Keynote speech by Christopher Jones, Deputy Director-General, DG ENERGY

A year has passed since the publication of the first “State of the Energy Union 2015” document, which summarised the achievements in the fields of climate change policy and common energy market that had been made since President Jean-Claude Juncker’s original Energy Union concept. In this evaluation paper, the European Commission labelled 2016 as the year of delivery. Were the plans of the European Commission too ambitious or did the year 2016 actually deliver results in terms of the establishment of an energy union within the single market?

The European Commission published a year-end energy package on 30 November, covering numerous interconnected fields such as energy efficiency, electricity design, new governance, renewables, and price competition. The panel discussion will analyse and evaluate the Commission’s actions in 2016, focusing on the internal energy market, one of the pillars of the European Energy Union concept that has a special significance from the Central Eastern European point of view. For this purpose, representatives of energy provider companies have been invited to share their views on the new regulatory framework.

Time: 12pm, 12 December 2016

Venue: Stanhope Hotel Brussels (Rue du Commerce 9, 1000 Bruxelles)

PLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://goo.gl/DLPQ6g

Programme

12:00 Registration, Networking Lunch

13:00 Welcome address

Roland Freudestein, Deputy Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European

Studies

13:15 Keynote Speaker

Cristopher Jones, Deputy Director-General DG ENERGY

13:30 Podium Discussion

Chair: Kornél A. Balogh, Energy Expert, IP System Kft.

Speakers:

• HU – MAVIR Hungarian Transmission Operator Co.: Kamilla Csomai, CEO (supporting partner)

• SLO - Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) – Gorazd Skubin, CE

• EE – Eesti Energia AS: Andres Tropp, Regulatory Affairs Manager

14:30 Commentators:

• Alice Stollmeyer, Digital Advocacy Strategist, EUobserver

• Christian Egenhofer, Senior Fellow and Director of the CEPS Energy and Climate House

14:50 Q&A

15:10 Closing Remarks

Ildikó Voller-Szenci, AJKC