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.
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09:00 – 09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome remarks
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 Tourism10:15 – 10:40 Austria in transition: redefining its role in Europe’s energy system
Bernhard Painz, Executive Board Member, Austrian Gas Grid Management (AGGM)
10:40 – 11:05 Topic tbc
11:05 – 11:35 Coffee break
Session 2
11:35 – 12:35 Grid under pressure: can Transmission System Operators cope with intermittency, infrastructure stress and cross-border congestion?
Panel discussion
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 Stacking value: how batteries are reshaping wholesale power markets
14:25 – 15:05 Panel discussion
15:05 – 15:35 Coffee break
Session 4
15:35 – 16:00 Winter outlook for power
Nathalie Gerl, Lead Analyst Power, LSEG
16:00 – 16:25 Data centers and their role in the future energy system in Austria
16:25 – 16:45 Topic tbc
Closing words
17:00 - 18:00 Drink reception at Anantara Palais Hansen Vienna