[JPI Seminar] Latest Trends in Electricity Market Systems: Capacity Market, Balancing Market, Simultaneous Market, and Mid-to-Long-Term Trading Market - To be held on Tuesday, April 14

JPI (Japan Planning Institute) will host a seminar featuring Mr. Ken Ichimura, Representative Director and CEO of Energy Pool Japan K.K., to provide a detailed explanation of the latest trends in electricity market systems, covering the capacity market, balancing market, simultaneous market, and mid-to-long-term trading market.

[Details and Registration] https://www.jpi.co.jp/seminar/17655

[Title]

The 7th Strategic Energy Plan and Challenges in the Era of DX and GX

Latest Trends in Electricity Market Systems: Capacity Market, Balancing Market, Simultaneous Market, and Mid-to-Long-Term Trading Market

[Date and Time]

Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 13:30 - 15:30

*Applications for archive streaming will be accepted even after the seminar concludes.

[Lecturer]

Mr. Ken Ichimura, Representative Director and CEO, Energy Pool Japan K.K.

Member, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) "Study Group on the Future of the Simultaneous Market"

Member, METI "Study Group on Next-Generation Distributed Power Systems"

Member, OCCTO "Committee on Balancing Capacity and Supply-Demand Balance Evaluation"

Member, OCCTO "Study Group on Future Electricity Supply and Demand Scenarios"

[Lecture Overview]

The essence of the electricity business, in accordance with Articles 2 through 4 of the Basic Act on Energy Policy, lies in ensuring a stable supply, maximizing the suppression of electricity rates, and expanding choices for consumers and business opportunities for operators. While the electricity system reform was introduced to achieve these goals, many challenges remain.

Looking ahead, securing decarbonized power infrastructure to respond to DX and GX is an urgent task, as explicitly stated in the "7th Strategic Energy Plan." Given recent energy security concerns, how will the "Capacity Market," "Balancing Market," and the upcoming "Simultaneous Market" and "Mid-to-Long-Term Trading Market" evolve?

The lecturer, who has served on committees for the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy and the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO), and who was involved in drafting the "Basic Act on Energy Policy" (the "Constitution of the Energy Industry"), will provide a broad perspective on electricity supply and demand toward 2050 and the future of each market.

[Lecture Topics]

1. Evaluation of kW value in the Capacity Market (including Long-term Decarbonization Auction) and its future direction

(1) Main Auction

(2) Additional Auction

(3) Long-term Decarbonization Power Source Auction