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Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG)
EU Transparency Register
91684615435-86 First registered on 07 Mar 2011
Goals / Remit
The Friends of the Supergrid is a group of companies and organisations with a mutual interest in promoting the policy agenda for a European Supergrid
Main EU files targeted
EU Energy Union
2030 Energy and Climate Framework
Interconnection targets
PCI & TYNDP & CEF
EFSI
Storage
EducationAddress
Head Office
Avenue Louise, 350
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Feb 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Pierre Bernard 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Sara MARCIREAU 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Teodor KUZOV 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Pierre Bernard 25 Jan 2019 19 Dec 2019 Mr Teodor KUZOV 25 Jan 2019 19 Dec 2019 Mr Pierre Bernard 30 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Ms Maria Bouza 25 Aug 2016 23 Aug 2017 Mr Pierre Bernard 19 Jul 2016 09 Jul 2017 Jozefien VANBECELAERE 19 Feb 2016 15 Sep 2016 Ms Marta Navarrete 19 Feb 2016 15 Sep 2016 Mr Pierre Bernard 07 May 2015 05 May 2016 Jozefien VANBECELAERE 13 Feb 2015 11 Feb 2016 Ms Marta Navarrete 13 Feb 2015 11 Feb 2016 Ms Paola Testini 29 Nov 2013 28 Nov 2014 Mrs Ana Aguado 03 Oct 2013 01 Oct 2014 Ms Paola Testini 17 Nov 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mrs Ana Aguado 17 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Pierre Bernard (CEO)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Pierre Bernard (CEO)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Regional Groups for the PCIs
European Electricity Regulatory Forum of Florence
Copenhagen Infrastructure Forum
Smart Grid expert group
Expert group on the PCI implementation and the 15% interconnection targetACC
E-Highway 2050 project
Groups (European Parliament)
European Energy Forum
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Friends of the Supergrid advocates for an efficient, interconnected and resilient electricity grid to complement existing national transmission infrastructure. The Supergrid will secure the supply of a sustainable energy mix for Europe. This grid will foster economic welfare for the European citizens and create highly qualified jobs.
Therefore, Friends of the Supergrid fully endorses the creation of a truly harmonized and collaborative regulatory environment that will enable effective European energy system planning, attract investments and facilitate an equitable fast-track permitting process.- Meetings
Meetings
9 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 20 Jun 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of new report on smart electrification. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 12 Jul 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European grid developments DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 23 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Market design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Centre for European Policy Studies
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- Snam S.p.A.
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Greenpeace European Unit
- Business for New Europe
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Bruegel
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- Eurelectric aisbl
- European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- WindEurope
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Date 16 Jan 2016 Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Subject Implementation of COP 21 - the role of renewables Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Presentation of the organisation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Interconnections Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Gonzalo De Mendoza Asensi (Cabinet member)
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