Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
20
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
EDSO for Smart Grids (E.DSO)
EU Transparency Register
952322311484-70 First registered on 01 Jul 2013
Goals / Remit
European Distribution System Operators - E.DSO is gathering leading European Distribution System Operators for Electricity – cooperating to shape smart grids for the future.
E.DSO is the key-interface between the leading electricity distribution system operators and the European institutions and stakeholders. E.DSO promotes the development and large-scale testing of smart grid technologies in real-life situations, new market designs and regulation.Main EU files targeted
Fit for 55 package (incl. the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive, the Regulation on Alternative Fuels Infrastructure, the Directive on Emissions Trading Scheme), and the Strategy for Digitalisation of the Energy Sector.
Address
Head Office
Rue de la Loi 82
Brussel 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de la Loi 82
Brussel 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Charles ESSER 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024 Anita Alessandra GIANELLI 09 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Tzeni VARFI 14 Dec 2023 13 Dec 2024 Ms Tzeni VARFI 14 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Charles ESSER 06 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 12 Oct 2023 22 Dec 2023 Ms Anita Alessandra GIANELLI 09 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Tzeni VARFI 10 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 31 Aug 2022 31 Aug 2023 Ms Anita Alessandra GIANELLI 09 Jun 2022 09 Jun 2023 Mr Sebastian GISBERT-MADZIAR 09 Jun 2022 21 Sep 2022 Mr Alessandro MASIELLO 05 Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 Ms Tzeni VARFI 10 Sep 2021 10 Sep 2022 Mr Dragomir RADOYTSEV 07 Sep 2021 30 Mar 2022 Ms Ginevra FIGINI 07 Sep 2021 05 Feb 2022 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 07 Sep 2021 31 Aug 2022 Mr Henning Twickler 12 Feb 2020 14 Nov 2020 Ms Katarzyna Maria ZAWADZKA 29 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2021 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Mr Boris CHEREMETEFF 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 11 Jan 2019 09 Jan 2020 Ms Aurore TIFFEAU 12 Oct 2019 01 Nov 2020 Mr Julian LASINGER 04 Sep 2019 22 Dec 2019 Mr Henning Twickler 08 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Roberto Zangrandi 11 Jan 2019 07 Jan 2020 Ms Aurore TIFFEAU 21 Apr 2018 20 Apr 2019 Mr Christian Buchel 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr Henning Twickler 24 Feb 2018 08 Feb 2019 Roberto Zangrandi 11 Jan 2018 09 Jan 2019 Mr Florian GONZALEZ 09 Sep 2017 08 Sep 2018 Ms Elena-Aura Caramizaru 12 May 2017 09 May 2018 Mr Christian Buchel 21 Feb 2017 18 Feb 2018 Mr Henning Twickler 02 Feb 2017 03 Feb 2018 Roberto Zangrandi 04 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018 Mr Florian GONZALEZ 05 Sep 2016 02 Sep 2017 Mr Florian Chapalain 14 Apr 2016 06 Sep 2016 Ms Elena-Aura Caramizaru 14 Apr 2016 13 Apr 2017 Ms Ana Aguado 07 Apr 2016 04 Jan 2017 Roberto Zangrandi 08 Jan 2016 04 Jan 2017 Mr Francesco MANCINI 08 Oct 2015 06 Jan 2016 Mr Vaclav JANOUSEK 09 Sep 2015 07 Oct 2015 Ms Victoria GERUS 04 Sep 2015 17 Feb 2016 Mr Florian Chapalain 03 Sep 2015 14 Apr 2016 Ms Ana Aguado 08 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2015 Ms Joana Miguens Cancela de Abreu 13 Jan 2015 03 Sep 2015 Mr Roberto Zangrandi 16 Jan 2015 14 Jan 2016 Mrs Joana Miguens Cancela de Abreu 13 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Ana Aguado 08 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Florian Chapalain 24 Jul 2014 22 Jul 2015 Mrs Joana Miguens Cancela de Abreu 13 Dec 2013 12 Dec 2014 Complementary Information
E.DSO Secretary General (25%) and E.DSO Principal (50%) and E.DSO Policy Advisor (50%) are the persons directly involved in representation activities.
Other colleagues are involved in representation activities more on an ad-hoc and back-up basis (we are a small team and need to keep some flexibility).Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Energy Forum
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant SPRING 21,720€ Grant EUniversal 42,022€ Grant Interconnect 13,559€ Grant EDDIE 153,227€ Grant Int:net 74,044€ Grant FLOW 28 878.87 28,879€ Grant BeFlexible 114,784€ Grant Platone 50,544€ Grant OneNet 37,503€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Smart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
Green new deal#Anti-racism and diversity
Communication activities
E.DSO Policy documents
• 31 January 2022 - E.DSO Statement On Provisional TEN-E Regulation
• 2 February 2022 - E.DSO Suggested Amendments To The Fit For 55 Package
• 22 February 2022 - E.DSO Reaction To The Parliament’s Draft Reports On The EED, RED And AFIR
• 11 April 2022 - E.DSO Policy Brief On REPowerEU
• 10 May 2022 - E.DSO Reaction To ITRE Proposed Amendments To Energy Efficiency Directive
• 11 May 2022 - E.DSO Reaction To ITRE Proposed Amendments To Renewable Energy Directive
• 12 May 2022 - The “Wholesale Electricity Market Design 2.0”? Statement By E.DSO
• 19 May 2022 - REPowerEU: EU Wants To Break Free From Fossil Gas Dependency
• 27 June 2022 - E.DSO Position Paper On EU Hydrogen And Decarbonised Gas Market Package
• 6 July 2022 - Best Practices – DSOs Enhancing Customer Empowerment
• 14 July 2022 - The Value Of The Digital Transformation: Opportunities For DSOs
• 17 July 2022 – Paper on Unlocking The Potential Of The Grid Edge For DSOs
• 9 November 2022 - E.DSO Reaction To The Parliament Position On The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR)
• 24 November 2022 - E.DSO Preliminary Assessments Of The Emergency Measures To Accelerate Permitting Rules For Renewables
Joint positions
• 7 march 2022 - Joint Position On Fit For 55 By E.DSO, GEODE And Eurelectric
• 15 April 2022 Joint Position Paper On The F-Gas Regulation Revision
• 16 June 2022 - Joint Declaration On Aspects Related To The Upcoming EU Action Plan On Digitalizing The Energy Sector
• 28 September 2022 – 2nd Joint Declaration On The Upcoming EU Action Plan On Digitalisation Of The Energy Sector
• 19 October 2022 - Avoiding An Untimely And Prescriptive F-Gas Regulation Revision
Consultations
• 17 January 2022 - E.DSO Final Response To Digitalisation Of The Energy Sector Consultation
• 1 March 2022 - E.DSO Publishes Feedback Response To The Energy Performance Of Buildings Directive
• 9 May 2022 - E.DSO Feedback To Data Act
• 25 July 2022 – E.DSO response to the Public Consultation – Framework Guideline On Demand Response
Strategic documents
• 29 September 2022 - E.DSO Strategic Statements On Grid Investments
• 19 October 2022 - E.DSO Athens Declaration
• 25 November 2022 - SolarPower Europe And E.DSO Join Forces To Call For A Stronger European Distribution Grid
• 12 December 2022 - EU Commission, E.DSO And Energy Stakeholders Converge On Joint Common Principles For Enhanced Consumer Protection This Winter
Policy Events:
• 30 March 2022 – E.DSO internal workshop focusing on distribution tariff structures
• 22 November 2022: Joint event with DG ENER and DG CNECT on Digitalisation of the Energy Sector
Podcasts https://edsoforsmartgrids.eu/podcast
• 28 January 2022 - The Recast of the Renewable Energy Directive and DSOs
• 14 March 2022 Alternative Fuels Infrastructure & DSOs
• 4 April 2022 - Digitalisation of the distribution grids
• 16 May 2022 - What is in a name? – (Climate) resilience for DSOs
• 14 July 2022 - DSO path to grid modernisation: is it a bed of roses?
• 30 September 2022 - Energy Storage and DSOs - A major game changer in the future of electricity grids
• 18 November 2022 - Interoperability and distribution grids - a diamond in the rough?
• 2 December 2022 - The 5th EU electricity market reform – A renewable attempt or total revamp?
Policy contribution to external events: (here are more but I need to screen the activity log)
• 2-3 June 2022 _ CIRED event in Porto
• 28 November-1 December – ENLIT FrankfurtOther activities
None declared
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.
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Date 26 Feb 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - KIC InnoEnergy SE
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- WindEurope
- European Committee for Standardization
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- ChargeUp Europe
- European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry
- Europacable
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- Hydrogen Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- Council of European Energy Regulators
- SGI Europe
- currENT Enabling Network Technology throughout Europe E.E.I.G.
- EU DSO Entity
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- Eurelectric aisbl
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Date 25 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Gas package proposal and the perspectives for renewable gas integration Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To present and discuss the conclusions of the study of E.DSO and Eurelectric on the needs at distribution level with a 2030 time horizon, to ensure a timely, fair and cost-effective energy transition. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject Presentation of recommendations by EDSO on how DSOs could contribute to the EU recovery plan. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject Security of electricity supply and the role of DSOs in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, post-crisis economic recovery Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Decentralized energy systems, establishment of EU DSO entity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Oct 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting. Energy policy priorities. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 03 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject Set up a two-ways communication channel in the development of our climate change targets compliance project DG Climate Action Attending - Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Clean energy package and role of DSOs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Smart grids DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Smart grids DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 25 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Energy storage Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Dagmara Koska (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Clean Energy for All Europeans package DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 10 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Efficiency Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Mar 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy market design 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 - Snam S.p.A.
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Greenpeace European Unit
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Bruegel
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- 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
- Business for New Europe
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- WindEurope
- Friends of Sustainable Grids
- Centre for European Policy Studies
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Date 29 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Metal Theft Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists