Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Electricity Supply Board (ESB)
EU Transparency Register
241656822426-29 First registered on 21 Jun 2016
Goals / Remit
Electricity Supply Board (ESB) was established in 1927 as a statutory corporation in the Republic of Ireland under the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927. ESB is majority owned by the Irish Government.
As a strong, diversified, vertically integrated utility, ESB operates right across the electricity market: from generation, through transmission and distribution to supply. In addition, ESB extracts further value at certain points along this chain: supplying gas, infrastructure for telecommunications, developing electric vehicle public charging infrastructure, international consulting through our ESB International subsidiary, and more.Main EU files targeted
DG ENER: Communications, impact assessments, Commission working documents, consultations, legislative initiatives
DG COMP: Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines (EEAG) – Decisions and investigations performed by the Commission.
DG MOVE: Electric Mobility and Ten T related matters
EU Parliament: Briefings etc
EU Council: Energy Council
Others: Financial legislation (MIFID, MIFIR, EMIR, MAD, etc.), Omnibus legislation (EU Parliament/Council – delegated/implementing acts), etc.Address
Head Office
ESB Head Office
27 Lower Fitzwilliam St
Dublin DO2 KT92
IRELAND -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Seán Murphy (Manager Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Marie Sinnott (Manager of Group Compliance Rish & Environment)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,200,000 € (Source: Horizon 2020)
Other financial info
EUR1,200,000+ secured by ESB Networks in Horizon 2020 funding programme entitled 'RealValue'
In the past we have also secured some programme funding under FP7
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Platform for Electromobility
ESB's Senan McGrath is a Chairman on this group
(He is also Chair of the Eurelectric Electromobilitty Task force for EurElectric)
NoneACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
6 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 02 Jun 2022 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject REPowerEU Plan; EU Energy Platform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Peter Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jun 2016 Location BERL 08/318 Subject Overview of ESB and how/where it operates; role in the Integrated Single Electricity Market made up of GB/NI/ROI; 4. Europe and Ireland’s Carbon Challenges Post COP 21 (Which we welcome); hearing perspectives on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and how it might affect Carbon targets in Ireland Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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