Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
VERBUND AG |
| Acronym: |
VERBUND
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| Legal status: |
Aktiengesellschaft
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| Website address: |
http://www.verbund.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Companies & groups |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Wolfgang Anzengruber
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| Position: |
Chairman of the Managing Board |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Walburga Hemetsberger
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| Position: |
Head of EU Representation Office |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
6 A Am Hof
Wien 1010
AUSTRIA
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| Telephone number: |
(+43) 503130 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
Verbund EU-Representation Office
Rond Point Schuman 9
B-1040 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 286 85 90
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
VERBUND is the largest producer and transporter of electricity in Austria and one of the leading hydropower producers in Europe. In 2011, VERBUND achieved an annual turnover of 3.9 billion Euro with around 3,000 employees. VERBUND focuses on its core business "electricity" and is active along the entire electrical value chain from the turbine to the power outlet. More than 80 % of its electricity generation originates from climate friendly hydropower. 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) and accommodates lines with a total length of approx. 6,800 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 provision of energy to the underlying distribution grids.
VERBUND is also an active trader on the European electricity markets. Electricity trading within the group forms the interface between generation, distribution and the wholesale market and can be seen as a central hub. The trading activities optimise the utilisation of our power plants and ensure that our generation capacities are optimally positioned on the market. From the headquarters in Vienna, VERBUND is trading on the most important energy exchanges as well as on over-the-counter (OTC) markets.
In terms of sales VERBUND is operating in the Austrian end-customer segment since July 2005. Currently, VERBUND supplies 100 % clean hydroelectricity to approximately 220,000 household customers in Austria. 25% of Austrian industry is served by VERBUND.
VERBUND’s international core markets are Italy (45% share in "Sorgenia", the largest private electricity and gas company in Italy) and Turkey (50% share in energy provider "EnerjiSA"). In addition, VERBUND has activities in Germany (13 run-of-river power plants in Germany) and Albania (50% share in Energij Ashta) and runs wind parks in Romania and Bulgaria.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
2
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Complementary information:
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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.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Walburga
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HEMETSBERGER
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15/02/13
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13/02/14
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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- Low-carbon economy 2050 roadmap
- Energy Roadmap 2050
- Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe
- European Energy Efficiency Plan until 2020
- Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
- White Paper on the future of transport
- Initiative to support the implementation of smart grids
- Modernisation of the EU Public Procurement legislative framework
- Initiative on Concessions
- Communication on the future VAT strategy
- Follow-up to the consultation on Collective Redress
- Legislative proposal on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the EU
- E-mobility package
- Directive on energy efficiency and savings
- Review of the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
- Review of the Market Abuse Directive
- Proposal for a new Multiannual Financial Framework
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Climate Action
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Regional Policy
- Research and Technology
- Taxation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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- Oesterreichs Energie - Österreichs E-Wirtschaft
- WKO - Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
- IV - Industriellenvereinigung Österreich
- IG Windkraft Österreich
- EURELECTRIC
- ECT - European Commodities Traders Group
- EFET - European Federation of Energy Traders
- VGB Power Tech
- BdEW - Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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150000
€ - 200000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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4,824 €
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Grants:
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1,751,884 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The amount of funding received does not include funding received by Austrian Power Grid AG for the reasons stated above.
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