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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Friends of Sustainable Grids (FOSG)
EU Transparency Register
91684615435-86 First registered on 07 Mar 2011
Goals / Remit
Friends of Sustainable Grids (FOSG) is an international Brussels-based non-profit committed to transforming the way we look at sustainable energy grid infrastructure by focusing on Connecting all Energy Grids and Energy Education.
Main EU files targeted
"Clean Energy for All Europeans" Package
European Green Deal
EU Energy Union
2030 Energy and Climate Framework
Interconnection targets
PCI & TYNDP & CEF
EFSI, Innovation Fund
Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe
Energy Communities developments in the EU
Energy Poverty
Storage legislation and initiatives
Education initiatives with relation to energy and climateAddress
Head Office
Avenue Louise, 350
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Dec 2019
Name Start date End Date Mr Pierre Bernard 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Sara MARCIREAU 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Teodor KUZOV 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Pierre Bernard 25 Jan 2019 19 Dec 2019 Mr Teodor KUZOV 25 Jan 2019 19 Dec 2019 Mr Pierre Bernard 30 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Ms Maria Bouza 25 Aug 2016 23 Aug 2017 Mr Pierre Bernard 19 Jul 2016 09 Jul 2017 Ms Jozefien Vanbecelaere 19 Feb 2016 15 Sep 2016 Ms Marta Navarrete 19 Feb 2016 15 Sep 2016 Mr Pierre Bernard 07 May 2015 05 May 2016 Ms Jozefien Vanbecelaere 13 Feb 2015 11 Feb 2016 Ms Marta Navarrete 13 Feb 2015 11 Feb 2016 Ms Paola Testini 29 Nov 2013 28 Nov 2014 Mrs Ana Aguado 03 Oct 2013 01 Oct 2014 Ms Paola Testini 17 Nov 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mrs Ana Aguado 17 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Pierre Bernard (CEO)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Pierre Bernard (CEO)
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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
None declared
Member organisations
Supergrid members include: ACS-Cobra, Aquind Interconnector, AXPO, Bernard Energy, Dii Desert Energy, Edison Electric Institute, ELES, Eunice Energy Group, Philippe & Partners, RTE-France, Sibelga, Supergrid Institute, Tideway, TuNur, WSP.
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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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
Groups (European Parliament)
European Energy Forum
Communication activities
The association carries out regular events, conferences, and stakeholder roundtables on the above-mentioned relevant policy topics and areas.
Other activities
Friends of Sustainable Grids, formerly known as Friends of the Supergrid, is an international Brussels-based non-profit with a vision for the future that will transform the way we look at energy grid infrastructure. The association focuses on two main pillars: Connecting Sustainable Grids and Energy Education. A pan-European all around inclusive energy infrastructure will secure the supply of a sustainable energy mix for Europe, thereby fostering economic welfare for European citizens and creating highly qualified jobs.
Our Aims include: Contributing to a harmonised, inclusive and holistic sustainable European Energy Policy through demand notes as the output of industry-wide focused roundtables; and Public acceptance of the developments required to achieve the energy transition by fostering energy education and information dissemination.
To achieve these aims, we focus on: Connecting sustainable grids; Designing efficient governance; A harmonized legal and regulatory approach; Promoting smart energy technologies and artificial intelligence; Attractive financing and funding options; Supporting its Members in the TYNDP and PCI Processes and taking a stance on related policy developments; Energy Education; Energy Communities; and reducing the Energy Poverty during the transition to a sustainable economy.- Meetings
Meetings
9 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 20 Jun 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of new report on smart electrification. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 12 Jul 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European grid developments DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 23 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Market design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Centre for European Policy Studies
- Greenpeace European Unit
- Business for New Europe
- The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration
- European Chemical Industry Council
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- Bruegel
- Eurelectric aisbl
- GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe
- European Federation of Local and Regional Energy Companies
- Europex - Association of European Energy Exchanges
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- EDSO for Smart Grids
- smartEn Smart Energy Europe
- Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd
- Snam S.p.A.
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Date 16 Jan 2016 Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Subject Implementation of COP 21 - the role of renewables Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Presentation of the organisation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Interconnections Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Gonzalo De Mendoza Asensi (Cabinet member)
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