Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (5)
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 2023 Verbund achieved an annual revenue of 10.4 billion Euro with approx. 4000 employees. VERBUND covers all sectors of energy supply – from the production and transportation of electricity to international sales and marketing. More than 95% of the electricity generation originates from renewable sources, with the majority stemming from hydropower. VERBUND’s hydropower plants, mainly located in Austria and Bavaria (Germany), have a capacity of 8.2 Gigawatt (GW). The production portfolio is supplemented by wind, photovoltaic and two thermal power plants. VERBUND's unbundled subsidiaries Austrian Power Grid (APG) and Gas Connect Austria (GCA), operate Austria's tranmission systems for electricity and gas.
Main EU files targeted
- Fit for 55 - Package
- Package on Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gases
- EU Biodiversity Strategy and Nature Restoration Law
- EU Hydrogen Strategy and European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
- Sustainable Finance
- Relevant Delegated Acts from the Clean Energy Package
- Water Framework Directive
- Research and Innovation, e.g. Horizon Europe and ETS Innovation Fund
- CO2-pricing with a particular focus on EU ETS
- EU Energy Taxation Directive
- European Industrial Strategy with a focus on Hydrogen IPCEI
- EU Electricity Market Design Reform
- EU Elections and Commission priorities for new mandateAddress
Head Office
Am Hof, 6 A
Vienna 1010
AUSTRIAEU Office
VERBUND AG EU-RepresentationRue Belliard 40
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Christina-Stephanie Overmeyer 05 Nov 2024 04 Nov 2025 Christina Stephanie OVERMEYER 20 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Patrick PIRKER 23 Mar 2024 04 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 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
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
- Österreichs Energie - Österreichs E-Wirtschaft
- EURELECTRIC (via Österreichs Energie)
- IV - Industriellenvereinigung Österreich
- BDEW - Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft
- Verband der Bayerischen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. (VBEW)
- Energy Traders Europe
- VGB Power Tech
- Hydrogen Europe
- EU Hydropower Alliance
- CDU-Wirtschaftsrat (Landesgruppe Brüssel)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
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Fördererlös 2020 Projekt CEUC 28,185€ Grant Fördereingang E-VIA 49,922€ Grant Förderung Life Netzwerk Donau 1,302,062€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
VERBUND declares the information on grants received for the last 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).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- VERBUND annual reception (May 2023)
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.
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 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 - Martina Krobath (Cabinet member)
- Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
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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 - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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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)