Online-Seminar- The Future of Utilities

Featuring:
Katharina Klein, Head of Strategy and Policy, German Association of Energy and Water Utili-ties (BDEW)
Juergen Weiss and William P. Zarakas, Principals, The Brattle Group
Steve Corneli, Senior Vice President for Policy and Strategy, NRG Energy

Moderation:
Susanne Fratzscher, Managing Director, re:sustain

The Online-Seminar is building on the report "The Future of Utilities: Extinction or Re-Invention? - A Transatlantic Perspective", recently published by the Heinrich Boell Foundation. The report presents transformative trends that challenge utilities on both sides of the Atlantic, and outlines new business models in the US and Germany that show how utilities can plan a successful role in the low-carbon energy transition.

Utilities are among the most affected by the energy transitions in United States and Germany. The interaction between transformative trends in technology, policy and market dynamics drives this phenomenon. The convergence of more decentralized energy resources on the supply and demand side, of greater system flexibility and intelligence, and of more engaged and demanding consumers will require utilities to change their structure and mindset.

This Online-Seminar will:

• Provide an overview on the recent discussions on revised regulatory frameworks on both sides of the Atlantic;
• Outline how these revised regulatory frameworks allow customers, technology and service providers, and utilities to share value and savings from decentralized energy resources, and to obtain the societal goal of a reliable, resilient, affordable low-carbon energy transition; and
• Point to new utility business models that might emerge from these new regulatory frameworks.

Click here to register by Monday, September 14, 2015. We will send out the Online-Seminar access information on Tuesday, September 15.