Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.75 Fte (17)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
EU Transparency Register
210455010135-08 First registered on 06 Dec 2012
Goals / Remit
We are a global, non-profit team of experts focused on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors, providing technical and policy assistance to policymakers and regulators on a broad range of energy and environmental issues. Many of RAP’s principals and senior associates are former regulators. We have expertise in regulatory and market policies that promote economic efficiency, environmental protection, system reliability and fair allocation of system benefits among consumers. While RAP’s advice to public officials is always independent, we also provide educational and technical assistance to other stakeholders, including consumer and environmental groups, utilities and business associations. We are primarily funded by foundations and federal contracts.
Main EU files targeted
Energy demand side management; Renewable energy policy; Power market regulation; Energy efficiency policy; Internal Energy Market; E-transportation; fossil fuel alternatives; ETS.
Address
Head Office
State Street, 50
Montpellier VT 05602
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rue de la Science 23
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
17
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 7 75% 8 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Jul 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Philip BAKER 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Mr Christos KOLOKATHIS 15 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Complementary Information
Total number of staff =17
All working in field of activities mentioned above including 1 regional coordinatorPerson 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) https://www.eceee.org/
Member organisations
Coalition for energy savings https://energycoalition.eu/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
4,573,168€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Climate Foundation 1,838,592€ Contribution European Commission DG ENER ENER/B2/2023-462 (sub-contract Trinomics B.V.) 18,767€ Contribution European Commission Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and LIFE grants 551,424€ Contribution Other grants 2,164,385€ Other financial info
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #Member #C#Civil society#Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3321 #Not a member #C#Academia/Research#Sub-group on best practices of public authorities to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
RAP typically disseminates its own publications and material as well as information about its projects through its website (https://www.raponline.org/), newsletter and social media channels, namely Twitter and LinkedIn. RAP participates in public events to present its reports and to discuss related issues with policy makers and a variety of stakeholders.
Selection of RAP publications on the above-mentioned EU policies in 2023:
• Better, faster, stronger: A look into further electricity market reforms;
• Regret-ready: A briefing on United Kingdom proposals for the mandating of ‘hydrogen-ready’ gas boilers;
• Clean heat standards: New tools for the fossil fuel phaseout in Europe;
• Calefacción con hidrógeno: revisión de la evidencia científica;
• Zestaw narzędzi do wdrożenia pomp ciepła globalnie i na masową skalę;
• How much would hydrogen for heating cost in the UK?
• A European framework for minimum energy performance standards;
• Integrate to zero: Policies for on-site, on-road, on-grid distributed energy resource integration;
• Lowering flow temperatures is key in the switch to efficient clean heat;
• Solar and wind only cannibalise prices if you let them: A Power System Blueprint Deep Dive;
• Implications of the Fit for 55 package on Member States’ energy saving obligations;
• Decompression: Policy and regulatory options to manage the gas grid in a decarbonising UK;
• Capacity markets — six mitigations for six drawbacks: A Power System Blueprint Deep Dive;
• Warming up to it: Principles for clean, efficient and smart district heating;
• Esprit olympique : remporter le défi français des pompes à chaleur;
• Balancing act – Two-sided contracts for difference for a speedy, cost-efficient and equitable energy transition: A Power System Blueprint deep dive;
• Blowing hot and cold: Reflecting the potential value of air-to-air heat pumps in UK energy policy;
• Enabling two-way communication: Principles for bidirectional charging of electric vehicles;
• The search for two-sided CfD design efficiency — a Shakespearean history: A Power System Blueprint deep dive.
These reports and more material are available on our website.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 04 Jul 2023 Location video-call Subject Electricity Market Design Reform Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2023 Location videoconference Subject U.S.-EU Task Force: Best practices in Energy Savings and Flexibility Other participants: Cleantech-Cluster Energy, ELVIA, EU DSO Entity, California Energy Commission, ASE, AEE, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OPower, Uplight DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 20 Jan 2023 Location videoconference Subject U.S.-EU Task Force: Best practices in Energy Savings and Flexibility Other participants: Cleantech-Cluster Energy, ELVIA, EU DSO Entity, California Energy Commission, ASE, AEE, ComEd, National Grid, Octopus Energy, OPower, Uplight DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 17 Oct 2022 Location videoconference Subject US-EU Task Force Convening: energy efficiency and energy savings. The California Energy Commission, ACEEE, ASE, Advanced Energy Economy, Arcadia, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OhmConnect, OPower, Uplight and the Covenant of Mayors also participated. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 02 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EPBD - Energy efficiency - Minimum Energy Performance Standards Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 May 2016 Location Brussels, Berl Subject Energy Union governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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