August 2021
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Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference
Next steps for retail energy markets in the UK - sector modernisation, decarbonisation, regulation, and delivering value and new services for customers
Morning, Thursday, 15th July 2021
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Accompanying material includes a ready-reference transcript, copies of the speakers’ presentation material, the delegate information pack, and relevant articles supplied by attendees after the conference.
Agenda
8.30 Registration
9.00 Chair’s opening remarks
Lord Oates, Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change
9.05 Policy developments in retail energy, and key issues for competition, consumer services and delivering the Energy White Paper
Policy and industry priorities for implementing energy efficiency measures in the UK, and the future of government and supplier-led schemes
Stew Horne, Head of Policy, Energy Saving Trust
Supplier responsibilities and delivering modern and reliable services - flexible tariffs, smart household options, and meeting changing needs of consumers
Rebecca Beresford, Head of Customers Policy and Regulation, EDF Energy
‘Supporting customers in vulnerable circumstances: early insights from the first year of Energy UK’s Vulnerability Commitment compliance hearings’
Daniella Weduwer, Policy Manager, Energy UK
9.35 Questions and comments from the floor
9.50 Break
9.55 Priorities for increasing consumer affordability and boosting the use of sustainable supply across energy markets
Priorities for consumer services - widening competition, affordable bills, and support for switching
Alex Belsham-Harris, Principal Policy Manager, Energy Retail Markets Policy, Citizens Advice
Next steps for renewable power integration into retail energy markets, and accelerating supply-side decarbonisation
Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Good Energy
10.15 Questions and comments from the floor
10.30 Chair’s closing remarks
Lord Oates, Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change
10.35 Break
10.45 Chair’s opening remarks
Lord Redesdale, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy
10.50 Ensuring electricity networks are fit for a changing market and net-zero ambitions - decarbonisation, whole-system change, and flexibility
Ian Cameron, Head of Customer Service and Innovation, UK Power Networks
11.00 ‘How will customers experience the energy transition?’
Mark Coyle, Chief Marketing Officer, ESG
11.10 Priorities and practicalities for reforming energy code systems and governance
Jon Harley, Executive Director, Gemserv
11.20 Questions and comments from the floor
11.40 Optimising the energy system for innovative and disruptive technology - smart energy platforms, connecting clean and distributed assets, and readying the grid for household non-generation technologies
Joanna Hubbard, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Electron
Sarah Keay-Bright, Practice Manager, Policy & Regulation, Energy Systems Catapult
Tamar Bourne, Smart Energy Lead, Regen
Iagan MacNeil, Head of Policy, Smart Energy GB
Cyrille Brisson, Vice President, EMEA Region, Eaton
12.05 Questions and comments from the floor
12.25 Break
12.30 Modernising regulation for UK energy markets that support emissions targets and consumer priorities
Neil Barnes, Deputy Director, Consumers & Markets, Ofgem
Questions and comments from the floor
12.55 Chair’s and Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum closing remarks
Lord Redesdale, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy
Jack Longman, Senior Researcher, Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum
Delegates
Places have been reserved by parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament, and officials from BEIS; the Competition and Markets Authority; the Crown Commercial Service; the Department for International Trade; the Department for Transport; the Department for the Economy, NI; the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, ROI; the Health and Safety Executive; Ofwat; The Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.
Also due to attend are representatives from Bain & Company; Baringa Partners; Behavioural Insights Team; Calisen; Carbon Trust; Cranfield University; Economic Insight; Eight Roads; ElectraLink; Elexon; Energy Systems Catapult; EPEX SPOT; Essex County Council; EY; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gemserv; Hoare Lea; Low Carbon Contracts Company; RSK Group; The Utility Regulator and University of Sussex.
Press passes have been reserved by representatives from Bloomberg; Faversham House and Platts.
