EURELECTRIC

EURELECTRIC
Formation 1989 (1989)
Type sector association
Purpose/focus to represent the common interests of the electricity industry at pan-European level
Headquarters Blvd. de l'Impératrice, 66
Location Brussels, Belgium
Region served Europe
Membership National power industry associations
Official languages English
President Fulvio Conti
Vice President Johannes Teyssen
Vice President Tomasz Zadroga
Secretary General Hans Ten Berge
Main organ Board of Directors
Website www.eurelectric.org

EURELECTRIC (full name: The Union of the Electricity Industry-EURELECTRIC) is the sector association representing the common interests of the European electricity industry and its worldwide affiliates and associates.[1] Its corporate members are the industry associations of the most of European nations, themselves comprising the electricity generation and distribution companies.

EURELECTRIC hosts an annual convention at which energy policy is debated. It also co-funds studies into energy policy and is cited as an authority on European energy policy.,[2][3]

EURELECTRIC was formally established in 1989.[4] In the years late 1990s it had joint secretariat with Union of Producers and Distributors of Electricity (UNIPEDE).

The secretariat of the organization in located in Brussels, Belgium.

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Members

Following national associations are full members (voting membership):

  • - Verband der Elektrizitätsunternehmen Österreichs (VEÖ)
  • - Federation of Belgian Electricity and Gas Companies (FEBEG)
  • - Croatian EURELECTRIC Section, Croatian Chamber of Economy
  • - CSZE - Czech Association of Employers in Electricity Industry
  • - Danish Energy Association
  • - Union of Electricity Industry of Estonia
  • - Energiateollisuus ry
  • - Union Française de l'Electricité (UFE)
  • - BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V.
  • - Hellenic Electricity Association (HELAS)
  • - Hungarian EURELECTRIC Association - EMT
  • - SAMORKA Icelandic Energy and Utilities
  • - National Electricity Association of Ireland Limited
  • - Union of Italian Electricity (UNEI)
  • - Latvian Association of Power Engineers and Energy Constructors (LEEA)
  • - Lithuanian Electricity Association
  • - Organisation des Entreprises d’Electricité du Luxembourg / National Luxembourg Association
  • - Macedonian Energy Association – MEA
  • - ENEMALTA Corporation
  • - Norwegian Electricity Industry Association (EBL)
  • - Polish Electricity Association (PKEE)
  • - ELECPOR, Portuguese Association of Electric Power Utilities
  • - IRE - Romanian Institute for Energy Development Studies
  • - Union of Employers of Power Industry in Slovakia (ZZES)
  • - Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, Energy Association, EURELECTRIC Section
  • - Asociación Espanola de la Industria Eléctrica (UNESA)
  • - Svensk Energi Swedenergy AB
  • - Swiss Electricity Industry Association (SEIA)
  • - EnergieNed, Association of Energy Producers, Traders and Retailers in the Netherlands
  • - TESAB (Association of Turkish Electricity Industry)
  • - Association of Electricity Producers (AEP); Energy Networks Association (ENA)

Affiliate members (non-voting membership):

  • European Affiliate Members
  • - Korporata Elektroenergjitike Shqiptare (KESH)
  • - Belenergo
  • - Société Monégasque de l'Électricite et du Gaz (SMEG)
  • - NP "Market Council"
  • - Ukrenergo
  • - Jersey Electricity Company Ltd.
  • Mediterranean Affiliate Members
  • - Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC)
  • - Office National de l'Électricité (ONE)
  • - Société Tunisienne de l'Électricité et du Gaz (STEG)
  • International Affiliate Members
  • - Central Electricity Board (CEB)
  • - Comisión Federal de Electricidad
  • - Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), UAE
  • Associate members (from electricity sector)
~9 companies
  • Business associates (from other sectors)
~29 companies

Organizational structure

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mission Statement" (in en). Eurelectric. http://www2.eurelectric.org/content/default.asp?PageID=595. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  2. ^ Latest proposals for legislation relating to EC internal energy markets
  3. ^ BULTEEL P.: Contribution of the electricity industry towards a sustainable energy supply: Balance and consistency needed in policy, market and environmental frameworks - VGB powertech 2002, vol. 82, no2, ISSN 1435-3199.
  4. ^ Mats Jutterström: A Business Dilemma in EU Lobbying — Horizontal Relations and Parallel Action Stockholm School of Economics, SCORE, 2000. ISBN 91-7265-123-7, ISSN 1404-5052

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