Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
15
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Renewables Grid Initiative e.V. (RGI)
EU Transparency Register
793038613858-32 First registered on 26 Jun 2014
Goals / Remit
RGI was launched in July 2009 and sinche then has grown to 19 members across Europe, from Belgium (Elia), France (RTE), Germany (50Hertz, Amprion and TenneT), Ireland (EirGrid), Italy (Terna), the Netherlands (TenneT), Switzerland (Swissgrid) and Norway (Statnett), Spain (Red Eléctrica de España); and NGOs such as WWF International, BirdLife Europe, Germanwatch, Fundación Renovables, Legambiente, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Natuur&Milieu, Transport&Environment and Zero.
RGI Mission
“ RGI is a unique collaboration of NGOs and TSOs from across Europe. We promote transparent, environmentally sensitive grid development to enable further steady growth of renewable energy and the energy transition.”
The Mission Statement is translated into three long term achievment to which RGI will contribute:
1) Full Clarity on the Need for Grids in the Electricity System to Integrate an Increasing share of RES
2)Sharing and Implementation of Best Practice and Innovative Approaches
3)Supportive Political, Policy and Regulatory Frame
These long term achievemnets are operationalized via Strategic Objectives and supporting activities, respectively:
SO1. RGI has developed a comprehensive narrative which resonates with and is supported by its own partners and other external stakeholders and is communicated to all relevant European and national Institution
SO2. RGI supports initiatives to improve transparency, participation and nature protection during all grid implementation stages, thus leading to better projects and contributing to public support for the grid necessary for an increasingly renewables-based power system.
SO3. RGI builds public support and advocates for sustainable grid development with relevant EU and national legislative, regulatory and implementing institutions, and for supporting policies and good governance.
These goals are being worked upon via the different RGI work packages/activities, which build upon the commonly known RGI Roles:
Organisational enablers
• RGI provides the leading platform for cooperation between TSOs and NGOs; the secretariat facilitates the continued dialogue of all partners and fosters an atmosphere of trust and mutual understanding of the different but jointly reinforcing roles of RGI partners in society.
• RGI helps to establish new TSO/NGO relationships to enable achievement of the strategic objectives.
• RGI supports NGO fundraising activities and considers NGO needs in its own fundraising activities, to secure adequate and targeted NGO participation and contributions to achieving the strategic objectives.
• The secretariat ensures that the added value for members of RGI is always clear by:
o transparently communicating the nature, purpose and outcomes of the secretariat’s work.
o regularly reviewing RGI activities with its members.
• RGI will focus on new members and partnerships including TSOs and NGOs and
other grid-related actors in the energy community such as DSOs; this will allow RGI to broaden its stakeholder representation and intervention opportunities.
Renewables Grid Initiative e.V., is managing and legally representing the Renewables-Grid-Initiative (RGI) which was originally founded in 2009.
We register in this database under section II BUT we do not consider ourselves a lobby organisation.Main EU files targeted
Ongoing:
- Provide input to the Energy Union.
- Further development of joint industy and NGO key messages to inform policy makers.
- Promote regulatory recognition of good practice (incl.compensation).
- Supporting the implementation of best practices:
- Task force on underground cables
- Overview of avian data collected by TSOs
- Green corridors Project
- Marine European grid declaration
- Facilitating the development of a TYNDP Paris Agreement complaint scenario, in collaboration with ENTSO-E and the NGOs community.
- NGO capacity building on policy and regulation
- TEN-E Regulation, its evaluation and implementation, incl. Development of the European Ten Year Network Development Plan by ENTSO-E and Process to identify Projects of Common Interest by the European Commission.
- Legislative package "Clean Energy for All Europeans", in particular "Regulation on the internal market for electricity" (2016/0379), "Proposal for a directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast)" (2016/0382), "Proposal for a regulation on the governance of the Energy Union" (2016/0375).
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Closed:
- Convene a conversation on Regional Operational Centers (ROCs).
- Development of the guidelines of streamlining environmental assessment procedures for energy infrastructure Projects of Common Interest.
- Member of the Steering Group of the EC on the European Public Acceptance campaign for grids.
- The Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), specifically the Fitness Check of the EU nature legislation, the Birds Directive Directive 2009/147/EC and the Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC).Address
Head Office
Krausenstraße, 8
Berlin 10117
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 7 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Feb 2019
Name Start date End Date Ms Antonella BATTAGLINI 26 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Complementary Information
The main persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register are:
1. Antonella Battaglini, Executive Director
2. Antina Sander, Deputy Executive Director
3. Stephanie Bätjer, Manager Communication
4. Johanna Meier, Manager Communication
5. Andrew Carryer, Manager Environment
6. Michael Hikin, Manager Marine Environment
7. Cristina Simioli, Manager ItalyPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Antina Sander (Deputy Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Antonella Battaglini (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
N/A
Member organisations
The following link provide information about RGI Members: https://renewables-grid.eu/about/members.html
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
511,828 € (Source: LIFE-NGO-SGA-EASME-2017)
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)
None
Communication activities
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
15 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 23 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable meeting with 10 Secretary Generals and CEOs of the Electrification Alliance on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (revised REDII), electricity market design, grids and storage. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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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 - ENEL SpA
- Siemens Energy AG
- Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
- Eesti Energia Aktsiaselts
- PRYSMIAN GROUP
- TenneT Holding B.V.
- Hitachi Energy
- E.ON SE
- European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry
- RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité
- IBERDROLA
- Associazione fra le società italiane per azioni
- Amprion GmbH
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Statnett SF
- Fingrid Oyj
- Terna spa
- NKT A/S
- Energias de Portugal
- Redeia
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Date 10 May 2022 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the RePower EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2022 Location video-call Subject To discuss the RePower EU Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss the implementation of the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy and how the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature's can support this, in particular with regards to the planned "Communities of Practice". Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Follow up to the Offshore Renewable Energy strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2021 Location online Subject Offshore wind energy, nature protection and healthy marine ecosystems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Ruben Alexander Schuster (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Offshore energy communication and action plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Skype meeting to discuss the implications of the Paris Agreement Compatible Scenario (PAC Scenario) and its relevance for EU planning DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 29 May 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Energy system integration - role of renewables Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Oct 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting. Energy policy and transition. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electricity infrastructure, market design, digitisation of energy system, public acceptance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject renewable energy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Public acceptance of infrastructure Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union; energy infrastructure; public acceptance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)