Utilities market integration
Will the German unbundling proposals to sell network assets accelerate European energy market integration?
The announcement from a major European utility to sell its transmission grid assets has reinvigorated the whole discussion of ownership unbundling, and is an important step toward a single European energy market. It proves that utilities can no longer afford to think in purely national terms.
Join Helmut Edelmann, Utilities Director of the Ernst & Young Global Power & Utilities Center, and Ian Whitlock, head of Ernst & Young Utilities Transaction Advisory Services in the UK, as they discuss how these proposals to divest transmission assets will impact the integration of European electricity and gas markets.
During this webcast, our panelists will highlight what potential buyers need to consider and why these assets could also be interesting for financial buyers. This webcast will give you the opportunity to raise issues and ask questions about utility market restructuring, and will provide live audience polling results.
Webcast topics will include:
- European debate on ownership unbundling and current proposals to sell transmission network assets
- Potential buyers and what they need to consider
- The effects on European utilities markets and their further integration
- Key stakeholder implications arising from market integration
Who should join the webcast?
- Executives of European utilities and utilities from other locations who want to prepare for market integration in the medium term
- Participants from private equity, pension and infrastructure funds from around the world
Why should you join?
- This webcast provides the unique opportunity to learn more about this unprecedented proposal to sell a strategically important part of a business and what impact this would have on the further integration of European energy markets
- It presents an in-depth discussion of the critical success factors for both strategic and financial buyers
- Participants will be offered a critical assessment of the impacts of market integration in general
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Helmut Edelmann is the author of the recently launched Ernst & Young study Unbundling: Moving into the fast lane? which outlines current proposals to sell transmission network assets and their impacts on European utilities markets. Please contact Theresa Hagemeister at theresa.hagemeister@de.ey.com if you would like to receive a copy.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about a major player’s proposal to sell a strategically important part of its business, the implications for European energy market integration and the critical success factors for potential buyers.