Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
EU DSO Entity (DSO Entity)
EU Transparency Register
479956248822-45 First registered on 30 Jan 2023
Goals / Remit
DSO Entity is an organisation with an official mandate to work on the development of electricity network codes, as provided by the Electricity Market Regulation (2019/943/EU).
DSO Entity represents nearly 900 electricity Distribution System Operators (DSOs) members regardless of their size, connecting over 250 million customers in 27 EU Member States. We unite DSOs to deliver a just transition to a CO2-neutral energy system, ensuring security of supply with future-proof network codes and enhanced collaboration between TSOs and DSOs.
DSO Entity is committed to ensuring balanced representation of electricity DSOs in the European Union. It also commits to being transparent in all its work and providing a platform where members can contribute to drafting network codes, provide neutral expertise and share knowledge.Main EU files targeted
DSO Entity works on energy and climate files:
- Network Code on Demand Response ( Distributed flexibility)
- Existing Network Codes (Grid Connection network Codes)
- Implementing Regulation on electricity metering and consumption data
- Related implementing acts on data access and interoperability (switching and demand-response)
- Reform of Electricity Market Design
- EU Grid Action Plan
DSO Entity also works on digitalising the energy system, as well as improving grid infrastructures:
- Network Code Cybersecurity
- Digital Twin and Smart Grid Indicators
- Ten Years Network Development Plan (TYNDP)Address
Head Office
Avenue de Tervueren 118A Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Bruxelles 1050 - 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue du Luxembourg, 3 (Nordic House)
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 15 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Stefania FACCO 07 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2024 Pieter VERMAAT 07 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2024 Elisa SCHENNER 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Claire VANDEWALLE 07 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2024 Ms Elisa Schenner 08 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Stefania FACCO 07 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Pieter VERMAAT 07 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Claire VANDEWALLE 07 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
DSO Entity is not affiliated with any other bodies.
Member organisations
Not applicable
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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
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Other financial info
Financial year (2023) to be closed soon
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
DSO Entity is involved in events, workshops, and webinars on the above related topics.
Also:
- Signature of Memorandum of Understanding jointly with ENTSO-E (2022)
- Signature of Declaration of Intent on digitalising the energy system jointly with ENTSO-E and the European Commission (2022)
- Joint declaration on protecting consumer's during winter (2022)
- Joint proposal of Network Code on Cybersecurity with ENTSO-E (2022)
- Pact of Engagement (EU Grid Action Plan)
DSO Entity, as part of its mandate, is committed to share best practices and expertise (Knowledge Sharing) among its members and with external stakeholders.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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)
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- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- Hydrogen Europe
- Council of European Energy Regulators
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- Eurelectric aisbl
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- European Committee for Standardization
- ChargeUp Europe
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