Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Elia Transmission Belgium (Elia)
EU Transparency Register
73558824193-08 First registered on 17 Sep 2010
Goals / Remit
Elia is Belgium’s transmission system operator for elecitricty. Electricity is transmitted over the high-voltage grid from electricity generators to the distribution system operators and large industrial consumers. As system operator, Elia organises transparent, objective and non-discriminatory access to the grid. Elia owns all of Belgium's 150 to 380 kV grid infrastructure and almost 94% of its 30 to 70 kV grid infrastructure.
Elia's grid constitutes a key connection in the European electricity grid.
Elia's main activities are:
* Transmission operator: maintaining and developing grid infrastructure and connecting electrical installations to the grid;
* System operator: providing smooth, objective and transparent access to the grid, supplying all services to enable the transmission of electricity, monitoring electricity flows on the grid to ensure effective operation and constantly managing the balance between electricity consumption and generation;
* Market facilitatorMain EU files targeted
DG ENER: Communications, impact assessments, Commission working documents, consultations, legislative initiatives related to Green Deal, Clean Energy Package, Regulation on Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E Regulation), Fit for 55 incl Renewable Energy Directive, Energy Efficiency Directive, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation, Hydrogen and gas markets decarbonisation Package, Nature Restoration Targets Regulation, Action Plan on the digitalisation of the energy sector, reform of the electricity market design, Green Deal Industrial Plan, electricity network codes/guidelines, REMIT and transparency, offshore strategy, etc.
DG COMP: Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines (EEAG) – Decisions and investigations performed by the Commission.
EU Parliament: ITRE and ENVI Committee activities (reports, opinions, etc.)
EU Council: Energy CouncilAddress
Head Office
boulevard de l’Empereur, 20
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
boulevard de l’Empereur, 20
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Jelle Reynaert 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 CATHERINE MARIE N VANDENBORRE 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Bernard De Clercq 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Mr Jelle Reynaert 05 Jul 2022 05 Jul 2023 Mr Bernard DE CLERCQ 02 Jul 2022 01 Jul 2023 Mr Jelle Reynaert 03 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Emeline Alice SPIRE 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Pascale Fonck 11 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Mr Jelle Reynaert 05 Oct 2018 03 Oct 2019 Ms Pascale Fonck 15 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Mr Jelle Reynaert 27 Oct 2017 05 Oct 2018 Ms Pascale Fonck 02 Feb 2017 15 Jan 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
https://www.entsoe.eu/
http://www.cigre.org/
https://www.energy-roundtable.eu/
http://www.enersolutions.eu/
https://fsr.eui.eu/
https://renewables-grid.eu/Member 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
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Horizon Europe (Omega-X) 104,835€ Grant RRF 2,250,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant Horizon Europe (Omega-X) 69,890€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount kreab 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name teneo Closed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
Elia has left the OmegaX consortium and will need to reimburse part of the funding.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Elia participates on a regular basis to events organised or supported by the European Commission or in the European Parliament. Example: EU Sustainable Energy Week.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 10 Sep 2024 Location Brussels Subject priorities for the new Commission DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 24 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on electricity market design, hydrogen, net-zero industry act Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green deal, smart sector integration 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 20 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject Energy systems of the future DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 23 Mar 2018 Location brussels Subject Energy sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 16 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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Date 24 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject High-Level Group on Energy Infrastructure in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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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