Consumers at the Heart of the Energy System?
Tuesday September 18th 2018 |
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| 09:45 |
Conference Registration |
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| Blavatnik School of Government, Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6AD | ||
| 10:30 |
WelcomeAuditorium |
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| 10:30 |
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| 10.35 |
Opening Address |
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‘Transforming our energy system: a once in a lifetime chance to get it right – or wrong?’ |
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 Charles Hendry, Former Energy Minister, BIEE President |
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| 11:00 |
First Plenary Session: Consumers at the Heart of the Energy System?
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| Chair : Victoria MacGregor, Director of Energy, Citizens Advice | ||
‘Killing the kilowatt hour: rethinking energy as a consumer service’ |
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| 11.05 |  Philip New, CEO, Energy Systems Catapult |
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| 11.25 |  Barbara Hammond, MBE, CEO, Low Carbon Hub |
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‘Accelerating the transition to a cleaner, more resilient, lower cost energy system for all’ |
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| 11.45 |  Peter Bance, CEO, Origami Energy |
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| 12:05 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 -15.30 |
First Parallel Session: Consumers at the Heart of the Energy System?
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| Distributional Aspects of UK Household Energy Consumption | ||
| Chair: Vivienne Geard, BEIS | ||
| 14:00 | Role of household activities in peak electricity demand and distributional effects of Time-of-Use tariffs. Dr. Timur Yunusov, University of Reading |
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| 14:30 | UK Energy Expenditure Shares – A Long Term View. Dr. David Deller, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia | |
| 15:00 | No one left behind – Consumer empowerment, protection and universal service in the low carbon transition. Dr Chris Harris, npower |
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| Demand Response: Barriers and Behaviours in Business and Small Consumers | ||
| Chair: Dr Karoline Rogge, SPRU, University of Sussex | ||
| 14:00 | Demand response as a common pool resource game: Nudges versus prices.Ms. Penelope Buckley, Université Grenoble Alpes | |
| 14:30 | Swarm demand response: virtual storage by small consumers. Dr. Joachim Geske, Imperial College Business School | |
| 15:00 | Business participation in demand response: a review of potential barriers. Dr. Catarina Araya Cardoso, Westminster Business School | |
| Energy Efficiency: Policy, Information and Rebound | ||
| Chair: Prof. Jim Watson, UKERC | ||
| 14:00 | Choosing energy efficiency – consumer response to operating costs at the point of sale.Ms Fiona Brocklehurst, Ballarat Consulting | |
| 14.30 | Energy efficiency policy instruments in the residential sector: Implementing mechanisms for successful low-carbon transitions in households. Dr. Cristina Penasco, University of Cambridge | |
| 15:00 | Identifying the limits of the rebound effect. Dr Tina Fawcett, University of Oxford | |
| Distributed and Local Energy: Markets and Regulation | ||
| Chair: Jonathan Thurlwell, IPA Advisory | ||
| 14:00 | Unlocking Local Energy Markets.Ms Rachel Bray, University of Exeter | |
| 14.30 | What do future utilities need: consent and dissent from incumbents and policy makers in decision theatres. Dr Christoph Mazur, Imperial College | |
| 15.00 | Retail Electricity Markets in Transition: The Quest for Adequate Design. Dr. Luis Boscan, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) | |
| Do people matter? Can we get to a low carbon, secure and affordable system without their engagement? | ||
| 14.00 | Dialogue Session led by Richard Hoggett, University of Exeter, including Rebecca Wallis, Independent; Catherine Mitchell, University of Exeter; Simon Roberts, Centre for Sustainable Energy; Ragne Low, University of Strathclyde; Emilia Melville, Carbon Co-op. | |
| Modelling Energy Demand and Societal Drivers: The Final Frontier? | ||
| 14.00 | Dialogue Session led by Prof. Neil Strachan, University College London. Including Dr Stephen Hall, University of Leeds; Amy O’Mahoney, Ofgem; Sophie Heald, Cambridge Econometrics | |
| 15:30 |
Tea |
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| 16:00 -17.30 |
Second Parallel Session : New Technologies and ServicesSeminar Rooms |
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| Decentralised Energy: the Role of Pro(Con)sumers in Energy Storage and Smart Grids | ||
| Chair: Prof. Matthew Leach, University of Surrey | ||
| 16:00 | The role of consumers in the uptake of decentralised energy storage technologies. Prof. Peter Taylor, University of Leeds | |
| 16.30 | Integrating prosumers into the electricity grid: the interplay between technology and people. Dr. Yael Parag, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya |
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| 17:00 | Here comes the sun: The evolution of a Prosuming Project within a social housing estate. Dr Nicolette Fox, SPRU, University of Sussex | |
| Solar PV: Take-up and Network Integration Issues | ||
| Chair: Dr Peter Connor, University of Exeter | ||
| 16.00 | Modelling Take-Up of Residential Solar PV in the UK. Mrs Sophie Heald, Cambridge Econometrics | |
| 16:30 | Spatio-temporal analysis of PV diffusion patterns: an integrated neural networks and agent-based model. Mr. Ali Alderete Peralta, Cranfield University |
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| 17:00 | Prosumage of solar electricity: batteries, heating and mobility.Dr Wolf-Peter Schill, DIW Berlin | |
| Peer to Peer Trading: Prospects, Operation and Regulation | ||
| Chair: Prof. David Shipworth, UCL | ||
| 16.00 | Attitudes, preferences and intentions to participate in peer-to-peer electricity trading: The case of Southwest German households. Mr. André Hackbarth, Reutlingen University |
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| 16:30 | From Airbnb to Solar: Toward a Transaction Cost Model of a Retail Electricity Distribution Platform.Dr. Lynne Kiesling, Purdue University | |
| 17:00 | Energy cooperatives: a missing piece of the peer-to-peer energy regulation puzzle? Ms. Alexandra Schneiders,UCL Energy Institute, University College London | |
| Energy Efficiency: Finance, Investment and Performance | ||
| Chair: Tony Dicicco, Energy Systems Catapult | ||
| 16:00 | Incentivising households to reduce electricity consumption: A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence Ms. Penelope Buckley, Université Grenoble Alpes | |
| 16:30 | Further bridging the energy efficiency gap: heterogeneity, model error and time-consistency. Dr. Daire Mccoy, Grantham Institute, LSE | |
| 17:00 | Household investment in home energy retrofit – designing effective policy Mr. Niall Kerr, University of Edinburgh | |
| Demand Response: Smart Meters, Dynamic Pricing and Consumer Engagement | ||
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 16:00 | Causal Tree Estimation of Heterogeneous Household Response to Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing Schemes. Eoghan O’Neill, University of Cambridge | |
| 16:30 | Technological change and innovation in UK energy market – how might it be impacted by the price cap? Mr Phil O’Donnell. Which? | |
| 17:00 | Motivating energy conservation in organisations: Smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms. Dr. Peter Bradley, University of the West of England | |
| Mind the Gaps: How will a consumer-centric energy system affect organisational structures, sector skills and careers in energy? | ||
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16:00 | Dialogue Session led by Mr Peter Stewart, Interfax including Paul Appleby, BP; Nick Ellins, Energy and Utility Skills Partnership; Nicola McCheyne, Centrica Innovation; Deane Somerville, Energy Institute. |
17:40-18:15 |
Student Pitch PresentationsAuditorium |
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| Chair: Dr Peter Taylor, University of Leeds | ||
| The Comfort Tool – Assessing perceived comfort improvements in four deep energy home renovations.Ermal Kapedani, University of Hasselt | ||
| Consumers as investors: proposal for an agent-based model simulating the uptake of energy-saving technologies by UK households. Luciana Miu, Grantham Institute – Imperial College London | ||
| The security of electricity supply to Switzerland – A demand-side analysis. Alessandra Motz, Università della Svizzera italiana | ||
| The implications of new sources of energy flexibility: A new consumer-focussed electricity system? Mai Nguyen, The Open University | ||
| Evaluating the impact of policy decisions on customer adoption of the renewable energy transition. Kelvin Say, Curtin University | ||
| Poster presentations: Student posters will be on display throughout the conference, the following will be available at their poster during the lunch break on Tuesday 18th: Do green electricity products meet consumers’ preferences? – A comparative study of green electricity products in Germany, the UK, France and Italy (ongoing research), Scott MacDonald; Transmission and Distribution Losses of Electricity: What do we Lose in Terms of Growth and Poverty Reduction? Evidence from Benin, Arnaud Dakpogan; Assessing the Needs of Ireland’s First Generation of Sustainable Energy Communities, Anitha Sampath. |
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| 18:00 – 19.00 | Accommodation Registration: St Anne’s College, 56 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS ( available from 14.00) |
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| 19:00 |
Conference Drinks
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| 20:00 |
Conference Dinner and After Dinner Speaker |
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Welcome: Dr Joanne Wade, CEO ACE, Deputy Director, The ADE ( incoming) |
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Wednesday September 19th 2018
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| Blavatnik School of Government, Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6AD | ||
| 08:00 |
Women in Energy Breakfast Session( open to all) Seminar Room |
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 Barbara Vest, Director of Generation Energy UK – Moderator |
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 Catherine Mitchell, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Exeter |
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 Juliet Davenport, CEO, Good Energy |
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| Vivienne Geard, Deputy Director, Head Energy Efficiency & Heat Analysis, BEIS | ||
| 08:00-8:30 |
Conference Registration |
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| Single Day Delegates | ||
| 09:00 |
WelcomeAdrian Gault, Chief Economist, The Committee on Climate Change, BIEE 2018 Chair |
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| 09:05 |
Keynote AddressAuditorium |
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 Basil Scarsella, CEO, UK Power Networks |
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| 09:30 |
Second Plenary Session: New Technologies and Services |
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| 09:35 |
‘Reshaping Regulation: Normalising the energy sector’
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 Dr Jeff Hardy, Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Institute, Imperial College, Co-Author Reshaping Regulation |
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| 09:50 |  Lawrence Orsini, Founder and CEO, LO3 Energy |
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| 10:05 | ‘Financial Markets and the S-Curve : Electric Vehicles’ | |
 Kingsmill Bond, New Energy Strategist, Carbon Tracker Initiative |
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| 10:20 |  Angie Boakes, General Manager, eMobiity, Shell |
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| 10:35 | Questions and Discussion | |
| 11:00 |
Coffee |
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| 11:30 |
Third Parallel Session Impacts and Implications of a Consumer-centred Energy System
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| Understanding Energy Demand in Households and Industry | ||
| Chair:Dr Peter Taylor, University of Leeds | ||
| 11:30 | Exploring socioeconomic and temporal characteristics of British and German residential energy demand. Dr. Russell Mckenna, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
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| 12:00 | Diversity behind the meter – machine learning from household activities. Dr. Phil Grunewald, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute | |
| 12:30 | Modelling fuel demand of heterogeneous industrial consumers.Dr. Paolo Agnolucci, University College London | |
| Business Models: Consumer Demand, Entrepreneurship and Community Energy | ||
| Chair: Dr Matthew Hannon, University of Strathclyde | ||
| 11:30 | Community Energy: A New Democratised Energy System? Dr Helen Roby, Coventry University | |
| 12:00 | Do consumers want the new business models we can offer?Dr. Stephen Hall, University of Leeds | |
| 12:30 | Energy entrepreneurship business model innovation: insights from European emerging firms. Mr. Michael Hamwi, ESTIA | |
| Energy Market Transformations and Challenges | ||
| Chair: Dr Nazmiye Ozkan, Cranfield University | ||
| 11:30 | The role of utilities in enabling prosumers and flexible distributed energy resources. Dr. Daniel Quiggin, Chatham House | |
| 12:00 | Unlocking the benefits to end consumers.Mr. Nicholas Rubin, ELEXON Ltd | |
| 12:30 | Continuity and Disruption in UK Energy System Change: Mapping Expert Differences – and Understanding their Implications. Dr Mike Kattirtzi, University of Edinburgh | |
| Heat Systems: Consumer Take-up and Experiences | ||
| Chair: Lynsey Tinios, Shell | ||
| 11:30 | The use of consumer data for optimizing smart grids for electricity and district heating. Dr. Carl Dalhammar, Lund University | |
| 12:00 | Experimenting with Heat Plans to discover how to help businesses and governments harness energy services to build an energy system people will want to pay for. Dr. Matthew Lipson, Energy Systems Catapult | |
| 12:30 | BEIS Heat Networks Consumer Survey. Mr Philip Cole, BEIS | |
| Consumers and Citizens: the Political Economy of Nuclear Power | ||
| 11:30 | Dialogue Session led by Prof. Gordon MacKerron, SPRU, University of Sussex | |
| Consumers, voters, residents or investors: who will be at the heart of future community energy organisations? | ||
| 11:30 | Dialogue Session led by Dr Tim Braunholtz-Speight, University of Manchester including Dr Mary Gillie, Energy Local; Dr Emilia Melville, Carbon Co-op; Dr Jeff Hardy, Imperial College; Maria Sharmina, University of Manchester | |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
Third Plenary Session: Impacts and Implications of a Consumer-Driven Energy SystemAuditorium |
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| 14.00 |  Joe Perkins, Chief Economist , OFGEM |
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| 14.20 | Juliet Davenport, CEO, Good Energy |
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| ‘Ensuring positive impacts for ALL customers’ | ||
| 14.40 |  Jenny Saunders, former CEO, NEA |
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| ‘Implications for Policy’ | ||
| 15.00 |  Prof Nick Eyre, ECI, University of Oxford and End Use Energy Demand Centre Champion |
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| 15:20 | Questions and Discussion | |
| 15:45 |
BIEE AGM |
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| 16:00 |
Tea |
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| 16:15 | Close | |
| Poster presentations: Student posters will be on display throughout the conference, the following will be available at their poster during the lunch break on Wednesday 19th: Political Economy Analysis: Inefficiency of the electricity distribution sector of West Africa, Richard Oduro; A reality check for policy makers: Fossil fuels for energy poverty alleviation and economic emancipation in sub Sahara Africa, Laura Brinker; Investigating demand-side solutions to addressing barriers in energy transitions: Study of Urban household in India, Anjali Ramakrishnan |
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