Austrian Energy Day 2025
Austrian Energy Day 2025
Montel and EXAA once again invite you to join the Austrian Energy Day in beautiful Vienna
Join us at our annual event on September 11, 2025 and gain exclusive insights into the next steps of the Austrian electricity market.
This year, we will shed light on the reform of the electricity market design as part of the new Electricity Industry Act, current challenges in system integration, the effects of price volatility and the role of new technologies such as storage solutions in the energy market of the future. The program also includes an outlook for the coming winter and increasing demand trends - for example from data centers.
The conference will take place at the Anantara Palais Hansen (formerly Kempinski) in Vienna - we will end the evening with a traditional dinner cruise on the MS Vindobona.
Date: 11th of September 2025 / 09:00 - 17:00 (conference), 18:30-22:30 (dinner cruise)
Location: Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna (former Palais Hansen Kempinski)
Price: Delegate fee EUR 795 / Service provider fee EUR 1.250
Register for the event here.
The event is held in English.
- 09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Coffee
- 09:30 – 09:45 Welcome remarks
Moderator Snjolfur Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, Montel News
Session 1
- 09:45 – 10:15 Austria’s new Electricity law (ElWG): A major market design makeover
Benedikt Ennser, Director General (acting), Directorate General Energy
Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism - 10:15 – 10:45 Austria in transition: redefining its role in Europe’s energy system
Bernhard Painz, Executive Board Member, Austrian Gas Grid Management (AGGM) - 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
Session 2
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11:15 – 11:45 Winter outlook for power
Nathalie Gerl, Lead Analyst Power, LSEG - 11:35 – 12:35 Grid under pressure: can Transmission System Operators cope with intermittency, infrastructure stress and cross-border congestion? - Panel Discussion
Panelists:
- Gergő Batta, Deputy CEO for operations at MAVIR
- Sven Kaiser, Deputy Director Electricity, E-Control
- Christian Todem, Head of System Development, APG
Moderated by Christian Driessen, Editor Germany, Montel News - 12:35 – 13:45 Lunch
Session 3
- 13:45 – 14:05 Volatility and negative pricing trends
David Attlmayr, Manager, Thema Consulting Group -
14:05 – 14:25 Leaving money on the table? A closer look at revenue stacking for battery assets
Jean-Paul Harreman, Director, Montel Analytics -
14:25 – 15:05 Panel discussion
Panelists:
- Ksenia Tolstrup, Principal, Magnus Energy
- David Attlmayr, Manager, Thema Consulting Group
- Jean-Paul Harreman, Director, Montel Analytics
Moderated by Snjolfur Richard Sverrisson, Editor-in-Chief, Montel News - 15:05 – 15:35 Coffee break
Session 4
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15:35 – 16:00 Short-Term Trading and Balancing: The hidden weather and climate risk
Markus Schwab, Weather Innovation Expert & Climatologist, Meteomatics -
16:00 – 16:20 Weather, prices and the new reality of renewables
Max von Roden, Senior Data Scientist, Energy Weather -
16:20 – 16:40 How energy providers can benefit from EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
Hannes Mair, Cyber Security Consultant, Atos -
Closing words
- 17:00 - 18:00 Drink reception at Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna
- 18:30 - 22:30 Dinner Cruise
Many thanks to our partners for the support!
