IS ENERGY TRANSITION SUSTAINABLE? The cost-benefits of decarbonization and the consumer bill

The uncertainties of the geopolitical scenario and the crisis of some European could affect on the possibility of achieving the EU's 2030 decarbonization objectives. The impacts on European industry and consumers are increasingly at the center of the debate, shifting attention from environmental benefits to social and economic costs. Despite the growing competitiveness of renewable sources and technological progress, energy prices in many European nations, Italy in the lead, remain high.

Electrification is growing slowly while the need for the electric system flexibility and adequacy will entail significant infrastructure investments, particularly in networks and storage. How can European and national policies be reshaped to achieve the objectives while limiting the economic, industrial and social impacts of decarbonization? What strategies can energy companies implement to support investments and at the same time lower the bill for consumers, both industrial and private?

Even in Italy, the system costs of the energy transition are at the center of the debate, both political and economic, also with respect to the various measures underway (FER2) or planned (FER-X, MACSE, capacity market, etc.). These are some of the key issues to be addressed with the involvement of all the actors to try to propose win-win solutions that make the transition sustainable.

Session Chair
Alessandro Marangoni, Althesys

Program

Introduction and welcome 

The costs of decarbonization: is the energy transition sustainable? 
Alessandro Marangoni, Althesys 

The European framework, between decarbonization and competition
Raffaele Rossi, Head of Market Intelligence, Solar Power Europe

The competitiveness of renewables

Moderator
Antonio Junior Ruggiero, QualEnergia.it

Speakers
Salvatore Bernabei, Chief Executive Officer Enel Green Power
Luca Bragoli, ERG Institutional Affairs Director
Andrea Ghiselli, Managing Director EF Solare
Marco Peruzzi, Director of Institutional Affairs and Sustainability Edison 
Gianluca Formenti, Managing Director Shell Energy Italia
Nicola Miola, General Manager Centrica Business Solutions Italy

How to decouple gas and electricity prices?
Massimo Ricci, Arera Market Director 

Policies, what should Italy do?

Moderator
Antonio Junior Ruggiero, QualEnergia.it 

Speakers
Paolo Arrigoni, President GSE
Gianni Vittorio Armani, President Elettricità Futura
Simone Togni, President ANEV

Discussion and closing