Drax Group plc

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

11

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Drax Group plc

    EU Transparency Register

    389275311163-19 First registered on 22 May 2013

    Goals / Remit

    Drax Power Limited is the operating subsidiary of Drax Group plc and the owner and operator of Drax Power Station, the largest power station in the UK. The company is currently executing plans to transform the business into a predominantly biomass-fuelled generator.

    The output capacity of our six generators is 4,000 megawatts. We sell power through the wholesale market and to business customers through our supply company, Haven Power Limited. We typically provide enough power to meet some 7-8% of the UK’s electricity needs.

    As well as being an important strategic asset nationally, Drax is also vital to the North Yorkshire economy. Drax employs some 850 people and supports many other local jobs indirectly.

    Against this contribution we make every effort to balance our commitment to the country’s energy needs with minimising environmental impacts on land, air and water. Our generating units are fitted with flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment removing at least 90% of the sulphur dioxide (SO2) from emissions, and through retrofitting boosted over fire air (BOFA) technology on all our boilers we are reducing still further emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX). At the same time, by-products of the coal combustion and FGD processes are recycled through their further use in the construction industry.

    We are committed to reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Through converting three of our six generatng units to burn sustainable biomass in place of coal, we will halve our carbon footprint, relative to today, within five years. In 2012, we completed a five year project - the largest steam turbine modernisation programme in UK history - upgrading our high pressure and low pressure turbines which will save one million tonnes of CO2 a year.

    In March 2009, Drax acquired Ipswich based Haven Power Limited, an electricity supply company established specifically to serve the energy needs of business customers. In 2015 Drax acquired Billington Bioenergy a major supplier of pellets for the heat market.

    Main EU files targeted

    Nothing specific but in general:
    Biomass Sustainability Policy
    Wood Pellet imports
    Power Generation

    Address

    Head Office
    Drax Power Station, .
    Selby YO8 8PH
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Mar 2016

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Katarzyna WILK FROTIER DE LA MESSELIERE 22 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025
    Ms Katarzyna WILK FROTIER DE LA MESSELIERE 17 Jan 2023 17 Jan 2024
    Ms Tanisha BEEBEE 13 Sep 2022 13 Sep 2023
    Mr Ross McKenzie 24 Apr 2018 24 Apr 2019
    Mr Ross McKenzie 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018
    Mr Karl Smyth 20 May 2016 28 Apr 2017
    Mr Matt Willey 20 May 2016 19 May 2017
    Mr Karl Smyth 21 May 2015 19 May 2016
    Mr Matt Willey 21 May 2015 19 May 2016

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Matthew Willey (Head of Public Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Philip Hudson (Company Secretary)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    • AEBIOM
    • EURELECTRIC

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    •Climate Action
    •Competition
    •Development
    •Employment and Social Affairs
    •Energy
    •Environment
    •Regional Policy
    •Taxation
    •Trade
    •Trans-European Networks

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    11 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 06 Feb 2024 Location Brussels
      Subject wood pellet and EUDR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
      Attending
      • Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Video call
      Subject Discussion on the Commission’s upcoming proposal on carbon removals certification
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing
      Subject To discuss the options that the Commission are currently considering for the review of biomass sustainability within the proposal for REDIII. To discuss the role of sustainable bioenergy in the EU’s energy and climate plans.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 May 2021 Location Brussels - video conference
      Subject Forest biomass and Fit for 55
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference
      Subject Biomass sustainability
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      • Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
      • Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject sustainable forest biomass
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Sustainability
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
    • Date 29 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy Union research Innovation and competitiveness
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject biomass policies and sustainablility
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Berl 8/165
      Subject Company activities of DRAX
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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