UK Needs Plan to Extricate Energy Market from EU Controls – Conclusion of 3rd Annual Energy Conference

On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 experts from across the energy industry spoke at the third annual Alfa Energy conference, The Energy Market – Today & Beyond Brexit, which took place at the Royal Society in London.

Those in attendance gained insight into where the UK’s energy markets would be heading following the recent Brexit referendum.

“The decision [to leave] will be made without a plan for the future, in the same way that the UK started the deregulation of the UK electricity market in 1990 without a plan,” said John Hall, Chairman, Alfa Energy Group. “The UK energy markets are entwined with its own and EU legislation, and the process of unravelling will take time to understand while the subsequent restructuring will take more time to set up and implement … [T]he UK Government needs to have an actual plan on how it will extricate the UK from EU energy controls and plan for development a new grid infrastructure and lessening dependence on imported fuels before implementing the process to leave the EU.”

Among the eight speakers at this year’s event were Tom Greatrex, Former Shadow Energy Minister (2011-2015), Jeremy Nicholson of the Energy Intensive Users’ Group, Andrew Quarles of Cuadrilla Resources, Kyle Martin of Energy UK, Bill Farren-Price of Petroleum Policy Intelligence, Dr Nigel Knee of EDF Energy, Robert Williams of BT PLC, and John Kemp of Thomson Reuters.

For a list of the speakers and a schedule of the day’s events, please visit events.alfaenergygroup.com.

Alfa Energy Group

Alfa Energy Group, an Edison Energy company, is an international energy, sustainability and technology consultant partner with 250 employees over 3 international locations. For over 25 years, Alfa has been servicing its clients’ needs through energy and water management, sustainability, and compliance consulting, and an intuitive ecosystem of user-driven energy, water, and carbon management software platforms. With coveted awards, an international industry-wide recognition, and clever simple solutions, today Alfa is partnering with clients to establish and deliver pivotal net zero strategies. Through smart energy management, the expertise and diligence of its people, transparent processes, and data management, Alfa continues to lead through its recognised gold standard of service delivery.

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