DPS3: Electricity Market Design: Decentralization, Flexibility, and Regulation.
• Christophe Bonnery (Session Chair) Economist and Energy Policy Expert, Paris School of Economics (PSE) · France
• Prof. Chiara Lo Prete Associate Professor of Energy Economics, Pennsylvania State University · United States
• Dr. Fulvio Fontini Full Professor of Applied Economics, University of Salento · Italy
• Juan Manuel Contreras Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CT Energía; Former Executive Director, National Energy Commission of Chile · Chile
• José Ignacio Escobar Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Colbún S.A. · Chile
Description
As power systems become more decentralized and renewable-intensive, electricity market design faces profound challenges in ensuring adequate investment, system reliability, and affordable prices. This session examines regulatory frameworks, capacity mechanisms, ancillary services, and flexibility markets needed to support high-penetration renewable energy systems. It explores the integration of distributed energy resources, demand response, prosumer participation, and the evolving role of large energy users-from data centers to industrial facilities-in reshaping electricity market structures. The discussion addresses how market rules, price signals, and regulatory approaches must evolve to support the economics of renewable-dominated systems while maintaining grid stability and competitiveness.
Guiding questions / Intended takeaway
What electricity market designs and regulatory approaches best support investment in renewable energy, system reliability, and affordability in increasingly decentralized power systems, and how can large energy users contribute to market efficiency and flexibility?
DPS3: Electricity Market Design: Decentralization, Flexibility, and Regulation.
• Christophe Bonnery (Session Chair) Economist and Energy Policy Expert, Paris School of Economics (PSE) · France
• Prof. Chiara Lo Prete Associate Professor of Energy Economics, Pennsylvania State University · United States
• Dr. Fulvio Fontini Full Professor of Applied Economics, University of Salento · Italy
• Juan Manuel Contreras Chief Executive Officer (CEO), CT Energía; Former Executive Director, National Energy Commission of Chile · Chile
• José Ignacio Escobar Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Colbún S.A. · Chile
Description
As power systems become more decentralized and renewable-intensive, electricity market design faces profound challenges in ensuring adequate investment, system reliability, and affordable prices. This session examines regulatory frameworks, capacity mechanisms, ancillary services, and flexibility markets needed to support high-penetration renewable energy systems. It explores the integration of distributed energy resources, demand response, prosumer participation, and the evolving role of large energy users-from data centers to industrial facilities-in reshaping electricity market structures. The discussion addresses how market rules, price signals, and regulatory approaches must evolve to support the economics of renewable-dominated systems while maintaining grid stability and competitiveness.
Guiding questions / Intended takeaway
What electricity market designs and regulatory approaches best support investment in renewable energy, system reliability, and affordability in increasingly decentralized power systems, and how can large energy users contrib ...
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