Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
None declared
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Energy Retailers - Network of Independent Energy and Solution Providers (EER)
EU Transparency Register
438257432313-42 First registered on 15 Aug 2018
Goals / Remit
In order to achieve a well-functioning retail energy market, new suppliers and service providers must be able to enter into and compete in the market on equal terms. The competition and innovation that new entrants bring to the market are important factors in helping the energy markets to deliver the EU Commission's vision behind the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package.
EER's Key Principles are:
Effective competition at national and European level is key to guarantee a well-functioninig energy market and benefts the customer.
The energy sector must be compliant with decarbonization goals.
European integration of energy markets must be completed.
Network tarifs should set the right incentives to choose the most efficient solutions for the energy system.
Active customers are key to fulfill all EER principles.
To fulfill its principles EER aims at achieving an active role of the retailer and other solution providers as a:
- Promoter of competition
- Adviser to the customers
- Enabler of customers’ access to the markets (even the complex ones)
- Provider of risk mitigation services
- Provider of new and innovative products & servicesMain EU files targeted
Clean Energy Package (Renewables Directive, Efficiency Directive, Electricity Directive & Regualtion), Digital Single Market (ePrivacy Regulation, Cybersecurity Regulation), Mobility Package, Network Codes, Gas Package, Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Address
Head Office
Rue d'Arlon 69/71
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
EER was formed by five national associations: ACIE (Asociación de Comercializadores Independientes de Energía / Association of Independent Retailers / Association of Independent Retailers), AFIEG (Association Française Indépendente de l’Electricité et du Gaz / French independent association for electricity and gas), AIGET (Associazione Italiana di Grossisti di Energia e Trader / Italian Association of Energy Traders & Suppliers), bne (Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft e.V. / Association of Energy Market Innovators) and Oberoende Elhandlare (Independent Electricity Retailers).
Each association provides staff resources to carry out EER's work.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Bianca Barth (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Bianca Barth (Secretary General)
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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
EER has an official Corporation Agreement with the Greening the Islands Observatory.
Member organisations
http://europeanenergyretailers.eu/eer-members/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
None declared
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
Currently, EER is solely financed by membership fees.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- position papers, press releases on the Clean Energy Package available at http://europeanenergyretailers.eu/documents/
- presentation at European Sustainable Energy Week 2017: Enabling new market entrants and new offers
- public conference at the European Parliament on November 7th, 2017 (public launch event of EER): Shaping the future of the energy market - The role of independent retailers and new service providers in a European clean energy marketOther activities
Currently, EER has an observer status with the Commission's Smart Grid Task Force Steering Committee.
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Electricity Internal Market (notably the discussion on the market design reform) Gas Internal market and security of supply / gas savings Energy system integration follow up (including hydrogen) Energy Taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
- Florian Denis (Cabinet member)