BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250306T082417Z UID:C242AC12-1649-4FC9-99F3-3D9A270228A0 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250226T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20250226T181500 DESCRIPTION:The Master Class consists of 3-days of intensive\, interactive lectures by Dr. Sioshansi covering 8 topical areas in the electric power s ector:\n\n- The fundamentals of the electric power sector\n- Transformatio nal change along the utility value chain\n- The 3Ds - Decarbonization\, de centralization & digitalization\n- Innovation & disruption enabling consum er stratification into prosumer\, prosumager & more exotic versions\n- Dis tributed energy resources\, aggregation & virtual power plants\n- Climate change: How bad is it & why is it such a difficult problem to solve\n- Ene rgy transitions of the past & why this one has to be different\n- What fut ure for utilities\; emerging business models\; how to apply the lessonslea rned & prepare for future job opportunities in the energy sector\n\nThe le ctures are supplemented by 9 virtual lectures presented by distinguished i nvited guest speakers from Italy\, the UK\, Australia\, California\, Spain \, Germany\, and Sweden with empirical applications and innovative busines s models directly relevant to the topics of the lectures.\n\nFurther detai ls can be found in the attached file.\n\nSpeaker(s): President\, Menlo Ene rgy Economics\, \n\nAgenda: \nDAY 1: Monday 26 Feb\n\n9 am\nWelcome & Intr oduction by Professor Fabrizio Pilo\n\n9:10 am\nOverview\, schedule\, form at\, expectations & class participation\n\nIntroduction of guest speakers\ n\n9:45 am\nLecture 1: The Fundamentals of electric power sector\n\n10:45 am Break\n11:15 am\nLecture 2: Transformational change along the utility v alue chai\n\n12:15 pm Lunch Break\n1:15 pm\nGuest speaker #1 (virtual): Co nfirmed\n\nEl. Mkt. Reform proposals in the EU/UK\n\nDavid Robinson\, Oxfo rd Institute for Energy Studies\n\nMain takeaway: Understanding why the hi storical models are no longer fit for purpose and how they can/should be r eformed\n\nDr. Robinson will provide the context for electricity market re form (EMR) plus an overview of recent developments including the EU’s ad opted market design. He will explain what has been decided & its implicati ons - namely a fair number of national systems that rely on government sub sidies because spot market prices will be too low to justify adequate inve stment. This could lead to expensive electricity systems and a risk of str anded/underutilized assets as consumers self-generate/store and rely as li ttle as possible on the system.\n\n2:15 pm\nBreak\n\n2:30 pm\nLecture 3: D ecarbonization\, decentralization & digitalization\n\n3:30 pm\nBreak\n\n4: 00 pm\nGuest speaker #2 (virtual) To Be Confirmed (TBC)\n\nOverview of Ter na’s expansion plans\n\nGiacomo Terenzi\, Terna\, Rome\, Italy\n\nMain t akeaway: Overview of Terna’s major expansion plans including observation s on the Italian regulatory regime & address emerging issues\n\n5:00 pm\nB reak\n\n5:15 pm\nLate session to coincide with California time\n\n5:15 pm Italy = 8:15 am CA\n\nGuest Speaker #3: Confirmed (TBC)\n\nThe transformat ion of utility business in California\n\nAlva Svoboda\n\nPacific Gas & Ele ctric Company\, San Francisco\, CA\n\nMain takeaway: Guest speaker will ex plain how the business model has evolved for the Pacific Gas & Electric Co mpany (PG&E)\, the largest utility in California\, how it procures power f rom the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to serve the needs of its 5+ million customers\, how it interacts with Customer Choice Aggreg ators (CCAs) and other major opportunities and challenges as customers inv est in solar PV panels\, batteries and electric vehicles\n\n6:15 pm\nEnd o f day 1\n\nRoom: Aula B0 (IAM_TA)\, Bldg: Edificio M\, Facoltà di Ingegen ria e Architettura - Università degli Studi di Cagliari \, Via Marengo 3\ , Cagliari\, Sardegna\, Italy\, 09123\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.iee e.org/m/468412 LOCATION:Room: Aula B0 (IAM_TA)\, Bldg: Edificio M\, Facoltà di Ingegenria e Architettura - Università degli Studi di Cagliari \, Via Marengo 3\, C agliari\, Sardegna\, Italy\, 09123\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.o rg/m/468412 ORGANIZER:giuditta.pisano@ieee.org SEQUENCE:24 SUMMARY:DAY 1 - Transformation of the electric power business- Fereidoon P. Sioshansi\, Ph.D. URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468412 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="page" title="Page 1">\n<div class ="section">\n<div class="layoutArea">\n<div class="column">\n<p style="fon t-weight: 400\;">The Master Class consists of 3-days of intensive\, intera ctive lectures by Dr. Sioshansi covering 8 topical areas in the electric p ower sector:</p>\n<ul>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">The fundamentals of the electric power sector</li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">Transforma tional change along the utility value chain</li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">The 3Ds - Decarbonization\, decentralization &amp\; digitalization< /li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">Innovation &amp\; disruption enabling consumer stratification into <em>prosumer</em>\, <em>prosumager</em> &amp \; more exotic versions</li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">Distributed e nergy resources\, aggregation &amp\; virtual power plants</li>\n<li style= "font-weight: 400\;">Climate change: How bad is it &amp\; why is it such a difficult problem to solve</li>\n<li style="font-weight: 400\;">Energy tr ansitions of the past &amp\; why this one has to be different</li>\n<li st yle="font-weight: 400\;">What future for utilities\; emerging business mod els\; how to apply the lessonslearned &amp\; prepare for future job opport unities in the energy sector&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p style="font-weight: 40 0\;">The lectures are supplemented by 9 &nbsp\;virtual lectures presented by distinguished invited guest speakers from Italy\, the UK\, Australia\, California\, Spain\, Germany\, and Sweden with empirical applications and innovative business models directly relevant to the topics of the lectures .</p>\n<div class="page" title="Page 1">\n<div class="layoutArea">\n<div c lass="column">\n<p>Further details can be found in the attached file.</p>\ n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">DAY 1: Monday 26 Fe b&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<table style="border-collapse: collapse\; wi dth: 100%\; height: 1228px\; border-width: 0px\;" border="1"><colgroup><co l style="width: 9.596929%\;"><col style="width: 90.403071%\;"></colgroup>\ n<tbody>\n<tr style="height: 54px\;">\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-wi dth: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">9 am</span></td>\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">We lcome &amp\; Introduction by Professor Fabrizio Pilo</span></strong></p>\n </td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 92px\;">\n<td style="height: 92px\; borde r-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">9:10 am<strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></span></td>\n<td style="he ight: 92px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lan g="EN-US">Overview\, schedule\, format\, expectations &amp\; class partici pation</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US ">Introduction of guest speakers</span></strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr st yle="height: 44px\;">\n<td style="height: 44px\; border-width: 0px\;"><spa n lang="EN-US">9:45 am &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nb sp\;</span></td>\n<td style="height: 44px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p clas s="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Lecture 1: The Fundamentals of el ectric power sector</span></strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 22px\;">\n<td style="height: 22px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US ">10:45 am</span></td>\n<td style="height: 22px\; border-width: 0px\;"><sp an lang="EN-US">Break</span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 54px\;">\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">11:15 am</s pan></td>\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoN ormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Lecture 2: </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">Transformational change along the utility value chai</span>< /strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 22px\;">\n<td style="height : 22px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">12:15 pm</span></td>\n<td style="height: 22px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">Lunch Break </span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 240px\;">\n<td style="height: 240p x\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">1:15 pm</span></td>\n<td style ="height: 240px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line- height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Guest speaker #1 (virtual): Confir med</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><st rong><span lang="EN-US">El. Mkt. Reform proposals in the EU/UK</span></str ong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang ="EN-US">David Robinson\, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies</span></stro ng></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang= "EN-US">Main takeaway: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">Understanding wh y the historical models are no longer fit for purpose and how they can/sho uld be reformed</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"> <span lang="EN-US">Dr. Robinson will provide the context for <strong>elect ricity market reform</strong> (EMR) plus an overview of recent development s including the EU&rsquo\;s adopted market design. He will explain what ha s been decided &amp\; its implications - namely a fair number of national systems that rely on government subsidies because spot market prices will be too low to justify adequate investment. This could lead to expensive el ectricity systems and a risk of stranded/underutilized assets as consumers self-generate/store and rely as little as possible on the system.</span>< /p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 54px\;">\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">2:15 pm</span></td>\n<td style="he ight: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US ">Break</span></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 48px\;">\n<td style=" height: 48px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">2:30 pm</span></td> \n<td style="line-height: 1\; height: 48px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Lecture 3: </span></strong><stro ng><span lang="EN-US">Decarbonization\, decentralization &amp\; digitaliza tion</span></strong></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 54px\;">\n<td s tyle="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;"><span lang="EN-US">3:30 pm</span ></td>\n<td style="height: 54px\; border-width: 0px\;">\n<p class="MsoNorm al"><span lang="EN-US">Break</span></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 160px\;">\n<td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 160px\;"><span lang="EN- US">4:00 pm</span></td>\n<td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 160px\;">\ n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US"> Guest speaker #2 (virtual)</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"> To B e Confirmed (TBC)</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-he ight: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Overview of Terna&rsquo\;s expansion plans </span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;" ><strong><span lang="EN-US">Giacomo Terenzi\, Terna\, Rome\, Italy</span>< /strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Main takeaway: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">Overview of Terna&rsquo\;s major expansion plans including observations on the Italia n regulatory regime &amp\; address emerging issues</span></p>\n</td>\n</tr >\n<tr style="height: 48px\;">\n<td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 48p x\;"><span lang="EN-US">5:00 pm</span></td>\n<td style="border-width: 0px\ ; height: 48px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><span la ng="EN-US">Break</span></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 288px\;">\n< td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 288px\;"><span lang="EN-US">5:15 pm< /span></td>\n<td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 288px\;">\n<p class="M soNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><span lang="EN-US">Late session to coin cide with California time</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-hei ght: 1\;"><span lang="EN-US">5:15 pm Italy = 8:15 am CA</span></p>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Guest S peaker #3: Confirmed (TBC)</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style ="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">The transformation of utili ty business in California</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Alva Svoboda</span></strong> </p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><strong><span lang="EN -US">Pacific Gas &amp\; Electric Company\, San Francisco\, CA </span></str ong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\;"><span lang="EN-US" ><strong>Main takeaway: </strong>Guest speaker will explain how the busine ss model has evolved for the <strong>Pacific Gas &amp\; Electric Company</ strong> (PG&amp\;E)\, the largest utility in California\, how it procures power from the <strong>California Independent System Operator</strong> (CA ISO) to serve the needs of its 5+ million customers\, how it interacts wit h <strong>Customer Choice Aggregators</strong> (CCAs) and other major oppo rtunities and challenges as customers invest in <strong>solar PV panels\, batteries</strong> and <strong>electric vehicles</strong><br></span></p>\n </td>\n</tr>\n<tr style="height: 48px\;">\n<td style="border-width: 0px\; height: 48px\;"><span lang="EN-US">6:15 pm</span></td>\n<td style="border- width: 0px\; height: 48px\;">\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1\ ;"><span lang="EN-US">End of day 1</span></p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</t able> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR