SSE plc

Tweet this page
<
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
>
No longer registered as of 13 May 2022 - Registration as it was on 04 Feb 2021
How to read and use this data card.
Download this datacard

Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.5 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    SSE plc   (SSE)

    EU Transparency Register

    64436972598-17 First registered on 09 Nov 2009

    Goals / Remit

    SSE is a UK listed energy company, operating in the energy markets across the UK and Ireland.

    SSE has interests in the transmission, distribution, generation, storage and supply of electricity as well as the production, distribution, storage and supply of gas as well as other energy services.

    Main EU files targeted

    SSE has a wide interest in European legislation that impacts a privately listed energy company, including areas covering energy and climate (e.g. the European Green Deal); Climate and energy goals (e.g. the EU ETS); the Environment (e.g. Industrial Emissions Directive); Financial (e.g. MiFID II); Consumers (e.g. the Consumer Rights Directive); Additionally, other single market legislation: Covering areas including employment, services, taxation and corporate governance.

    Address

    Head Office
    Dunkeld Road, 200
    Inveralmond House
    Perth PH1 3AQ
    UNITED KINGDOM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%1

    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 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Richard Arnold 09 Jun 2017 06 Jun 2018
    Mr Alistair McGirr 15 Sep 2016 14 Sep 2017
    Mr Alistair McGirr 10 Sep 2015 08 Sep 2016
    Mr Alistair McGirr 07 Aug 2014 05 Aug 2015
    Mr Alistair McGirr 20 Aug 2013 07 Aug 2014
    Mr Reinout Wissenburg 22 Jan 2013 16 Oct 2013
    Mr Sebastiaan Batelaan 19 Jan 2013 02 Jul 2013
    Mr Reinout Wissenburg 28 Mar 2012 01 Dec 2012
    Mr Sebastiaan Batelaan 27 Mar 2012 01 Dec 2012

    Complementary Information

    There is one member of staff based in London looking solely at European issues. Although, at any given time this may change with policy, regulation, legal and compliance teams feeding in to, interpreting or implementing EU policy. However they would also be looking at issues at a local, regional and national level.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    - Energy UK (member of Eurelectric)
    - Energy Networks Association [ENA] (member of Eurelectric)
    - Electricity Association of Ireland [EAI] (member of Eurelectric)
    - Renewable UK (member of Wind Europe)
    - Irish Wind Energy Association [IWEA] (member of Wind Europe)
    - Irish Business and Employers Confederation [IBEC] (member of Business Europe)
    - Confederation of British Industry - Northern Ireland [CBI NI] (member of Business Europe)
    - European Federation of Energy Traders [EFET]

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    1. Prepare SSE for upcoming EU legislation
    2. Inform EU stakeholders on key SSE issues
    3. Assist access to EU funding opportunities

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    2 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.

    • Date 17 Mar 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Follow-up to Paris Agreement
      DG Climate Action
      Attending
      • Jos Delbeke (Director-General)
    • Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject European energy policy
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
Download this datacard