VERBUND AG

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

300,000€ - 399,999€

Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.75 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

17

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    VERBUND AG   (VERBUND)

    EU Transparency Register

    09571422185-81 First registered on 26 Aug 2009

    Goals / Remit

    VERBUND is Austria's leading electricity company and one of the largest producers of electricity from hydropower in Europe. In 2020, VERBUND achieved an annual turnover of 3.2 billion Euro with 2.980 employees. VERBUND covers all sectors of energy supply – from the production and transportation of electricity through international sales and marketing. More than 94% of the electricity generation originates from climate friendly hydropower. VERBUND’s hydropower plants, mainly located in Austria and Bavaria, have a capacity of 8.267 megawatt (MW). The production portfolio is supplemented by wind and solar as well as thermal power plants. VERBUND's unbundled subsidiary Austrian Power Grid (APG), operates Austria's supra-regional high-voltage grid. In September 2020 the Executive Board of VERBUND announced the acquisition of a 51% stake in the Austrian Gas Transmission System Operator Gas Connect Austria (GCA). The acquisition was officially concluded in May 2021.

    Main EU files targeted

    - EU Climate Law
    - Revision of the 2030 Energy and Climate Targets
    - Smart Sector Integration Strategy and subsequent legislation especially with a focus on renewable hydrogen
    - EU Hydrogen Strategy and European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
    - Sustainable Finance
    - Relevant Delegated Acts from the Clean Energy Package
    - Water Framework Directive
    - Policies related to energy storage
    - Policies related to e-mobility
    - Research and Innovation, e.g. Horizon Europe and ETS Innovation Fund
    - CO2-pricing with a particular focus on EU ETS and EU Energy Taxation
    - European Industrial Strategy with a focus on Hydrogen IPCEI

    Address

    Head Office
    Am Hof, 6 A
    Vienna 1010
    AUSTRIA
    EU Office
    VERBUND AG EU-Representation Rue Belliard 40
    Bruxelles 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Patrick PIRKER 23 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024
    Ms Christina Stephanie OVERMEYER 20 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024
    Ms Helena KAUER 13 Apr 2023 17 Jun 2023
    Mr Vladimir MIJATOVIC 21 Sep 2022 05 Apr 2023
    Mr Vladimir MIJATOVIC 28 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Mr Vladimir MIJATOVIC 25 Jun 2020 25 Jun 2021
    Mr Vladimir MIJATOVIC 07 May 2019 07 May 2020
    Ms Walburga HEMETSBERGER 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019
    Mr Philipp BOHATSCHEK 06 Oct 2017 01 May 2018
    Ms Walburga HEMETSBERGER 31 Mar 2017 31 Mar 2018
    Ms Walburga HEMETSBERGER 15 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017
    Ms Walburga HEMETSBERGER 13 Mar 2015 11 Mar 2016
    Ms Walburga HEMETSBERGER 26 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015
    Mrs Walburga HEMETSBERGER 26 Feb 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Walburga HEMETSBERGER 15 Feb 2013 14 Feb 2014
    Walburga HEMETSBERGER 29 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013

    Complementary Information

    In conformity with the principle of unbundling in the electricity as well as gas sector according to Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and gas, lobbying activities for Austrian Power Grid AG and Gas Connect Austria GmbH – the independent transmission system operators within VERBUND group - are not undertaken by VERBUND AG and are therefore not included in the information provided.

    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

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    - Österreichs Energie - Österreichs E-Wirtschaft
    - EURELECTRIC (via Österreichs Energie)
    - WKO - Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (via Österreichs Energie)
    - IV - Industriellenvereinigung Österreich
    - BDEW - Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft
    - Verband der Bayerischen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. (VBEW)
    - EFET - European Federation of Energy Traders
    - VGB Power Tech
    - Hydrogen Europe
    - Solar Power Europe

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    300,000€ - 399,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking 2 391,240€
    Grant CEF 61,988€
    Grant CEF 429,368€
    Grant CEF 20,962€
    Grant LIFE10 33,780€
    Grant LIFE10 6,219€
    Grant LIFE Network Danube 971,690€
    Grant H2020 Research and Innovation Programme 160,319€
    Grant RE-PURPOSING COAL POWER PLANTS DURING ENERGY TRANSITION (RECPP) - Research Fund for Coal and Steel 34,020€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    300,000€ - 399,999€

    Other financial info

    VERBUND declares the information on grants received for the financial year closed. Furthermore, VERBUND also declares information on grants received for its unbundled independent transmission system operators Austrian Power Grid (APG) and Gas Connect Austria (GCA). However, since the acquisition of GCA was only closed in May 2021, the grants received by GCA will be only declared in the 2022 update of VERBUND's transparency register entry.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    - VERBUND annual reception

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    17 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 24 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject EMD reform proposal & renewable hydrogen
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Current developments in the energy market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn
      Portfolio Budget and Administration
      Attending
      • Martina Krobath (Cabinet member)
      • Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
    • Date 04 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentation of new business group
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Importance of hydropower in ensuring electricity system flexibility; The application of the electricity market reform to hydropower; How to strengthen the visibility of hydropower as one of the key sources of renewable energy.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
      • Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Current economic developments
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn
      Portfolio Budget and Administration
      Attending
      • Barbara Herbolzheimer (Cabinet member)
      • David Mueller (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject - Renewable Hydrogen - Electricity market design
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Apr 2022 Location Vienna
      Subject REPowerEU; Security of energy supplies; Energy transition
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Green Deal Priorities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn
      Portfolio Budget and Administration
      Attending
      • David Mueller (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject oesterreichische Energiethemen
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Sep 2016 Location Alpbach
      Subject decarbonisation
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 19 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Internal Energy market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Hydropower; Energy Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
    • Date 23 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Internal Electricity Market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 18 Dec 2014 Location BERL 8/165
      Subject Verbund
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Smart Grids
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 12 Nov 2014 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy issues in the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn
      Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy &amp; Enlargement Negotiations
      Attending
      • Michael Karnitschnig (Cabinet member)
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