Keeping the Clean Energy Transition Affordable

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The Energy Transition Forum hosted its UK 2025 ETF in London.

This year's ETF was attended by more senior participants than ever before, including senior representatives and CEOs; government and regulatory authorities from the U.S. and European utilities and power & gas companies; former energy ministers; FERC; renewables and storage companies; digital and technology firms; financial and professional services; industry associations; NGOs; and academia.

The proceedings began with a reception and dinner on 4 June, featuring a "fireside chat" with Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, Ukraine. Timchenko discussed how to ensure a resilient energy system in times of war and how to leapfrog from centralized energy generation to a significantly decentralized and decarbonized energy system.

Greg Jackson, CEO and Founder of Octopus Energy, United Kingdom, joined the forum on the afternoon of 5 June for a conversation on his vision for the future of energy and how to become the most popular energy supplier. The discussion was followed by a dinner reception speech from Pat Wood III, Executive Chairman of Hunt Energy Network; former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); and former Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, USA. Wood addressed climate change in the context of an energy expansion era.

Over the 1.5-day sessions, the ETF invited discussions on the following themes:

• The absolute need for and the potential of AI in power systems: Energy Intelligence
• Case studies from Australia and the UK on the potential to mobilize customer energy resources (CER or DER) as part of an integrated energy system solution
• Regulatory practices and policies to unlock the potential of CER and emerging technologies to keep electricity affordable
• Concrete actions to contain the costs of the energy transition to ensure power is both clean and affordable