Past Conferences

RAP Europe was invited to present its paper on “Beyond Capacity Markets” at the prestigious European Energy Markets conference sponsored by the Florence School of Regulation and IEEE. The theme of reliability for Europe’s power system was a major topic during this three-day...

RAP Europe’s recent article published in the German Financial Times was highlighted by European parliamentarian Claude Turmes in his keynote speech in Berlin on February 29, at the annual conference of the Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative EnergieEffizienz. An English version of...

RAP Principal Meg Gottstein was invited to speak along with the President of Germany’s Federal Regulatory Agency, key German policy advisors and industry representatives at the “e-world-2012” conference in Essen on this pressing topic in Germany. Her presentation drawing on a...

On January 26, Richard Cowart and Chris Neme held an in-depth briefing for the Energy Savings Coalition on power markets and energy efficiency. The workshop, hosted by the European Climate Foundation in Brussels, focused on the structure of wholesale power markets, system benefits of energy...

RAP Principal Richard Cowart and RAP Advisor Chris Neme met in the morning with the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change and in the afternoon with three efficiency trade associations to discuss the concept of an energy efficiency feed-in-tariff (FiT). The concept is being considered...

In a series of November meetings in Berlin, RAP Europe was invited by several Germany Ministries and federal departments (including Ministries of Economics/Technnology, Environment, Finance, and the Federal Chancellery) as well as by key members of German Parliament to present on global...

The CUB Policy Center, in partnership with the University of Oregon School of Law, will be hosting its inaugural policy conference: Smart Grid: Today's Regulation and Tomorrow's Technology, taking place on Friday, October 21, 2011, at the University of Oregon. RAP's Lisa Schwartz...

SXSW Eco is a three-day conference acknowledging the need for a concerted, cross sector approach to solving recognized sustainability/environmental challenges. The inaugural edition of SXSW Eco will be held October 4-6, 2011 at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas. RAP's Mike Hogan, Senior...

The European Commission’s DG Energy and eceee are working together to organize a seminar on energy efficiency obligations to be held in Brussels at the end of September. RAP's Eoin Lees will be closely involved with the seminar. "The aim of this technical seminar is to provide...