Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.95 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA)
EU Transparency Register
227344812892-07 First registered on 07 Feb 2014
Goals / Remit
The U.S. Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) is a not for profit trade organization that promotes safety and sustainability practices within the US industrial-grade pellet industry, as well as the growth of the overall bioenergy market.
USIPA serves to provide a unified voice for the wood pellet industry on policy issues in the US and abroad, and supports biomass as a sustainable and stable source of renewable energy in growing markets around the world.
Our 30+ members represent the entire bioenergy supply chain, including all the major US industrial wood pellet producers.Main EU files targeted
Green Deal; Renewable Energy Directive and amendments; Biodiversity Strategy; Forestry Strategy; Sustainable Finance; Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products; EU-ETS; ReFuelEU Aviation; FuelEU Maritime; Voluntary Carbon Removal Framework Regulation; LULUCF Regulation; Bioeconomy Strategy
Address
Head Office
1717 K Street, NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
UNITED STATESEU Office
1717 K Street, NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.95
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Amandine Muskus 14 Feb 2023 15 Feb 2024 Mr Taylor FITTS 03 Sep 2022 01 Sep 2023 Ms Jessica MARCUS 30 Sep 2021 30 Sep 2022 Mr Jason EBERSTEIN 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Jessica MARCUS 15 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Seth GINTHER 15 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Taylor FITTS 15 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Jessica MARCUS 14 Apr 2018 13 Apr 2019 Mr Robert MALMSHEIMER 15 Jan 2018 13 Jan 2019 Mr John BINGHAM 15 Jan 2018 13 Jan 2019 Mr Seth GINTHER 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Complementary Information
USIPA has one employee who spends between 50-75% of their time on activities covered by the register. They are supported by 2 other employees who may occasionally attend meetings or work on relevant materials to support activities covered by the register, how this time is negligible
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
Bioenergy Europe: https://bioenergyeurope.org/
World Bioenergy Association: https://www.worldbioenergy.org/
The Association for Renewable Energy & Clean Technology: https://www.r-e-a.net/Member organisations
A list of USIPA members can be found here: https://theusipa.org/about-1
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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
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount lp brussels 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name lp brussels Closed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Bi-lateral meetings with policymakers and elected representatives, position papers, events, PR activities and open letters
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 06 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject wood pellet and EUDR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss the options that the Commission are currently considering for the review of biomass sustainability within the proposal for REDIII. To discuss the role of sustainable bioenergy in the EU’s energy and climate plans. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Forest biomass and Fit for 55 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference Subject Biomass sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Green deal, climate and energy policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry & Biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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