The rapid build-out of AI-driven data centers is imposing on some electricity systems a set of regulatory challenges that are novel not so much in their individual technical content as in the speed with which they materialise simultaneously.
Energy regulation, designed to govern systems that are relatively stable and predictable, is now required to respond to large loads that in some countries grow with 2-digits rates, may introduce risks for system stability if not well considered by System Operators and above all may generate pressures on prices and ultimately on affordability, in particular due to capacity mechanisms.
The workshop's aim is not a descriptive survey but a structured comparison of regulatory experiences — European, North American, Australian — each bringing concrete elements of implementation of the regulatory dimensions presented in the theoretical framework at the beginning of the workshop, so that participants leave with a shared map of the problems and the responses available.
Agenda
- TBC
- Mr. Luca Lo Schiavo, Senior Regulatory Expert, ERRA
- Why AI data centre growth is a systemic regulatory challenge, not simply a grid planning question
- The four substantive dimensions: load predictability; operational reliability; economic affordability; environmental sustainability
- Regulatory governance as the fifth, transversal dimension
- Q&A
- Road map of the workshop
- Speaker Entso-e (TBC)
- Why data centres are no longer a passive load
- Challenges to safe grid operations and connection requirements as a response
- The flexibility potential: real or not?
- Q&A
- Ms. Victoria Mollard, Executive General Manager, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
- Current state of play of AI & data centres in Australia
- There are different data centre business models
- How our planning, forecasting and regulation is accommodating data centres
- How data centres impact on the grid and its stability
- Our proposals for new technical standards for large inverter-based loads
- Q&A
- Commissioner Didier Rebischung, French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)
- Q&A
- Q&A
- Mr. Jehmal Hudson, NARUC First Vice President, SCC Viriginia Chairman
- Q&A
- Q&A
- Q&A
For detailed agenda please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Workshop Speakers
Victoria Mollard
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
Australia
Registration
ERRA Full Members
ERRA Associate Members
Non-ERRA Members
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Venue /Accommodation
Novotel Athenes
4, Michail Voda Str, Athina 104 39, Greece
Sleeping rooms are available at Novotel Athenes at the rate of EUR 165/night for a single-occupancy room and EUR 175/night for a double-occupancy room. The above rates are per room, per day, and include American buffet breakfast, taxes, and service charges.
Please note: The above rates do not include the resilience to climate change tax (10,00 € per room, per day) which is imposed from January 1st, 2024 according to the Greek law 5073/2023.
The reservation link is available here. The reservation link is available until August 21, 2026.
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