smartEn Smart Energy Europe

smartEn

smartEn Smart Energy Europe is the European business association dedicated to demand-side flexibility.

Lobbying Activity

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

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

Meeting with Alina Nedea (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

21 May 2025 · The role of electrification to contribute to the EU’s competitiveness and security

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

7 Apr 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal, Electrification Action Plan, Affordable Energy Plan, CISAF

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

3 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on demand side flexibility

Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and E-MOBILITY EUROPE

17 Mar 2025 · Reti elettriche

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

14 Mar 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal, Affordable Energy Action Plan and new State aid Framework (CISAF), Electrification Action Plan

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

24 Feb 2025 · INI Report on Grids

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

30 Jan 2025 · Affordable Energy action Plan

Meeting with Eszter Lakos (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Electricity markets

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

14 Jan 2025 · Presentation of the Electrification Alliance Position Paper and exchanging views with the Cabinet.

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action) and

29 Nov 2024 · Recommendations for an Electrification Action plan in Europe

Meeting with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Oct 2024 · Meeting with Smart EN on grids

Meeting with Matej Tonin (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Oct 2024 · Topics on transport, industry, building sectors

Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Energy

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Smart energy integration

Meeting with Sigrid Friis (Member of the European Parliament) and

8 Oct 2024 · Upcoming term in relation to energy policy

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Discussion on innovative and smart solutions in the digital, transport, industry and building sectors

Meeting with Nicolás González Casares (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Energy transition

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2024 · Politiques énergétique et industrielle européennes

Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament) and European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources

8 Oct 2024 · Priorità per la legislatura

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament) and The Sherwin-Williams Company

8 Oct 2024 · ITRE Committee

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and

23 Sept 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament) and Terna spa

18 Sept 2024 · Energy

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament) and

17 Sept 2024 · Presentation of priorities

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Sept 2024 · Austausch Energie- und Klimapolitik

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

15 May 2024 · to follow

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

15 Mar 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue for Cities

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

26 Feb 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures

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

26 Feb 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue on EGD Infrastructures

Meeting with Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

13 Dec 2023 · Transport; EV Charging

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

22 Nov 2023 · EU Grids Action Plan

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

23 Oct 2023 · Roundtable meeting with 10 Secretary Generals and CEOs of the Electrification Alliance on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (revised REDII), electricity market design, grids and storage.

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

20 Jun 2023 · Presentation of new report on smart electrification.

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

11 May 2023 · Energy Market Directive

Meeting with Nicolás González Casares (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 May 2023 · Electricity Market Design

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

2 May 2023 · Strommarktdesign (Staff level)

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

3 Apr 2023 · Discussion on how to strengthen the EU-US cooperation to increase the deployment of renewables.

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 Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

14 Nov 2022 · Energy efficiency, electricity market reform

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

17 Oct 2022 · US-EU Task Force Convening: energy efficiency and energy savings. The California Energy Commission, ACEEE, ASE, Advanced Energy Economy, Arcadia, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OhmConnect, OPower, Uplight and the Covenant of Mayors also participated.

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

11 Jul 2022 · To discuss how demand-side flexibility can play a crucial role to support EU demand reduction plan to mitigate the impact of a potential Russian gas supply disruption on the whole energy system.

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jul 2022 · Fit for 55

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

6 Jul 2022 · The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Meeting with Markus Pieper (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Jul 2022 · RED III

Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Jul 2022 · EPBD

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jul 2022 · Energy transition/Fit for 55

Meeting with Andreas Schieder (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Liquid Gas Europe

24 May 2022 · Exchange of Views EPBD

Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

24 May 2022 · Data Act

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

25 Apr 2022 · US-EU Task Force Convening: Clean Energy Technologies. Carrier, Tado and the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) also participated.

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

31 Mar 2022 · The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive - Stakeholder Event

Meeting with Markus Pieper (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

24 Nov 2021 · RED III

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

2 Jul 2021 · Implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Assistant on behalf of MEP)

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and

27 Oct 2020 · Business and investor support for higher ambition and the just transition

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

12 Mar 2020 · Energy initiatives in the Commission work programme, upcoming tertiary acts. Flexibility, energy efficiency, systems efficiency in the climate neutrality transition

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

6 Nov 2019 · Keynote speech : powering the European Green Deal

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

12 Mar 2018 · Energy Efficiency

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

14 Nov 2016 · Retail Markets

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

8 Jul 2016 · present their joint declaration related to the ongoing European electricity market design reform

Meeting with Soren Schonberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

4 Jul 2016 · Energy union, State aid policy and electricity market design

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

10 Jun 2016 · Market Design

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

21 Mar 2016 · upcoming initiatives to implement the Energy Union Strategy

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2016 · Market design