Co-organised with the Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA), the 4th ASEAN Energy Regulatory Forum will return as part of Future of the Grid 2026. This Forum will continue to bring together leading energy regulators, policymakers and industry leaders to strengthen cooperation on regulatory best practices, policy planning and map a way forward towards enhancing connectivity and resilient energy systems.
Time
(GMT +8)
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Programme
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| 14:50 - 14:55 hrs |
Opening Remarks
Tan Ching Yee, Chairman, Energy Market Authority
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| 14:55 - 15:00 hrs |
Keynote Address
Judy Chang, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (United States)
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| 15:00 - 15:40 hrs |
Session 1: Regional Interconnectivity for ASEAN’s Energy Security and Decarbonisation
Key Discussions:
- Interconnection as enabler of regional renewable expansion, grid resilience and decarbonisation
- Regulatory frameworks and initiatives to enhance grid capacity and HVDC network expansion
- Subsea cables infrastructure development
- Strategies to enable multilateral electricity trade
- Driving bankable cross-border projects and enabling investment through effective regulatory and financing frameworks
- From pilot to unlocking full potential: next phase of regulatory alignment, infrastructure development, commercial model and financing to turn ambition to operational reality.
Panellists:
- Clare Savage, Chair, Australian Energy Regulator
- Emmanuelle Wargon, Chair, French Energy Regulatory Commission
- Puan Siti Safinah binti Salleh, CEO, Energy Commission (Malaysia)
- Edward Northam, Head of Renewable Energy and Head of Asia Pacific for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) Green Investments, Macquarie Group
- Moderator: Beni Suryadi, Senior Manager of APAEC and Strategic Partnership, ASEAN Centre for Energy
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| 15:40 - 15:55 hrs |
Afternoon Break |
| 15:55 - 16:00 hrs |
Special Address by the ASEAN chair
- Francis Saturnino Juan, Chairperson and CEO, Energy Regulatory Commission (Philippines)
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| 16:00 - 16:40 hrs |
Session 2: Towards the ASEAN Power Grid: Enabling Cross-Border Clean Energy Trade
Key Discussions:
- Role and value of the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) in enabling regional power trade and how diversified cross-border clean energy flows strengthen energy security
- Key enablers of cross-border electricity trade beyond infrastructure, including policy and regulatory alignment, cross-border power purchase agreements, market frameworks across ASEAN and beyond.
- Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) as a critical enabler of cross-border electricity trade, including key barriers in ASEAN and approaches to harmonise REC accounting and tracking to build market confidence and attribution of REC across the region
- The role of carbon credits and carbon markets in supporting cross-border clean energy transactions and corporate decarbonisation commitments
- Looking ahead: next steps and areas for regional collaboration and support
Panellists:
- Narumi Hosokawa, Secretary General, Electricity and Gas Markets Surveillance Commission, Japan
- Erik Westergaard, Deputy Chair, Electricity Authority (New Zealand)
- YBhg. Dato' Hamzah bin Hussin, CEO, Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia
- Roble P. Velasco-Rosenheim, Regional Director, Global Partnerships and APAC, The I-TRACK Foundation
- Representative for Asia Clean Energy Coalition
- Moderator: Liu Xiaowei, Asia Director, Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, World Energy Council
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| 16:40 hrs |
End of Programme |
*Programme subject to change
