This course is specifically designed for experts working in the field of electricity markets who want to understand and learn more about a very important function performed by transmission system operators and market players: balancing electricity markets and the involved ancillary services. This function plays a crucial role in ensuring security of supply and has an important effect on the final cost to consumers. Integration of national balancing markets could contribute to enhanced security of supply and to decreasing electricity prices so there is a strong argument for developing cross border balancing markets.
Course Agenda
- Wednesday, September 21 from 09:30 CEST. Convert to your time zone.
- Introduction: Where does balancing market fit in the overall market concept
- Definitions: Balancing vs. Ancillary Service
- Key Building Blocks in a Balancing Market
- International Examples
- National vs. Regional Balancing
- Regulatory Aspects of Balancing Services
- The New SAPP Regional Balancing Market
- National Balancing Market Case Study
For detailed agenda please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Meet the Course Director
Hans-Arild has extensive international experience from designing and implementing various power market design and trading arrangements since 1992 where he initially was involved in developing the first market systems at Nord Pool.
Hans-Arild has been involved in developing new product offerings in the continuous evolving electricity markets worldwide and had key roles in the development of strategies and detailed national and regional power market design for regulators, power exchanges and system operators in more than 20 countries/regions worldwide.
Hans-Arild is the CEO of Bredesen Consulting and is an associate of Nord Pool Consulting (where he recently was the CEO). He is also board member of NODES, the European marketplace for trading local flexibility.
Guest Speaker
Dr Graeme Chown is managing director of Chown and Associates which was formed in 2020. Dr Graeme Chown is a power systems control and operations specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the electricity industry. He has extensive experience in power system operations, generation scheduling and dispatch, interconnected operations, electricity markets, electricity regulation, ancillary services, energy storage, variable renewable energy studies, transmission pricing, power system studies, power system modelling, and power station control.
Previously Graeme worked 15 years for Ricardo South Africa and 18 years for Eskom. He is a registered professional engineer with Engineering Council of South Africa and a member of the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers.
Registration
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Methodology
The training is based on a self-paced collaborative e-learning platform that features a combination of real-time interactive presentations by the instructors, online tutoring at pre-announced times, reading material related to the course modules and weekly assignments.
- Proposed average weekly engagement: 8-10 hours
- Live Sessions are starting at 09:00 CEST (GMT+2, Budapest time). | Convert to your time zone
The course will run for 2 weeks with the following weekly sequence:
Mondays
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations.
Tuesdays
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations.
Wednesdays
Self-paced work.Thursdays
Online tutoring with the Course Instructors of the week.Sunday (on Week 2)
Submission deadline of final multiple choice test.Completion
5 CER credits will be awarded to those participants who successfully completed the course. Learn more about ERRA Certified Energy Regulator Programme.