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Overview

Lobbying Costs

350,000€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

20

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Edison Spa   (EDS)

    EU Transparency Register

    401111262-07 First registered on 25 Jun 2008

    Goals / Remit

    Edison (www.edison.it) is one of the oldest energy companies in Europe. It is a leader of the national energy market in Italy as well as being very active in the sector of electricity and gas in several European countries. Edison is involved in ambitious investments projects , in partnership with major stakeholders, reflecting its commitment to the establishment of a new way of generating energy. Edison is committed to several energy sources as well as being a part of several projects of highest strategic importance to the EU. As part of the EDF group, Edison plans to further develop this policy.
    For more information please check www.edison.it or contact bruxelles@edison.it

    Main EU files targeted

    Edison’s advocacy activities are only related to the field of energy. We provide our contributions to all the public consultations, we formulate position papers on specific subjects and we arrange meetings with the EU institutions. We are currently following several dossiers related to the energy union, gas infrastructure, electricity and gas market design and related energy and environmental policies.

    Address

    Head Office
    Foro Buonaparte, 31
    Milano 20121
    ITALY
    EU Office
    Avenue des Arts, 53
    Bruxelles 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    75%1
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Oct 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Luca FRANZA 14 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024
    Mr Valerio DALLA TORRE DI SANGUINETTO 13 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024
    Mr Giacomo SPINOLA MINISCALCHI ERIZZO 13 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024
    Ms Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 13 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024
    Mr Giacomo SPINOLA MINISCALCHI ERIZZO 28 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023
    Ms Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 29 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023
    Mr Valerio DALLA TORRE DI SANGUINETTO 28 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023
    Giacomo SPINOLA MINISCALCHI ERIZZO 28 Apr 2022 06 Apr 2023
    Mr Luca FRANZA 26 Apr 2022 14 Apr 2023
    Mr Matteo BERNABEI 16 Sep 2021 17 Sep 2022
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 12 Jun 2020 01 Jul 2021
    Mr Matteo BERNABEI 12 Jun 2020 12 Jun 2021
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 15 Jun 2019 12 Jun 2020
    Mr Matteo BERNABEI 15 Jun 2019 12 Jun 2020
    Mr Jacopo CASADEI 31 Oct 2018 01 Mar 2019
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 14 Jun 2018 14 Jun 2019
    Ms Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018
    Ms Simona Goodwin 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 15 Jun 2017 14 Jun 2018
    Ms Chiara Trovati 21 Feb 2017 06 Oct 2017
    Ms Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 27 May 2016 27 May 2017
    Ms Simona Goodwin 26 May 2016 25 May 2017
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 04 May 2016 03 May 2017
    Ms Carlotta Demofonti 04 May 2016 22 Feb 2017
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 27 May 2015 04 May 2016
    Ms Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 30 Jan 2014 30 Jan 2015
    Ms Valeria Palmisano 04 Feb 2014 01 Feb 2015
    Mrs Mariacristina Barassi Sabelli 30 Jan 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Cosimo AVESANI 30 Jan 2014 30 Jan 2015

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Marco Margheri (SVP Public and EU Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Marc Benayoun (Chief Executive Officer)

  • Categories

    Category

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

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Edison participates in various organizations of interest representation in Italy as well as in Europe. The sharing of information through the presence of Edison representatives in committees and working groups contributes to an informed internal debate.
    On a purely informational basis, below are listed some of the most important organizations Edison is working closely with :

    - Assoelettrica / UNEI / Eurelectric
    - Confindustria / Businesseurope
    - Eurogas
    - GIE / GTE / GSE / GLE
    - Efet
    - Recs
    - GII (Gruppo Iniziativa italiana)

    Edison also participates in the activities of the Industry Advisory Panel of the Charter Energy Treaty.

    For further information please check www.edison.it or contact bruxelles@edison.it

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    350,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    800,000 € (Source: see detail below (point d))

    Other financial info

    The Brussels office of Edison are completely integrated within the public and European Affairs departement of Edison SpA. The office is under the administrative direction of Edison SpA, headquartered in Buonaparte 31 - 20121 Milan. The numbers previously cited in option II correspond to the indicative value of the direct activities of the EU office of the society, calculated according to the criterions and the indications furnished in the Code of Conduct of the present Register. Associative costs are not included if there are not directly sustained by the operational unity and directly reported to the activities of establing relations with European institutions.
    For more information please check www.edison.it or contact bruxelles@edison.it
    Funding from EU institutions:
    The above mentioned sum fo rgrants corresponds to the following:
    800.000 € received by IGI Poseidon SA, (owned by Edison at 50%) as pre-financing in the framework of the CEF contribution for the development of the East Mediterranean Pipeline project

    In addition, IGI Poseidon SA reimbursed 345.932,87 € to the European Commission to balance the final EEPR contribution to the Poseidon Pipeline (amounting to 5.654.067,13 €) with the 6.000.000 € pre-financing payed by the European Commission in 2011.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    Edison sponsors only think tank events.

    Other activities

    Edison has been collaborating with the European institutions since many years, offering its experience as a leader in the energy market, for a more in depth elaboration of community legislation. For this purpose, Edison elaborates analysis, studies and positions which are shared with community institutions and stakeholders involved in the European debate.

    Edison has also initated an ambitious investment plan in energy infrastructures, in the electricity sector as well as in the natural gas sector. Many aspects of these investments have implications linked to community law and in some cases are under the complete competency of the EU institutions. Edison’s Institutional Relations Department has the task of effectively and appropriately interacting to guarantee to the European commission and the institutions involved punctual and broad information on the evolution of the dossiers, as well as elaborating subjects that fall directly under community competency.

    The Brussels office actively collaborates with the various stakeholders and representative organizations and interacts when necessary with community institutions also to represent the positions of the organizations.
    For more information please go to www.edison.it or contact Bruxelles@edison.it

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    20 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 30 Jan 2024 Location Brussels
      Subject Nuclear energy, Italy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Attending
      • Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Jun 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Hydrogen prospects and Puglia Green Valley project
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
      • Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject EastMed-Poseidon Project development status; Progress on Feasibility Report; Next Project planned steps
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Joint purchasing options.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
      • Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
      • Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Rome, Italy
      Subject Discussion on security of supply, prices, storages and the East Med pipeline.
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 11 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference
      Subject Preparation of cabinet participation at a World Energy Council Italy and Edison event.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Jan 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Introductory meeting, discussion on priorities in energy policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
      • Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Jun 2019 Location Roma
      Subject Long Term Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Sep 2017 Location Cernobbio
      Subject Exchange of views on the Italian and euro zone economies and priorities for reform
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
      • Simon O'Connor (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 19 Jul 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Gas infrastructure
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy situation in the Easter-Mediterrenean
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Gas Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Security of gas supply, renewables, electricity market design
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Investment in Algeria
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Isaac Valero Ladron (Cabinet member)
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
      • Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Internal Energy market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
      • Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Euroepan Energy policy and Edison's European gas operations & gas pipeline projects, The Greek power market, The Italian electricity market, in particular hydropower
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject The importance of the Juncker Investment plan for the energy sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Arianna Vannini (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject European Energy Policy priorities
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Introducing EDISON
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
      • Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
      • Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Energy Union and Climate Action
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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