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CEEPR & EPRG European Energy Policy Conference
Brussels, 1-2 September 2022

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EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 EPRG & CEEPR European Energy Policy Conference. This year the conference was held in strategic partnership with EDF. It took place at Sparks Building, Rue Ravenstein 60, in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 – 2 September 2022 and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner.

PROGRAMME

Thursday 1 September

Welcome and Announcements

Christopher R. Knittel (MIT)
David Newbery (EPRG)


Session 1: NET ZERO SCENARIOS: WHAT DO (AND DON’T) THEY TELL US?


Chaired by Marc Oliver Bettzüge (EWI)


François Dassa (EDF)

Sergey Paltsev (MIT)



Session 2: ENERGY SECURITY IN AN EVOLVING GEOPOLITICAL CONTEXT


Chaired by Joshua Hodge (MIT)

Chi Kong Chyong (EPRG) (remotely)
Tim Schittekatte (MIT)


Session 3: POLICY ROUNDTABLE: NAVIGATING ENERGY MARKETS IN TURBULENT TIMES


Chaired by Michael A. Mehling (MIT)

Christopher R. Knittel (MIT)
Andrei Marcu (ERCST)
Dermot Nolan (EPRG)

Session 4: RETHINKING ELECTRICITY MARKET DESIGN AND PRICING


Chaired by Robert Ritz (EPRG)

Richard L. Schmalensee (MIT) (remotely)
Paul L. Joskow (MIT) (remotely)
David M. Newbery (EPRG)


Friday, 2 September


Session 5: TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR DECARBONIZATION AND RESILIENCE


Chaired by David Reiner (EPRG)

Emre Gençer (MIT) (remotely)
Simon Taylor (EPRG)


Session 6: PRICING CARBON: IS IT USEFUL?


Chaired by Christopher R. Knittel (MIT)

Gilbert E. Metcalf (MIT)

Robert Ritz (EPRG)


Closing Remarks
Christopher R. Knittel (MIT) & David Newbery (EPRG)

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 EPRG & CEEPR International Energy Policy Conference “Strategies for 2050 Carbon Neutrality in East Asia” Seoul, 2022

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PROGRAMME Monday, 27 June 2022 Welcome and AnnouncementsChristopher R. Knittel (MIT)Michael Pollitt (EPRG)Yong Tae Yoon (SNU) KEYNOTE SPEECHPresident & CEO Seung-Il Cheong (KEPCO) KEYNOTE SPEECHCEO & Chairman Dong Hee Jung (KPX) NET-ZERO SCENARIOS OF MAJOR COUNTRIESChaired by David Reiner (EPRG) Kamiar Mohaddes (EPRG) (virtually)Sergey Paltsev (MIT)Jiyong Eom (KAIST) RESTRUCTURING AND REGULATING THE POWER INDUSTRY FOR… Continue Reading

Simon Taylor – recipient of the 2017 CJBS Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award

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We are delighted to announce that Simon Taylor, EPRG Associate Researcher, is the winner of the 2017 Cambridge Judge Business School Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award. Funded by a generous donation from Professor Dame Sandra Dawson, the annual Research Impact Awards recognise the impact of our research on non-academic stakeholders. Awards are made on the basis… Continue Reading

Letter “The case for state funding must rest on strategic need” by S. Taylor, Financial Times, 15 February 2017

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Simon Taylor wrote a letter to Financial Times in response to the editorial “The case for public funding of UK nuclear” from 14 February 2017. The letter titled “The case for state funding must rest on strategic need” was published in FT on 15 February 2017. The full text can be found here | PDF   Continue Reading

Comment on Future of Nuclear Industry, House of Commons Select Committee, by S. Taylor

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Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, was invited to the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change to give evidence on the future of the Nuclear Power and Hinkley Project industry on 23 March, 2016. To listen to the recording, please… Continue Reading

Article “Hinkley Point is a costly mistake, but only France can pull the plug” by S. Taylor

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Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “Hinkley Point is a costly mistake, but only France can pull the plug” in The Guardian on 14 March 2016. “Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy, once boasted that British customers would… Continue Reading

Book “The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain” by S. Taylor

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Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published his new book “The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain”. The book is now available here.    The review of the book in the latest Nature Energy by Prof Gordon Mackerron can be read… Continue Reading

Book “Privatisation and Financial Collapse in the Nuclear Industry: The Origins and Causes of the British Energy Crisis of 2002” by S. Taylor

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A timely contribution and incisive analysis, this is the story of the British experiment in privatizing the nuclear power industry and its subsequent financial collapse. It tells how the UK’s pioneering role in nuclear power led to bad technology choices, a badly flawed restructuring of the electricity industry and the end of government support for nuclear… Continue Reading

EPRG 0814

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William Nuttall, Simon Taylor Financing the Nuclear Renaissance EPRG 0814 Non-Technical Summary | PDF Also was published in: Financing the Nuclear Renaissance, European Review of Energy Markets, 3 (2) pp. 187-202 Available at European Energy Institute Abstract: This paper considers the key economic risks associated with nuclear power. The authors observe that the bulk of… Continue Reading

EPRG 0808

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Simon Taylor Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy EPRG 0808 Non-Technical Summary | PDF Also published in: Taylor, Simon. (2007), “Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy”, DIW Conference, CESSA Abstract: The privatisation in 1996 and subsequent financial crisis in 2002 of the company British Energy plc shed… Continue Reading

EPRG 1118

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Simon Taylor Can New Nuclear Power Plants be Project Financed? EPRG 1118  | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Abstract: This paper considers the prospects for financing a wave of new nuclear power plants (NPP) using project financing, which is used widely in large capital intensive infrastructure investments, including the power and gas sectors, but has not… Continue Reading