OpenLobby.EU

GEODE - The voice of local energy distributors across Europe

The aim of this association is to facilitate and encourage the industrial and commercial activities of its members.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Strategic Roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector

5 Nov 2025

Meeting with Paula Rey Garcia (Head of Unit Energy) and

18 Sept 2025 · Electrification, tripartites contracts, storage and flexibility, and grids

Meeting with András Gyürk (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Mar 2025 · Electricity grids

Meeting with Anna Stürgkh (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Euroheat and Power

6 Mar 2025 · INI Report on Grids

Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Finnish Energy - Energiateollisuus ry

6 Mar 2025 · Reti elettriche

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

15 Jan 2025 · Energy Breakfast

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Jan 2025 · Energy Breakfast

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament) and Eurelectric aisbl

15 Jan 2025 · EUs energipolitik

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Jan 2025 · Event on The role of electricity distribution grids in the green transition

Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

3 May 2023 · Energy Market Directive

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament) and Carbon Market Watch

28 Feb 2023 · Elmarknadsdesign

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

20 Jan 2023 · U.S.-EU Task Force: Best practices in Energy Savings and Flexibility Other participants: Cleantech-Cluster Energy, ELVIA, EU DSO Entity, California Energy Commission, ASE, AEE, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OPower, Uplight

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

28 Sept 2022 · Gasmarktrichtlinie

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

4 Jul 2022 · Austausch zur Vekehrspolitik

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (recast)

12 Apr 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen

12 Apr 2022

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and

22 Nov 2021 · Videoconference - Energy Taxation Directive in Fit for 55 package

Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

17 May 2021 · How local DSOs enable the energy transition Role of gas DSOs Implementation of CEP EU DSO Entity EU Recovery Facility – Next Generation

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013

5 Mar 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

14 Dec 2020

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions

31 Jul 2020

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

27 Jan 2020 · Decentralized energy systems, establishment of EU DSO entity

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

19 Jun 2018 · Clean energy package and role of DSOs

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

17 Apr 2018 · Clean Energy Package and DSO (workshop organised by GEODE/ASEME)

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

4 Apr 2017 · "Clean Energy for All Europeans” package

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

4 Apr 2017 · Market design

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

26 Oct 2016 · Electricity Market Design

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

17 Mar 2016 · Electricity Market Design

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2016 · Market design

Meeting with Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

16 Mar 2015 · Energy Union

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

4 Feb 2015 · Priorities for this year on both ENERGY and CLIMAT ACTION

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

11 Dec 2014 · Introducing GEODE and future collaboration