Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Drax Group plc
EU Transparency Register
389275311163-19 First registered on 22 May 2013
Goals / Remit
Drax Group plc is playing a vital role in helping change the way energy is generated, supplied and used as the UK moves to a low carbon future.
Drax Group employs around 2,300 people and has three principal activities – electricity generation, energy supply, and compressed wood pellet manufacturing for use in electricity production.
We are responsible for generating 7% of the UK’s electricity. Having successfully upgraded the UK’s biggest power station through innovative engineering, we are now a predominantly biomass-fuelled generator. 70% of the electricity we produce – enough to power Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool – is now made using compressed wood pellets rather than coal.
Our US business employs innovative manufacturing techniques, using wood from responsibly managed working forests to produce compressed biomass pellets. These pellets are shipped safely and efficiently around the world to generate reliable, renewable energy precisely when it’s needed. We plan to self-supply an increasing percentage of the wood pellets we use at Drax Power Station.
At the other end of our supply chain, Drax Group’s retail division serves the energy needs of a growing number of SMEs and large organisations. Our ability to inspire customers to change the type of energy they use and then work with them to use it more efficiently and affordably, establishes our current and future retail brands as the biggest challengers in the market.
Today we are one of the UK’s largest energy producers and we stand ready to do more, helping to reduce carbon emissions, forcing more coal off the system and providing additional system support to plug the gaps created by intermittent renewables and boost security of supply.Main EU files targeted
Nothing specific but in general:
Biomass Sustainability Policy
Wood Pellet imports
Power GenerationAddress
Head Office
Drax Power Station
Selby YO8 8PH
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Mar 2017
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 Policy, Regulation and Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr David McCallum (General Counsel and Group Company Secretary)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
• AEBIOM
• EURELECTRICMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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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.
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Date 06 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject wood pellet and EUDR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Berl 8/165 Subject Company activities of DRAX Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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