WORKSHOP “The Clean Energy Package and the Climate Agreement” Organised in cooperation with the Standing committee on Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Dutch House of Representatives Tweede Kamer – Parliament of The Netherlands Plein 2, The Hague Wednesday 10 October 2018, 10.00 - 13.00 Room: Klompézaal 10.00 – 11.00: Implications of the Clean Energy Package for the Dutch energy transition Chair: Isabelle Diks, Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate, Parliament of The Netherlands • Welcome and opening speech Isabelle Diks, Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate, Parliament of The Netherlands • The role of European legislation for Dutch RES policies Jeppe Kofod, Member of the European Parliament and EUFORES President (video) • The impact of the EU’s Clean Energy Package on The Netherlands’ energy transition Ruud Kempener, Policy Officer, Renewables and CCS Policy Unit, European Commission • PBL analysis Proposal to a Climate Agreement in the Netherlands Pieter Boot, Head of Department of Climate, Air and Energy, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Questions & Answers Supported by 11.00 – 12.00: Challenges & Prospects of the implementation of European energy policies in The Netherlands Chair: Isabelle Diks, Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate, Parliament of The Netherlands • Renewables in the national energy and climate plan (NECP) for the Netherlands Anne Held, Research Associate and Project Manager, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation • A European perspective to untap the North Sea wind energy potential Joël Meggelaars, Head of Advocacy & Messaging, WindEurope • Renewable energies as source of growth and investment in The Netherlands Teun Bokhoven, President, NVDE - The Dutch Association for Sustainable Energy • Renewable energies in district heating: moving away from a gas dominated supply Annelies van Ewijk, Director of the Energy Transition Team, Provincie Zuid-Holland • The Role of the Cities in the deployment of RES Stephan Brandligt, Deputy Mayor of Delft, The Netherlands, Board Director of Energy Cities Questions & Answers 12.00 - 13.00 Discussion: Next steps in implementation; upcoming initiatives at national and EU level and investment outlook Chair: Isabelle Diks, Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate • Agnes Mulder, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives • Rob Jetten, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives • Tom van der Lee, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives • Frank Wassenberg, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives • Ruud Kempener, Policy Officer, Renewables and CCS Policy Unit, European Commission • Stephan Brandligt, Deputy Mayor of Delft, The Netherlands, Board Director of Energy Cities • Pieter Boot, Head of Department of Climate, Air and Energy, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Exchange of views and discussion among participants Supported by .