Industry and academic leaders discussed challenges and opportunities in the energy system.

“Optimizing systemic costs: Where are the incentives?” is the panel discussion on energy system cost overruns held by the UAI Energy Transition Center (CENTRA) of the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences of Adolfo Ibáñez University, offering a platform to address challenges and opportunities in the electricity sector.

Daniel Olivares, director of CENTRA UAI, opened the event, which was moderated by Cristian Araya. Panelists included Javier Bustos, executive director at ACENOR; Josefina Valdivieso, head of Commercial and M&A Latam at Mainstream Renewable Power; Felipe Escobar, CECOER manager at Acciona Energía Chile; and Paola Hartung, director of Regulatory Affairs at AES Andes.