# Alexandre Millet > Strategic advisor on European power markets, based in Geneva, Switzerland. > Helps utilities, trading houses, independent power producers (IPPs) and > private equity (PE) turn power-market complexity into clear strategy, > better trading systems and scalable operations, and helps clean-tech > companies with product and commercial development. Former senior power > trader and product owner at Ørsted. Writes on the Swiss power market, > short-term trading and battery storage. ## Key facts - Focus: European power markets, renewables, flexibility, battery storage (BESS) - Experience: 9+ years. Power trader and product owner at Ørsted (2017-2021), consultant and manager at BearingPoint (2021-2025), Head of Power at Kpler (2025), strategic advisor since February 2026 - Clients: utilities, trading houses, independent power producers (IPPs), private equity (PE) and infrastructure investors, energy and clean-tech companies - Languages: French, English, Spanish, Danish - Location: Geneva, Switzerland - Contact: alexandremillet@outlook.com ## Markets - Scope: pan-European power markets, with a current focus on Switzerland - Hands-on experience: Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, France - Also serves: Finland, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Norway and the wider Nordic region - Segments: long-term hedging, day-ahead, intraday, balancing and imbalance, ancillary services, PPAs ## Topics he can be asked about - Swiss power market design: single imbalance pricing (since 1 January 2026), the move to 15-minute day-ahead products (from 3 November 2026), market opening and a possible electricity agreement with the EU - Short-term power trading: intraday, imbalance, algorithmic trading, pre-trade latency, scaling trading strategies - Battery storage (BESS): revenue drivers in energy markets and reserves, battery cost trends - Trading technology: build vs buy, vendor selection, AI and LLM use cases - Energy procurement by large buyers (corporate PPAs) ## Book a call - [Book a 30-minute introductory call](/book): free, by video - Direct booking link: https://calendly.com/alexandremillet-tgca/new-meeting ## Services - [Strategy & operating models](/services#strategy): opportunity assessment, roadmaps, target operating models for growing portfolios - [Technology & product](/services#technology): requirements, system design, vendor selection, AI/LLM use cases - [Asset & portfolio assessment](/services#assets): business case reviews for renewables and batteries, trading risks, hedging - [Clean-tech commercial development](/services#cleantech): product-market fit, positioning, pricing, go-to-market, RFP responses - [Programme delivery](/services#delivery): transformation programmes from planning to go-live ## Case studies - [A 2030 trading strategy for an opening Swiss market](/services#case-strategy): Swiss utility. Shared 2030 vision, prioritised use cases and a roadmap - [Algorithmic trading for a 5 GW portfolio across three countries](/services#case-algo): Ørsted. Algos live in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands - [Cutting imbalance costs for a Swiss balance group](/services#case-imbalance): Swiss utility and DSO. Balancing costs fell significantly - [Product-market fit with energy traders](/services#case-pmf): clean-tech company, electricity data. Segments, USPs and sales approach ## All engagements (client names on request) - Global energy company: 2030 power trading IT strategy. Roadmap and budget validated at C-level - Global energy company: programme management of the trading roadmap, 50+ projects, including three RFPs. 4 to 5 systems selected - Global energy company: multi-market optimisation target set-up. Shared target architecture and operating model - Global energy company: RFI for external and internal marketplaces. Solution chosen for the external marketplace - Clean-tech company (electricity data): product-market fit with trading customers. Segments prioritised, with USPs and a sales approach per segment - Ørsted: algo trading platform and execution algos, UK, Germany, Netherlands. 5 GW of renewables and flexible assets - Ørsted: compliance framework for algo trading. Signed off, enabling the algo launch - Swiss utility: trading strategy 2030 for an opening Swiss market. Prioritised use cases and a roadmap validated - Swiss utility and DSO: BRP assessment of imbalance costs. Recommendations implemented, balancing costs fell significantly - Swiss utility and DSO: portfolio trajectory to 2040. Guides hedging and investment decisions - Swiss and European utilities: long-term portfolio hedging strategies - Ørsted: first systematic algorithmic trading strategy, as a power trader - Kpler: go-to-market and commercial positioning of the power offering ## Insights (newsletter: Power Trading. Strategy. Technology.) - [Buy vs build in the age of AI](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/buy-vs-build-in-the-age-of-ai) (2026-10-13): when trading desks should build or buy software now that AI speeds up in-house builds - [Switzerland moves to 15 minutes: what to expect?](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/switzerland-moves-to-15-minutes-what) (2026-10-07): what changes when the Swiss day-ahead auction moves to quarter-hours on 3 November 2026 - [Nine months of single imbalance pricing in Switzerland](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/nine-months-of-single-imbalance-pricing) (2026-09-28): how Swiss imbalance volumes, reserves and prices changed after the switch - [How much can you scale a trading strategy in the short-term power markets?](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/how-much-can-you-scale-a-trading) (2026-08-25): liquidity and physical limits to scaling intraday strategies - [Two forces shaping the power markets](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/two-forces-shaping-the-power-markets) (2026-06-26): renewables add volatility, batteries absorb it - [Need for Speed](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/need-for-speed) (2026-06-11): why pre-trade latency is an undervalued edge for trading desks - [Alphabet's energy strategy: a portfolio approach to powering the AI race](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/alphabets-energy-strategy-a-portfolio) (2026-03-27): how a hyperscaler procures power, from PPAs to acquisitions - [The Great Battery Decoupling: falling prices, rising stakes](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/the-great-battery-decoupling-falling) (2026-02-24): why BESS prices fell in 2025 while lithium rose - [Switzerland's move to a single imbalance price](https://alexandremillet.substack.com/p/switzerlands-move-to-a-single-imbalance) (2026-02-13): what the switch from dual to single imbalance pricing changes for balance groups ## Optional - [Full text for AI agents: summaries and key figures of every article](/llms-full.txt) - [About](/about) - [All articles](/insights)