Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
17
Lobbying Costs over the years
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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 2019, VERBUND achieved an annual turnover of 3.9 billion Euro with 2.843 employees. VERBUND covers all sectors of energy supply – from the production and transportation of electricity through international sales and marketing. More than 90% of the electricity generation originates from climate friendly hydropower. VERBUND’s hydropower plants in Austria and Bavaria have a capacity of 7,700 megawatt (MW). The production portfolio is supplemented by wind power and thermal power plants.
VERBUND, through its subsidiary Austrian Power Grid (APG), operates Austria's supra-regional high-voltage grid which extends over a distance of 3,500 km (route kilometres). This grid forms the backbone of Austria's electricity supply, enabling the supra-regional, domestic and international exchange of energy between producers and consumers and serves to ensure the stable (...)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 hydrogen
- Sustainable Finance
- Relevant Delegated Acts from the Clean Energy Package
- Water Framework Directive
- Policies related to energy storage
- Policies related to clean mobility
- Research and Innovation, e.g. Horizon Europe and ETS Innovation Fund
- CO2-pricing with a particular focus on EU ETS
- European Industrial Strategy with a focus on Hydrogen IPCEIAddress
Head Office
Am Hof, 6 A
Vienna 1010
AUSTRIAEU Office
Rue Belliard 40
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 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 01 Feb 2021
Name Start date End Date Christina Stephanie OVERMEYER 20 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Patrick PIRKER 23 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Helena KAUER 13 Apr 2023 17 Jun 2023 Vladimir MIJATOVIC 21 Sep 2022 05 Apr 2023 Vladimir MIJATOVIC 28 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022 Vladimir MIJATOVIC 25 Jun 2020 25 Jun 2021 Vladimir MIJATOVIC 07 May 2019 07 May 2020 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr Philipp BOHATSCHEK 06 Oct 2017 01 May 2018 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 31 Mar 2017 31 Mar 2018 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 15 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 13 Mar 2015 11 Mar 2016 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 26 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015 Walburga HEMETSBERGER 26 Feb 2014 27 Jan 2015 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 sector according to Directive 2009/72/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, lobbying activities for Austrian Power Grid AG (the transmission system operator 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
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
- Oesterreichs Energie - Österreichs E-Wirtschaft
- EURELECTRIC (via Oesterreichs Energie)
- WKO - Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
- 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 EuropeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
7,180,000 € (Source: LIFE Programme, Horizon 2020, The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, Connecting Europe Facility)
Other financial info
The amount of funding received in 2019 increased due to the financial one-time effect created by the LIFE+ Project “Traisen” which started in 2008 and was successfully accomplished in 2019.
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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.
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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)
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Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Current developments in the energy market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
- Martina Krobath (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject oesterreichische Energiethemen Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2016 Location Alpbach Subject decarbonisation DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Internal Energy market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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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)
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Date 23 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Internal Electricity Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
- Joachim Balke (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)
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Date 18 Dec 2014 Location BERL 8/165 Subject Verbund Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Smart Grids DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2014 Location Brussels Subject Energy issues in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Michael Karnitschnig (Cabinet member)
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