Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
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.
EDSO and its members are committed and taking on this huge challenge and at the same time promoting the reliability, the optimal management and the technical development of the electricity distribution grids.Main EU files targeted
Energy Union
Clean Energy Package for All Europeans
TEN-E Guidelines
Horizon EuropeAddress
Head Office
Rue de la Loi 82
Brussel 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Sep 2021
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
Roberto Zangrandi, E.DSO Secretary General (25%) and Tzeni Varfi, E.DSO Policy and Legal Director (50%) and Dragomir RADOYTSEV 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). A trainee (not paid) Ginevra Figini is also involved till end of January 2022.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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Energy Forum
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
625,074 € (Source: European Projects)
Other financial info
EDDIE M3 Pre-financing (+) 153,227.40 €
EUniversal M1 Pre-financing (+) 109,837.50 €
INTENSYS4EU M46 Final payment *65,347.04 €
OneNet #REF!Pre-financing (+) 281,273.44 €
InterConnect M14 Interim payment (+) 15,389.00 €
*For E.DSO and LTPs -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Smart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry#Steering Committee
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EVENTS
4 February 2020 – E.DSO/InnoEnergy Workshop ‘Data&Innovation: Driving the electrons that make your future’ (Brussels)
12 May 2020 – E.DSO Webinar #DSO4GreenRecovery ‘After COVID-19: How to get the green transition back on track – the role of electricity DSOs’
27 May 2020 – E.DSO/EPRI Joint webinar on distribution COVID-19 impacts
18 & 30 June 2020 – E.DSO/ENTSO-E InnoGrid Virtual Sessions
26 June 2020 – E.DSO/EPRI Session during EUSEW2020 ‘Flexibility: the invisible infrastructure for a sustainable society? Future market designs and regulatory hurdles’
8 July 2020 – E.DSO Webinar ‘Lead the Transition – Serve the Customers’
7 & 21 October 2020 – E.DSO, ENCS and ENTSO-E Cyber Security Webinars ‘Cybersecurity: Data Sharing’
14 October 2020 – E.DSO 10-Year Anniversary and 3rd Stakeholder and Innovation Council Webinar
25 November 2020 – Second CoordiNet Stakeholder Forum (webinar): design and integration of market platforms
REPORTS
• January – December 2020 DSO-TSO cooperation
• April 2020- E.DSO statement on 2G and 3G sunset study of VVA consulting
• May 2020- E.DSO statement on the proposal to revise the TEN-E Guideline
• June 2020- E.DSO position regarding the revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (June 2020)
• June 2020 - E.DSO brochure ‘Lead the Transition – Serve the Customers
• July 2020- The way out of the pandemic – Lights must stay on (July 2020)
• September 2020 - Flexibility gap analysis (DSO-TSO Cooperation)
• October 2020 - Internal E.DSO workshop "Implementation of Electricity Directive provisions in the field of flexibility"
• October 2020 - E.DSO response to ACER public consultation on barriers to efficient price formation and easy participation in European electricity markets
• November 2020- E.DSO data management position paper
• November 2020 - Lobby Strategy
• December 2020 - Letter to DG ENER on ENGIE report on energy communities
Publications available at: http://www.edsoforsmartgrids.eu/category/position-papers/Other 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 - SGI Europe
- currENT Enabling Network Technology throughout Europe E.E.I.G.
- EU DSO Entity
- Hydrogen Europe
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- Council of European Energy Regulators
- Eurelectric aisbl
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- European Committee for Standardization
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- ChargeUp Europe
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- WindEurope
- European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry
- Europacable
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
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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 - Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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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)
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 - WindEurope
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- Friends of Sustainable Grids
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Snam S.p.A.
- European Chemical Industry Council
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Bruegel
- Greenpeace European Unit
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- Business for New Europe
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- Eurelectric aisbl
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
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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