Eurelectric

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The Union of the Electricity Industry
(Eurelectric)
Logo The Union of the Electricity Industry.svg
purpose Association of the European electricity industry
Chair: Francesco Starace ( ENEL SpA )
Establishment date: 1989 Founding
1999 Merger with UNIPEDE
Number of members: approx. 100 associations and companies
Seat : Brussels
Website: www.eurelectric.org

Eurelectric (proper spelling "EURELECTRIC"; full name: "Union of the Electricity Industry -", English "The Union of the Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC") was an industry association of the European electricity industry .

Goals and Activities

The association bundles the interests of around 100 national associations and individual companies at European level, and carried out lobbying work within the framework of the energy industry and energy policy of the European Union . In addition, the association carried out information and public relations work, promoted the exchange of information and experience between the members, organized an annual conference on the e-business and awarded a prize to personalities from the industry.

history

The association was created in 1999 through the merger of the predecessor organizations UNIPEDE and Eurelectric . The former Eurelectric (before the merger) was a pure lobby organization whose activities and members were limited to the EU. The association, based in Brussels, was founded in 1989. UNIPEDE ( French Union Internationale des Producteurs et Distributeurs d'Energie Electrique , English International Union of Producers and Distributors of Electrical Energy ), on the other hand, was an association of power generation and transport companies founded in 1925 Seat in Paris, whose members came from all over Europe (not only EU) and also from other parts of the world.

Members

The approximately 100 member associations and companies have been divided by Eurelectric as follows:

  • European full members (with voting rights), mainly from EU countries and candidate countries:
    • AustriaAustria Austria : Austria's E- Industry , formerly the Association of Austrian Electricity Companies (VEÖ)
    • GermanyGermany Germany : Federal Association of Energy and Water Management (BDEW)
    • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland : Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE)
    • BelgiumBelgium Belgium - Federation of Belgian Electricity and Gas Companies (FEBEG)
    • BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria - NEK EAD (НЕК ЕАД)
    • CroatiaCroatia Croatia - Croatian EURELECTRIC Section, Croatian Ministry of Commerce
    • Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus - Electricity Authority of Cyprus
    • Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - CSZE - Czech Association of Employers in Electricity Industry
    • DenmarkDenmark Denmark - Danish Energy Association
    • EstoniaEstonia Estonia - Union of Electricity Industry of Estonia
    • FinlandFinland Finland - Energiateollisuus ry
    • FranceFrance France - Union Française de l'Electricité (UFE)
    • GreeceGreece Greece - Hellenic Electricity Association (HELAS)
    • HungaryHungary Hungary - Hungarian EURELECTRIC Association - EMT
    • IcelandIceland Iceland - SAMORKA Icelandic Energy and Utilities
    • IrelandIreland Ireland - National Electricity Association of Ireland Limited
    • ItalyItaly Italy - Union of Italian Electricity (UNEI)
    • LatviaLatvia Latvia - Latvian Association of Power Engineers and Energy Constructors (LEEA)
    • LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania - Lithuanian Electricity Association
    • LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg - Organization des Entreprises d'Electricité du Luxembourg / National Luxembourg Association
    • Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia - Macedonian Energy Association - MEA
    • MaltaMalta Malta - ENEMALTA Corporation
    • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - EnergieNed, Association of Energy Producers, Traders and Retailers in the Netherlands
    • NorwayNorway Norway - Norwegian Electricity Industry Association (EBL)
    • PolandPoland Poland - Polish Electricity Association (PKEE)
    • PortugalPortugal Portugal - ELECPOR, Portuguese Association of Electric Power Utilities
    • RomaniaRomania Romania - IRE - Romanian Institute for Energy Development Studies
    • SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia - Union of Employers of Power Industry in Slovakia (ZZES)
    • SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia - Ministry of Commerce of Slovenia, Energy Department, EURELECTRIC Section
    • SpainSpain Spain - Asociación Espanola de la Industria Eléctrica (UNESA)
    • SwedenSweden Sweden - Svensk Energi Swedenergy AB
    • TurkeyTurkey Turkey - TESAB (Association of Turkish Electricity Industry)
    • United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - Association of Electricity Producers (AEP); Energy Networks Association (ENA)
  • Affiliated members (without voting rights), including:
    • from Europe:
    • from southern Mediterranean countries:
      • AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria - Société Algérienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (SONELGAZ)
      • EgyptEgypt Egypt - Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC)
      • IsraelIsrael Israel - The Israel Electric Corporation Ltd.
      • MoroccoMorocco Morocco - Office National de l'Électricité (ONE)
      • TunisiaTunisia Tunisia - Société Tunisienne de l'Électricité et du Gaz (STEG)
    • International affiliated members:
  • Another 40 energy supply companies as well as suppliers and service companies in the energy industry

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c EURELECTRIC: an Overview. EURELECTRIC, accessed on February 6, 2012 (in English).
  2. ↑ 2010 Activity Report. (PDF) Eurelectric, accessed on February 6, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Udo Leuschner : Unipede and Eurelectric merge to form a new international umbrella organization. Energy Chronicle, December 18, 1999, accessed February 6, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Eurelectric Members. Eurelectric Members, accessed February 6, 2012 .