BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V.

BDEW

Zweck des Verbands ist es, für die Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft an einer zuverlässigen, wirtschaftlichen, umweltverträglichen und wettbewerbsfähigen Energie- und Wasserversorgung sowie Abwasserentsorgung mitzuwirken, die gemeinsamen sowie die gruppenspezifischen Interessen der Mitglieder in politischen, wirtschaftlichen, rechtlichen und technischwirtschaftlichen Fragen zu fördern, die Interessen und Belange seiner Mitglieder gegenüber den Bundesländern sowie gegenüber den nationalen, europäischen und internationalen staatlichen oder sonstigen Stellen wirksam zu vertreten.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2025 · Speaker: UWWTD Lunchtime Debate

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2025 · Kommunale Abwasserrichtlinie

Meeting with Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Svenskt Vatten

7 Oct 2025 · Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, with particular focus on EPR

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Sept 2025 · Energy policy

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2025 · Erweiterte Herstellerverantwortung

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2025 · Water

Meeting with Tatyana Panova (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and

1 Sept 2025 · JEAG position on commodity derivatives consultation

Response to European Grid Package

31 Jul 2025

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2025 · Austausch

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

16 Jul 2025 · EU Energy policy

Meeting with Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Director Energy)

16 Jul 2025 · RePower EU, global energy markets and methane regulation

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

16 Jul 2025 · Energy supply security, European gas sector, European hydrogen market, EU Methane Emission Regulation

Meeting with Anna Colucci (Director Competition) and

15 Jul 2025 · Discussion on market and regulatory aspects of the European gas sector and gas supply security in the current geopolitical environment and EU regulatory framework

Response to Digital Networks Act

11 Jul 2025

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and DuPont de Nemours International SARL

10 Jul 2025 · EU Water Policy

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

9 Jul 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

23 May 2025 · EU Energiepolitik

Meeting with Beatriz Yordi (Director Climate Action) and

20 May 2025 · EU climate policy

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

28 Apr 2025 · Omnibus / Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and Innargi A/S

22 Apr 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

28 Mar 2025 · Roundtable “Investing in Water Resilience”

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Mar 2025 · Security of Energy Supply

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and Technology Industries of Finland (Teknologiateollisuus ry)

20 Mar 2025 · Water policy

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

19 Mar 2025 · Public procurement

Meeting with Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

18 Mar 2025 · BDEW presented its position regarding the future of the electricity market and the energy challenges ahead of the EU.

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

14 Mar 2025 · Security of Energy Supply

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Gas Grid Group AISBL

12 Mar 2025 · Exchange on the Gas Storage Extension Regulation

Meeting with Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

12 Mar 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus and Affordable Energy Action Plan

Meeting with Simone Ritzek-Seidl (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)

12 Mar 2025 · Exchange on EU Automotive Action Plan

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2025 · Net-Zero Industry Act

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

6 Mar 2025 · Affordable energy and industrial competitiveness

Meeting with Anna Stürgkh (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Association for Storage of Energy

5 Mar 2025 · INI Report on Grids

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft

Meeting with Anna Colucci (Director Competition)

4 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Clean Industrial Deal, Action Plan for Affordable Energy and new State aid Framework

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

4 Mar 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and

18 Feb 2025 · Exchange on the Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan in the German context

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Feb 2025 · Energy policies

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

17 Feb 2025 · Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy

Meeting with Riccardo Rossi (Cabinet of Commissioner Jozef Síkela)

10 Feb 2025 · Energy transition

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jan 2025 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

24 Jan 2025 · Energiepolitik

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

24 Jan 2025 · Exchange on Green Claims

Meeting with Anne Katherina Weidenbach (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

9 Jan 2025 · Recommendations for actions from the German energy industry for the 2024 – 2029 legislative period

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jan 2025 · Energy Policy

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

6 Dec 2024 · Energiepolitik

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

20 Nov 2024 · Capital markets financing

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and Bundesverband Deutscher Leasing-Unternehmen e. V.

16 Oct 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Expections on the upcoming legislative term

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Water and energy agenda in the new mandate (staff level)

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Sept 2024 · Exchange on Low Carbon Hydrogen

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Aug 2024 · Energy policy

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Aug 2024 · EU Energy Policy

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Jul 2024 · Energiepolitik allgemein

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jul 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission (EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Energy Policy)

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jul 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jun 2024 · Energy and Climate Policy

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

31 May 2024 · Energiepolitik allgemein

Meeting with Daniel Caspary (Member of the European Parliament) and Zentralverband der deutschen Werbewirtschaft ZAW e.V.

6 May 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Jan 2024 · Energiepolitik allgemein

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament) and

12 Jan 2024 · Exchange on industrial and energy policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament) and

8 Dec 2023 · Exchange on energy policy

Meeting with Markus Pieper (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Dec 2023 · Renewable energies

Response to Administrative burden

23 Nov 2023

Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

17 Nov 2023 · Detergents Regulation

Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Nov 2023 · Public Hearing - Soil Monitoring Law

Meeting with Angelika Niebler (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2023 · EU Energy Policy

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2023 · electricity and hydrogen market

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2023 · PFAS

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

5 Sept 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive (staff level)

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

28 Aug 2023 · Courtesy meeting; IPCEI

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Jun 2023 · Exchange on the Methane Regulation (staff level)

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

22 May 2023 · Gigabit Infrastructure Act

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

27 Apr 2023 · Strommarktdesign (Staff level)

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Apr 2023 · Exchange on the gas package and the electricity market design (staff level)

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

29 Mar 2023 · Stakeholder Consultation on Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Mar 2023 · Strommarktdesign

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Mar 2023 · Critical Raw Materials Act

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Affordable Medicines Europe

9 Feb 2023 · Recast of the UWWTD

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Video Games Europe

26 Oct 2022 · Meeting on Data Act

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

31 Aug 2022 · Vorschlag einer Verordnung über die Verringerung von Methanemissionen im Energiesektor

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Apr 2022 · Exchange on the gas market directive

Meeting with Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

11 Feb 2021 · The EU hydrogen strategy in implementation — How do we join forces?

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

5 Mar 2020 · European Green Deal, off-shore renewable energy, renovation, smart sector integration, hydrogen

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

27 Nov 2019 · Priorities in the Energy sector in the context of the Green Deal

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

15 Oct 2019 · Climate and Energy Policy

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

10 Oct 2018 · security of electricity supply

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

18 Sept 2018 · State of play Clean Energy Package

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

20 Nov 2017 · clean energy package

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

13 Nov 2017 · Preparation BDEW Congress June 2018

Meeting with Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

7 Jul 2017 · Commissioner's participation at the Annual BDEW high level Diner in November

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

23 Feb 2017 · Energy policy

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Commissioner)

28 Nov 2016 · Energy Union and State aid in the area of energy

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)

28 Nov 2016 · Electricity market design

Meeting with Soren Schonberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

4 Nov 2016 · EU Energy Union

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

12 Oct 2016 · Discussion on next Energy Union package

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

5 Oct 2016 · Energy policy

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

12 Jul 2016 · energy/climate policy

Meeting with Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

3 Mar 2016 · Electricity market design

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and

16 Nov 2015 · State of play of the Energy Union report, electricity market design, COP21 preparations

Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

12 Nov 2015 · Joint mtg energy assoc/Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

13 Oct 2015 · Internal Energy Market

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

30 Sept 2015 · Preperation Annual BDEW Congress 2016

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

23 Jul 2015 · Market Design

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

21 May 2015 · Preperation Annual BDEW Congress 2015

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

16 Feb 2015 · Neue Aufgabe als Kommissar, Verbindung zu Themen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

7 Jan 2015 · Presentation of BDEW and their activities