Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
21
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, EU Cyber Resilience Act, Net Zero Industrial Act, Electricity Market Design
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 19 Mar 2025
Name Start date End Date Bruno Sousa 21 Jan 2025 20 Jan 2026 Alexandre LOERKE 11 Dec 2024 11 Dec 2025 Charles ESSER 26 Aug 2024 25 Aug 2025 Charles ESSER 06 Dec 2023 15 Sep 2024 Anita Alessandra GIANELLI 09 Jun 2023 08 Jun 2024 Tzeni VARFI 14 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Roberto Zangrandi 12 Oct 2023 22 Dec 2023 Tzeni VARFI 10 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023 Roberto Zangrandi 31 Aug 2022 31 Aug 2023 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 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 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 Roberto Zangrandi 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Mr Boris CHEREMETEFF 09 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 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 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 Florian Chapalain 03 Sep 2015 14 Apr 2016 Ms Ana Aguado 08 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2015 Joana MIGUENS CANCELA DE ABREU 13 Jan 2015 03 Sep 2015 Roberto Zangrandi 16 Jan 2015 14 Jan 2016 Joana MIGUENS CANCELA DE ABREU 13 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Ana Aguado 08 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Florian Chapalain 24 Jul 2014 22 Jul 2015 Joana MIGUENS CANCELA DE ABREU 13 Dec 2013 12 Dec 2014 Complementary Information
E.DSO Secretary General (25%) and E.DSO Policy Director (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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant SPRING 21,720€ Grant OneNet 37,503€ Grant Platone 50,544€ Grant BeFlexible 114,784€ Grant FLOW 28 878.87 28,879€ Grant Int:net 74,044€ Grant EDDIE 153,227€ Grant Interconnect 13,559€ Grant EUniversal 42,022€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Eclipse 19,717€ Grant BEFLEXIBLE 36,341€ Grant Copper 14,735€ Grant U2DEMO 48,707€ Grant FLOW 20,012€ Grant Int:net 9,872€ Grant TWIN EU 105,375€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Smart Energy Expert Group#E03926#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3926 #MEMBER #C#IndustrySmart 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)
Anti-racism and diversity,Green new deal
Communication activities
• REPowering the EU with a realistic F-gas regulation
• Coping with the energy crisis: increasing resilience within electricity DSOs
• Leveraging IoT and Edge Computing Infrastructures to foster Energy Flexibilities through next energy sectorial integration
• Conclusion paper: 5th E.DSO Stakeholder & Innovation Council
• Joint statement: The Data Act is a leap into the unknown
• E.DSO position paper on the Revision of the EU’s electricity market design
• Public Consultation: Revision of the EU’s electricity market design
• E.DSO/ Europacable/T&D Europe Joint Statement on the Green Deal Industrial Plan: Net-Zero will not be achieved without electricity grids & infrastructure
• REPowering the EU with a realistic F-gas regulation
• Net- Zero Industry Act. E.DSO/Europacable /T&D Europe Urgent request to explicitly include grid technologies
• White Paper: A multi-scale approach for a digitalised energy system transformation
• Investments in distribution networks: A decisive element of the planned Electricity Market Reform
• E.DSO statement on F-gas Regulation
• Joint letter: REPowering the EU with a realistic F-gas regulation
• Joint statement: Our recommendations on the proposal for a Net-Zero Industry Act
• E.DSO statement on the EU Cyber Resilience Act
• E.DSO suggested amendments to F-gas Regulation
• E.DSO Position Paper on the Reform of the EU Electricity Market Design
• The Role of DSOs in Energy Saving Applications: E.DSO commitment for the Common Energy Reference Framework
• FLOW: Drivers for Vehicle-Grid Integration
• E.DSO-Europacable-T&D Europe Amendments to Net Zero Industrial Act (NZIA)
• E.DSO amendments to EU Electricity Market Design reform
• Joint Industrial Statement on the Data Act
• Net-Zero Industry Act: Our joint reaction in response to Mr. Ehler’s reportafir
• Revision of the Electricity Market Design: E.DSO position on Council's approach
• Revision of the Electricity Market Design: E.DSO position on EP report – June 2023
• EPBD in trialogue negotiations: E.DSO position July 2023
• OneNet: Guidelines for interoperability in DSO data exchanges for flexibility
• E.DSO Agenda for Strategic Grid Investments
• E.DSO Technology Paper: Experiences for Optimising Renewables' Integration in the Distribution Grid
• Joint Statement on zero-emission building definition in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
• E.DSO amendments to the European Parliament's approach to the Revision of the Electricity Market Design
• Empowering electrification: the energy industry coalition’s call for coherent F-gas regulation ahead of the 5 October trilogue
• E.DSO Energy Brand – CHARGE Awards 2023 Case Study
• Letter to Ambassadors on the Net-Zero Industry Act ahead of COREPER meeting
• Let’s Make It Real: Investing in Europe’s electricity networks and grid technology sector
• Joint Statement on EU Grid Action Plan
• Customer Protection in times of crises: main messages from the DSO
• E.DSO advocacy paper – DSO Recognition: A call to reassess EU Funding priorities
• Conclusion Paper 6th E.DSO Stakeholder & Innovation Council 2023Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
21 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 06 Feb 2025 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on the Commission’s upcoming initiatives, with focus on EU distribution grids DG Energy Attending - Pierre Schellekens (Director)
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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 - Council of European Energy Regulators
- EU DSO Entity
- Hydrogen Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- European Committee for Standardization
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- Europacable
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- WindEurope
- ChargeUp Europe
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- currENT Enabling Network Technology throughout Europe E.E.I.G.
- SGI Europe
- European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- 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 - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
- Stefano Grassi (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 - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (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)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
- Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Friends of Sustainable Grids
- Snam S.p.A.
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Greenpeace European Unit
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Bruegel
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- Eurelectric aisbl
- Business for New Europe
- European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- WindEurope
- 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