Invitation / Baltic Energy Market Forum

33th Baltic Electricity Market Forum Hosted by the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) Tuesday, 30th May 2023 Venue: Vilnius Grand Resort, Conference Room “Grand Opera”, Ežeraičių str. 2, Ežeraičių vil. Avižienių sub., 14200 Vilnius district, Lithuania. Conference Room Wifi: Virtual meeting link: Agenda: 12:30 – 17:30 Moderator: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, VERT 12:30 – 13:00 Welcome coffee 13:00 – 13:10 Opening Remarks Mr. Renatas Pocius, Lithuanian NRA 13:10 – 13:30 Updates from NRAs • NRAs presentation – tbc Q&A 13:30 – 13:50 The challenges for the future electricity market design Interactive polling and Q&A with the audience • Review of EMD – Ms. Adriana Guth, Policy Officer, EC (remotely) Q&A  33th Baltic Electricity Market Forum 13:50 – 14:30 Panel discussion/wrap-up the polling: the challenges for the future electricity market design (Moderated by: ) Panellists: • Ms. Inga Žilienė, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania; • Mr. Martin Povh, Policy Officer, Market Codes, Senior Expert, ACER (remotely); • Mr. Vidmantas Salietis, Member of the Executive Board, Ignitis Group; • Eesti Energia representative (tbc); • Latvenergo Group (tbc); • Mr. Vidmantas Janulevičius, President, Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists 14:30 – 15:10 Updates from CCR and RCC on latest developments • Status update from Baltic CCR TSOs – Mr. Erkki Sapp, Head of Energy Market Department, Elering; • Update from Baltic RCC – Mr. Veiko Aunapuu, Chairman of the Management Board, Baltic RCC Q&A 15:10 – 15:30 Updates on the synchronisation of the Baltic States' Electricity Grid with the Continental European System • Mr. Artūras Kuliešas, Synchronisation Programme Manager, Litgrid Q&A 15:30 – 16:00 Update of the NEMOs within the Nordic/Baltic Region • Ms. Ingrid Arus, Market Manager Baltic, Nord Pool; • Ms. Ina Svenkerud Schjelderup, Senior Manager, Public & Regulatory Affairs, EPEX SPOT (remotely) 16:00 – 16:20 Break  33th Baltic Electricity Market Forum 16:20 – 16:40 How to ensure stable and well-integrated energy market and enable the European Green Deal: Driving Renewable Investments Interactive polling and Q&A with the audience • Ms. Anne Hommelgaard Falcon, Senior Project Manager, Energinet (remotely) Q&A 16:40 – 17:20 Panel discussion: views and proposals on the electricity market functioning, renewable investments/wrap-up the polling Moderated by: Mr. Virgilijus Poderys, Director, Lithuanian Energy Agency Panellists: • Ms. Daiva Garbaliauskaitė, Vice Minister, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania; • Ms. Dace Bite, Deputy Director, Energy Department, Public Utilities Commission; • Ms. Anne Hommelgaard Falcon, Senior Project Manager, Energinet (remotely); • Mr. Gediminas Uloza, CEO, E energija group; • Mr. Rene Tammist, Member of the Board, Utilitas Wind. 17:20 – 17:30 Conclusions and next steps Q&A 16th Baltic Gas Market Forum Hosted by the National Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) Wednesday, 31st May 2023 Venue: Vilnius Grand Resort, Conference Room “Grand Opera”, Ežeraičių str. 2, Ežeraičių vil. Avižienių sub., 14200 Vilnius district, Lithuania. Conference Room Wifi: Virtual meeting link: Agenda: 9:00-16:15 Moderator: Ms. Jelena Dilienė, VERT 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome coffee 09:30 – 09:40 Opening remarks Mr. Renatas Pocius, Lithuanian NRA 09:40 – 10:00 Update on the latest developments in the Baltic, Finnish, Polish gas markets • Updates from NRAs – tbc Q&A 10:00 – 10:30 From crisis to opportunity: how can the EU improve the gas market functioning Interactive polling and Q&A with the audience • Hydrogen and decarbonised gas market package update – Mr. Filip Vestling, Deputy Director, Energy Division, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, SE Presidency of the Council of the EU Q&A  16th Baltic Gas Market Forum 10:30 – 11:00 Tackling the roots and impacts of the energy crisis: monitoring of the gas market Interactive polling and Q&A with the audience • MCM report and gas market monitoring indicators – Mr. Joaquin Garcia Gimenez, Market Monitoring Officer, Infrastructure, Gas and Retail Department, ACER Q&A 11:00 – 11:30 Break 11:30 – 12:20 Panel discussion/wrap-up the polling: tackling the roots and impacts of the energy crisis and preparing for the next winter season (Moderated by) • Mr. Filip Vestling, Deputy Director, Energy Division, Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, SE Presidency of the Council of the EU; • Mr. Haroldas Nausėda, Member of the Board, Ignitis; • Mr. Uldis Bariss, CEO, Conexus Baltic Grid; • Mr. Tom Maes, Gas Working Group Vice-Chair, CEER (remotely) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 – 14:15 Regional LNG infrastructure development update • Klaipėda LNG update, Ms. Jurgita Šilinskaitė-Venslovienė, Head of LNG Commerce, Klaipėdos nafta; • Inkoo LNG update, Mr. Esa Hallivuori, Senior Vice President, Gasgrid; • PL LNG update (tbc) Q&A  16th Baltic Gas Market Forum 14:15 – 14:50 TSOs update on regional developments including in relation to RES gases • Mr. Vytautas Ruolia, Commercial Director, Amber Grid; • Mr. Aleksejs Batrakovs, Head of Technical development division of the Technical Development and Investments department, Conexus Baltic Grid; • PL TSO’s update – GAZ SYSTEM (tbc) Q&A 14:50 – 15:10 Regional gas exchange update • GET Baltic update, Mr. Gintaras Buzkys, Chief Business Development Officer, GET Baltic Q&A 15:10 – 15:30 Break 15:30 – 16:10 Common Baltic and Finnish Gas Market from the suppliers’ perspective (Moderated by:) Interactive polling and Q&A with the audience • Mr. Marko Allikson, Baltic Energy Partners; • Mr. Krisjanis Baidekalns, Deputy Director, AJ Power; • Mr. Gediminas Vasauskas, CEO, Achema Gas Trade; • Loimua Oy (tbc). 16:10 – 16:15 Conclusions and next steps Saatja: VERT Forum <[email protected]> Saadetud: 26.04.2023 18:42 Adressaat: VERT Forum <[email protected]> Teema: Invitation / Baltic Energy Market Forum Manused: Baltic forum_electricity_2023.pdf; Baltic forum_gas_2023.pdf Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Chair of the National Energy Regulatory Council of the Republic of Lithuania Mr. Renatas Pocius we are pleased to invite you and representatives from your organisation to the 33rd Baltic Electricity Market Forum and 16th Baltic Gas Market Forum to be held respectively on 30 and 31 May, 2023 at the hotel “Vilnius Grand Resort” in Vilnius, Lithuania. The forums will be organised in a hybrid format, for those who will participate remotely links will be sent to connect several days prior to the events. The 16th Baltic Gas Market Forum is designed to cover the latest regulatory and infrastructure developments and look at the challenges as well as opportunities arising in the sector as a result of the energy crisis. The 33rd Baltic Electricity Market Forum will focus on ways to enable renewable investments, discuss the challenges for the future electricity market design as well as the latest regulatory developments. For more information please refer to the draft agenda of the events attached. The agenda of the Baltic Electricity Market Working Group and the invitations will be sent at a later stage (only for regulators and operators). We would appreciate if you could confirm your and your representatives’ availability for the Forums by using the link BEMF2023 no later than 10 May, 2023. Hotel Arrangements A block reservation of rooms has been made at the venue hotel “Vilnius Grand Resort”. Please make your room reservation directly sending an email at [email protected] or +370 5 2739700 and indicating the event name BEMF (Baltic Energy Market Forum) and discount code SVB22 no later than 10 May, 2023. Reservations are also available online (discount code SVB22; invoice will be available at the reception). Please note that the hotel will release the rooms after this date. The hotel is situated in the harmony of lakes, hills and trees around 30 km from Vilnius Airport. Please refer more for the Hotel information at https://www.vilniusgrandresort.com/en/the-resort/english- about/. If you have any questions, please contact us ([email protected]). We look forward to seeing you in Vilnius, National Energy Regulatory Council Šioje žinutėje ir su ja siunčiamuose dokumentuose esanti informacija gali būti konfidenciali ir yra skirta tik nurodytam asmeniui. 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