Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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.
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
Energy Union
Clean Energy Package for All Europeans
TEN-E Guidelines
Horizon Europe
Directive 2021/27/EU on the Energy Efficiency
Fit for 55 packageAddress
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
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 09 Sep 2022
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 Policy and Legal 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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU funded project SPRING (pre-financing) 12,614€ Grant EU funded project CoordiNET (interim) 42,774€ Grant EU funded project PlatOne (interim) 66,693€ 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?groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
• Conclusions of 3rd Stakeholder and Innovation Council
• E.DSO respond to the public consultation on the Review of the Directive 2021/27/EU on the Energy Efficiency
• E.DSO responds to open consultation on the Review of Directive 2018/2001/EU on the promotion of the use of the energy from renewable sources
• E.DSO Position Paper on the revised TEN-E regulation proposal
• Connecting the dots: Distribution grid investment to power the energy transition
• Joint Statement from the European DSO Associations on the proposal to revise the TEN-E Regulation
• Smart Grid Key Performance Indicators: A DSO perspective
• E.DSO suggested amendments to TEN-E Regulation
• Joint Declaration on E-Privacy Regulation
• Joint Position paper on the revision of the F-gas Regulation
• Energy System Integration Strategy by DSOs
• Guidance on Future Distribution Tariff Structures
• DSOs as Facilitators of Energy Communities
• The Viral Resilience: Lessons Learnt from One Year of COVID-19 in the European Electric Power Distribution Industry.
• E-Privacy Regulation impacts on DSOs.
• DSO-TSO Roadmap on the Evolution of the Regulatory Framework for Distributed Flexibility
• E.DSO feedback on Digitalisation of the energy sector
• Fit for 55 E.DSO Feedback response (EED, RED, AFIR, ETS)
• E.DSO Position on the Fit for 55: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure
• Conclusions of 4th Stakeholder and Innovation Council
• The official birth of the EU DSO Entity
• Hear! Hear! The Fit for 55 Package mammoth is released
EVENTS
• 26-27 January 2021 – E.DSO/EPRI/Eurelectric 1st Global Platform of Leading Electricity Distribution Operators “DSOs boosting the global Energy Transition – Investments and resilience in the Covid-19 aftermath”
• 24 February 2021 – C-Suite Talks with Brian Motherway (IEA) “Accelerating clean energy transitions”
• 3 March 2021 – “DSOs & the TEN-E regulation review: leave no-one behind” Webinar
• 10 March 2021- E.DSO 1st ‘Projects in the Spotlight’ webinar “DSOs at the center of Data Exchange”
• 12 March 2021 – E.DSO Internal Workshop on Artificial intelligence (AI) and GDPR from DSOs lenses: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions
• 4-11 June 2021 – E.DSO/ENTSO-E 10th InnoGrid Edition “Living the Transition” Webinar
• 17 June 2021 – C-Suite Talks with Catharina Sikow-Magny (European Commission) “The EU perspective on the EU DSO entity and the new role of DSOs”
• 16 September 2021 – DTEK Webinar “DSOs on the path to the energy transition of Ukraine: new challenges, regulatory changes and investment opportunities” (with the support of E.DSO and Eurelectric)
• 20 September 2021 – E.DSO/GD4S “The Truth about Sector Coupling” Webinar
• 28 September 2021 – C-Suite Talks with Melissa Stark (Accenture) “System Value Analysis for Europe’s 2030 Climate Targets”
• 21 October 2021 – E.DSO/ENCS/ENTSO-E 4th Webinar on Cybersecurity “Enhancing our grid resilience”
• 18 November 2021 – E.DSO 2nd ‘Projects in the Spotlight’ webinar “Blockchain and DSOs: an opportunity for the energy transition?”
• 1 December 2021 – 4th E.DSO Stakeholder and Innovation Council “The Thin Veil of Renewal: Building the next generation grid”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 - 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
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Europacable
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- 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
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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 - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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 - Centre for European Policy Studies
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- Eurelectric aisbl
- European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Bruegel
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
- Friends of Sustainable Grids
- Snam S.p.A.
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Business for New Europe
- Greenpeace European Unit
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- WindEurope
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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
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