berlin)

11.00-11.30 Coffee

11.30-13.00 Panorama of National Experiences
(Focus on Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary)
(Chair: David Newbery, University of Cambridge)

A Comparison of CENTREL National Experiences - Peter Kaderjak
(Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research-REKK, Budapest)

The Reform Agenda Ahead - Jon Stern (London Business School, NERA)
Discussants: Country representatives from Eastern Europe

13.00-14.00 Lunch (Café Campus, Marchstr. 6/8 (Villa BEL), 10623, 3 min. walk cross-campus)

14.00-15.30 Effects of EU Electricity Enlargement on the EU15/25
(Chair: Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, University Pontifica Comillas)

Medium- and Long-Term Effects of EU-Electricity Enlargement - Reinhard Haas
(Vienna University of Technology, Energy Economics Group)

Flexible Kyoto Mechanisms: Recent Developments and Potential Impact on the Electricity Industry in the New Member States - Martin Cames (Institute for Applied Ecology, Berlin)

Discussant: Claudia Kemfert (DIW Berlin and Humboldt University)

15.30-15.45 Coffee

15.45-17.15 Efficiency Analyses in the New Member States
(Chair: Peter Kaderjak, REKK, Budapest)

Efficiency and Regulation of the Slovenian Electricity Distribution Companies -
Nevenka Hrovatin and Jelena Zoric (University of Ljubljana, University of Lugano)

Comparing Efficiency in Central European Electricity Distribution
(Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary, and Germany) -
Jürgen Apfelbeck, Sirko Baidatsch, René Pessier (Dresden University of Technology)

Discussant: Konstantin Petrov (Kema)

17.30-19.00 Meeting of SESSA executive committee (Room H 3143)

19.30 Drinks followed by Conference Dinner
(Café am Steinplatz, Hardenbergstr. 12, 10623 Berlin, 5 min. walk)

Friday, 10 December: Day 2: Stakeholder Conference

The second day is dedicated to presentations of stakeholders on energy sector restructuring, identify future issues, debate policy issues for mid- and long-term EU energy policy in the EU-25, plus repercussions on industry and individual countries.
General format: Introduction/brief presentations (~5 min. each), discussion (~ 45 min.)

8.30 Coffee

9.00-10.15 Activities of Investors in and of Accession Countries
(Chair: Richard Green, University of Hull)

"Perspectives and Challenges of EU Electricity-Enlargement" Activities of Investors in and of Accession Countries - Thomas Meyer
(E.on, Head Corporate Development, Portfolio Development Eastern Europe)

"Perspectives and Challenges of EU Electricity-Enlargement" Activities of Investors in and of Accession Countries - Herrmann Lüschen (EnBW, President International Holding)

Challenges in Polish Energy Market - Christian Hövelhaus (STOEN S.A., RWE Group, Warsaw)
Discussant: Gunnar Lundberg (Vattenfall AB)

10.15-10.45 The EU-Benchmarking Report 2004 - Focus on the Accession Countries

Progress in the Electricity Single Market 4th benchmarking report
New Member States - William Webster (European Commission, DG-TREN)
Discussion

10.45-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.45 Towards Regional Markets in Central and Eastern Europe?
(Chair: Francois Leveque, CERNA, Ecole des Mines de Paris)

Regional Market Integration - Why and How ? - Laszlo Varro (Hungarian Energy Office)

Power Sector Developments in South Eastern Europe - Konstantin Petrov (Kema)

Baltic Electricity Market - Vaclovas Miskinis (Lithuanian Energy Institute, LEI)

Discussant: Stefano da Empoli (OPEF, Italy) -
The South East Europe Regional Electricity Market (REM)

12.45-14.00 Lunch (Café Campus, Marchstr. 6/8 (Villa BEL), 10623, 3 min. walk cross-campus)

14.00-14.45 Wholesale Markets in Eastern and Western Europe: Towards Convergence?

Perspectives and Challenges of EU Electricity - Enlargement for PolPX - Jacek Brandt (PolPX)
Convergence of European Wholesale Electricity Spot Market Prices? - Georg Zachmann
(DIW Berlin)
Polish Electrical Energy Market - Eugeniusz Toczylowski

14.45-16.15 Environmental Policies and Fuel-Mix of the Future: Renewables, or Coal and Nuclear?
(Chair: Laszlo Varro, Hungarian Energy Office)

The Role of Renewables in the New Member Countries - Karsten Neuhoff
(University of Cambridge)

Competitiveness of East European Coal-fired Power Plants - Markus Reichel (Inerconsult, Dresden, tbc)
Nuclear Futures? A Brief Survey of Nuclear Energy in the New Member Countries, Russia, and Ukraine - Christian von Hirschhausen and Sophia Rüster
(Dresden University of Technology)

New member state member state Latvia electricity Latvia electricity market problems market problems - V. Z Zebergs

16.15-17.00 Interim Summary, Final Discussion


Contact Georg Zachmann (gzachmann@diw.de , tel.: +49-30-89789-247, fax: +49-30-89789-108)
DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research)
Königin-Luise-Str. 5
D-14195 Berlin
www.diw.de/sessa