Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry (T&D Europe)
EU Transparency Register
90453504235-64 First registered on 23 Sep 2010
Goals / Remit
T&D Europe (www.tdeurope.eu) is the European association of the electricity transmission and distribution equipment and services industry. T&D Europe’s members enable the energy transition to a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. Over 200,000 people in our industry manufacture, innovate and supply smart systems for the efficient transmission and distribution of electricity. Our technologies and services future-proof the grid and make clean electricity accessible to all Europeans. We put our collective expertise to work to craft a brighter, electric future.
Main EU files targeted
Energy Policy, Industrial Policy, Digital Agenda, Environment Policy, Research and Innovation Policy, Trade Policy, Climate Change Policy, Green Deal, Circular Economy
Address
Head Office
Bluepoint Building
Boulevard Auguste Reyers, 80
Brussels 1030
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Mar 2021
Name Start date End Date Sara GHARSALLI 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Ms Sara GHARSALLI 02 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Pierre Lucas 01 Feb 2013 01 Feb 2014 Complementary Information
The T&D Europe Secretariat consist of one full-time secretary general,1 part time policy advisor, who are for part of their time involved in activities described under heading 9.
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
T&D Europe is an association member of Orgalim, the European engineering industries federation.
www.orgalim.eu
T&D Europe is a member of CENCENELEC's Industry Advisory Forum
https://www.cencenelec.eu/news/articles/Pages/AR-2018-033.aspx
T&D Europe is participatory sponsor of the Anhydrides Joint Industry Task Force
https://anhydrides.eu/members/
T&D Europe is a founding member of the Industry Group on European Standardisation Strategy (INGRESS)
https://ingress1025.eu/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
T&D Europe's overall expenses for 2020 were € 354,302.90, entirely financed by a fee from its members.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on electricity interconnection targets#E03412#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3412 #Member #C#Industry#Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3338 #Member #C#Industry#Smart Grids Task Force #E02892#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry#EG2#Steering Committee#EG3#EG1#Commission's Expert Group on Sustainable Consumption and Production#E00470#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=470 #Not a member #C#Industry, Professionals#Environmental Footprint transition phase#European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2869 #Not a member #C#Industry, Employees/workers, Professionals#Sustainable Alternative Power for Shipping- Mid- to Long-Term Solutions for Maritime GHG Emissions Reductions
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
T&D Europe participates in EU projects Grid+ (completed in 2014), eHighway2050 (completed in 2015) and PROMOTiON (completed in 2020).
T&D Europe is an active EU stakeholder engaged in, inter alia, the following bodies and platforms: European Energy Infrastructure Forum (Copenhagen Forum), European Electricity Regulatory Forum (Florence Forum), DG Energy Smart Grid Task Force, Commission Working Group Interconnection Targets, ETIP SNET Governing Board and Working Groups, ENTSO-E independent Advisory Committee, ENTSO-E Network Codes Stakeholder CommitteeOther activities
T&D Europe essentially focuses on
a) Enterprise and industry (CE marking directives, Standards)
b) Climate Change (F-gases)
c) Energy (Energy Strategy, energy efficiency, smart grids, electricity policy, networks)
d) Research (Horizon 2020, SET-Plan)- Meetings
Meetings
10 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 - Hydrogen Europe
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- Council of European Energy Regulators
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- Europacable
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- SGI Europe
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- EU DSO Entity
- currENT Enabling Network Technology throughout Europe E.E.I.G.
- WindEurope
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Eurelectric aisbl
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- ChargeUp Europe
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- European Committee for Standardization
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Date 26 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
- Renáta Goldírová (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - ChargeUp Europe
- European Committee for Standardization
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- Council of European Energy Regulators
- EU DSO Entity
- Eurelectric aisbl
- SGI Europe
- EPIA SolarPower Europe
- European Hydrogen Backbone
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- Hydrogen Europe
- Europacable
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Carbon Capture & Storage Association
- WindEurope
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- currENT Enabling Network Technology throughout Europe E.E.I.G.
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Date 06 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject High level dinner before the ENSTO-E grids event – discussion on the challenges for European networks and electrification. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Terna spa
- IBERDROLA
- NKT A/S
- Energias de Portugal
- Associazione fra le società italiane per azioni
- Renewables Grid Initiative e.V.
- E.ON SE
- RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité
- TenneT Holding B.V.
- Amprion GmbH
- Siemens Energy AG
- Statnett SF
- PRYSMIAN GROUP
- Fingrid Oyj
- Hitachi Energy
- ENEL SpA
- Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
- Redeia
- Eesti Energia Aktsiaselts
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
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Date 26 Apr 2023 Location video-call Subject Net Zero Industry Act and role of grid technologies in the green transition Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
- Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Implementation of the Green Deal in the energy sector and the scaling up of investments in clean, resilient, digital electricity system. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2021 Location Virtual Subject Sustainable Finance T&D Europe expressed support for the European Green Deal and the EU’s sustainable finance agenda. They would like manufacturing of electricity transmission & distribution equipment included in the taxonomy classification system. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2020 Location video conference (Brussels) Subject Speech on the European Green Deal at T&D Europe's Executive Committee Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Possible safeguards Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports of GOES Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union, infrstructure, smart grids Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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