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Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
9 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
27
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
smartEn Smart Energy Europe (smartEn)
EU Transparency Register
569379418624-07 First registered on 02 Sep 2015
Goals / Remit
smartEn Smart Energy Europe is the European business association dedicated to demand-side flexibility.
Our vision is that every European benefits from playing an active role in the clean energy transition.
smartEn’s activities include:
• create a cross-sectoral single voice for innovative market players driving digital, de-centralized and de-carbonized energy solutions;
• interact with policymakers to advocate smart energy solutions on behalf of the industry;
• work with other associations, trade or financial organisations in order to promote smart energy solutions
• communicate the benefits and potential of smart energy solutions to media and all relevant stakeholders;
• gather intelligence and produce information for members and for a relevant public audience respectively, to support the smart energy business and promote the association’s objectives;
• provide opportunities for networking and partnering among members and companies related to the Association’s ac (...)Main EU files targeted
- Electricity market design
- Revision of the Renewables, Energy Efficiency and Energy Performance of Buildings Directives
- Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation
- Revision of State aid and Energy Taxation Directive
- New ETS scheme for buildings and transports
- European Climate Pact
- Network Codes on Demand-side flexibility and Cybersecurity
- Implementing Act on data interoperability
- Digitalisation in Energy Action PlanAddress
Head Office
Rue d'Arlon 63-67
Etterbeek 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue d'Arlon 63-67
Etterbeek 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 9 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
9
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Tzeni VARFI 13 Nov 2024 12 Nov 2025 Brieuc GIARD 02 Oct 2024 02 Oct 2025 Anna Sylikou 20 Sep 2024 20 Sep 2025 Michael VILLA 03 Oct 2024 02 Oct 2025 Marion MALAFOSSE 23 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Brieuc GIARD 23 Feb 2024 22 Sep 2024 Michael VILLA 23 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Marion MALAFOSSE 01 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Brieuc GIARD 01 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Michael VILLA 01 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Mr Juan Nale BARBIERI PEDERIVA 11 Mar 2022 23 Feb 2023 Marion MALAFOSSE 12 Jan 2022 12 Jan 2023 Brieuc GIARD 04 Jan 2022 04 Jan 2023 Michael VILLA 04 Jan 2022 04 Jan 2023 Michael VILLA 18 Apr 2019 01 May 2020 Ms Layla Rose SAWYER 06 Apr 2018 30 Mar 2019 Michael VILLA 27 Feb 2018 27 Feb 2019 Ms Frauke Thies 27 Oct 2017 20 Oct 2018 Mr Andres PINTO-BELLO GOMEZ 17 Oct 2017 17 Oct 2018 Ms Michela Bortolotti 17 Oct 2017 17 Oct 2018 Ms Grace Murray 28 Jan 2017 27 Jan 2018 Jayson DONG 30 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2017 Mr Roland Tual 22 Aug 2016 27 Jan 2017 Ms Frauke Thies 22 Aug 2016 26 Jul 2017 Complementary Information
The Secretariat works in a complementary manner with the members of the association whom provide expertise in written (consultation, position paper) or oral (meeting, events) form.
Their participation may vary and they are not counted here.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
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Electrification Alliance: http://electrification-alliance.eu/
Platform for Electro-mobility: http://www.platformelectromobility.eu/
IDEAS Platform: informal platform gathering EU associations promoting the development and implementation of European policies and initiatives to drive the deployment of flexible demand side resources in support of EU’s goals in energy and climate, security of supply and competitiveness.
Better Buildings Alliance: informal platform gathering associations supporting the development of integrated renovations aiming at efficient, flexible and renewable-based buildings
Coalition for Higher Ambition and TRIO: informal gathering of sustainable businesses and NGOs for regular updates and intelligence sharingMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant V2Market 110,000€ Grant TwinErgy 46,450€ Grant Fedecom 69,058€ Grant DR-RISE 36,933€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant V2Markets 100,000€ Grant DR-RISE 70,300€ Grant TwinErgy 30,000€ Grant Fedecom 63,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Smart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Regular publications and position papers, available at: http://www.smarten.eu/position-papers-reports/
Participation in various events EU-wide, as representative of the Demand-side industry such as smartEn Symposium, the Smart Energy Summit and annual participation in EUSEW.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
27 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 15 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject to follow Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Clean Transition Dialogue for Cities Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Renáta Goldírová (Cabinet member)
- Virginie Battu-henriksson (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 26 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
- Renáta Goldírová (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 13 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject Transport; EV Charging Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Attending - Isidro LASO BALLESTEROS (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject EU Grids Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject EU Grids Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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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 - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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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 - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Apr 2023 Location Videoconference Subject Discussion on how to strengthen the EU-US cooperation to increase the deployment of renewables. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Barbara GLOWACKA (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 14 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Energy efficiency, electricity market reform Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
- Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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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 11 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject To discuss how demand-side flexibility can play a crucial role to support EU demand reduction plan to mitigate the impact of a potential Russian gas supply disruption on the whole energy system. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Apr 2022 Location videoconference Subject US-EU Task Force Convening: Clean Energy Technologies. Carrier, Tado and the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) also participated. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 25 Apr 2022 Location videoconference Subject US-EU Task Force Convening: Clean Energy Technologies. Carrier, Daikin Industries, Tado and the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) also participated. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 27 Oct 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Business and investor support for higher ambition and the just transition Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 12 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Energy initiatives in the Commission work programme, upcoming tertiary acts. Flexibility, energy efficiency, systems efficiency in the climate neutrality transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Keynote speech : powering the European Green Deal DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 12 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Efficiency Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Retail Markets Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject present their joint declaration related to the ongoing European electricity market design reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy union, State aid policy and electricity market design Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Soren Schonberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Market Design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject upcoming initiatives to implement the Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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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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