Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies (CEDEC)
EU Transparency Register
54829912208-85 First registered on 03 Sep 2009
Goals / Remit
CEDEC defends, at European level, the interests of local and regional energy companies.
CEDEC represents 1500 companies with a total turnover of about 120 billion Euros, and more than 350.000 employees. Together, they serve 85 million electricity and gas customers & connections.
These predominantly medium-sized local and regional energy companies have developed activities as electricity and heat generators, electricity and gas distribution grid & metering operators and energy (services) suppliers.Main EU files targeted
• New legislation (lobbying activities towards the European Commission, Parliament, Council):
o Internal Market for Electricity: Directive, Regulation, ACER.
o Renewable Energy Directive
o Energy Efficiency and Performance of Buildings Directives
o Gas Directive
• Topics (lobbying activities mainly towards the European Commission and CEER):
o Market Design
o DSO as neutral market facilitator: role and responsibilities
o TSO / DSO cooperation
o Network codes: monitoring
o Retail market and customers: legislation, best practices
o Heating and Cooling
o Renewable Energy Sources: integration and flexibility
o Role of ACER and NRAs
European Green Deal
EU DSO Entity for electricity
Clean energy package implementation
Fit for 55
DigitalisationAddress
Head Office
Galerie Ravenstein 4 3rd floor
Brussels 1000 - 2
BELGIUMEU Office
Galerie Ravenstein 4 3rd floor
Brussels 1000 - 2
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Maximillian Kemp 08 Sep 2022 07 Sep 2023 Ms Monica DI PINTI 15 Jul 2022 14 Jul 2023 Ms Monica DI PINTI 21 Aug 2021 15 Jul 2022 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 06 Aug 2021 06 Aug 2022 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 05 Sep 2020 06 Aug 2021 Ms Andrea PRZYBYLA 05 Sep 2020 04 Sep 2021 Ms Monica DI PINTI 17 Oct 2019 17 Oct 2020 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Ms Andrea PRZYBYLA 30 Aug 2019 29 Aug 2020 Ms Alice FRANZ-ETIENNE 06 Oct 2018 11 Oct 2019 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 13 Sep 2018 31 Aug 2019 Ms LUDOVICA SARA FONDI 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 27 Oct 2017 13 Sep 2018 Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 27 Oct 2017 27 Oct 2018 Ms Alice FRANZ-ETIENNE 16 Sep 2017 15 Sep 2018 Ms LUDOVICA SARA FONDI 23 Jan 2017 20 Jan 2018 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 14 Oct 2016 13 Oct 2017 Ms Alice FRANZ-ETIENNE 30 Sep 2016 16 Sep 2017 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 07 Oct 2015 02 Oct 2016 Ms LUDOVICA SARA FONDI 07 Oct 2015 02 Oct 2016 Ms LUCOVICA SARA FONDI 06 Oct 2015 02 Oct 2016 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 18 Sep 2014 16 Sep 2015 Ann-Katrin Schenk 28 Aug 2014 25 Aug 2015 Mr Yannick Lataster 05 Feb 2014 04 Feb 2015 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 12 Oct 2013 18 Sep 2014 Ann-Katrin Schenk 06 Sep 2013 28 Aug 2014 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 18 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Ms Ann-Katrin Schenk 23 Aug 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr Gert DE BLOCK 23 Nov 2011 18 Oct 2012 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
http://www.cedec.com/en/about-us/members
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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs, Other#Smart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry#Steering Committee#EG3#EG1#EG2
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
Procédures de consultations
Meetings
Meetings
12 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Energy Taxation Directive in Fit for 55 package Commission - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Grean deal, smart sector integration, renovation wave Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 27 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Decentralized energy systems, establishment of EU DSO entity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Commission - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Market design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Business for New Europe
- Friends of Sustainable Grids
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- Snam S.p.A.
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- WindEurope
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Eurelectric aisbl
- Bruegel
- Greenpeace European Unit
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
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Date 18 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Electricity Market design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 28 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Retail Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 21 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Climate and Energy Policy Commission - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Presenting CEDEC, Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, BE Subject Energy Union and teh local dimension Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumers of domestic utilities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)