EURELECTRIC
Encyclopedia
EURELECTRIC is the sector association representing the common interests of the Europe
an electricity industry
and its worldwide affiliates and associates. 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
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EURELECTRIC was formally established in 1989. 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
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Affiliate members (non-voting membership):
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an electricity industry
Electrical power industry
The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
and its worldwide affiliates and associates. 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
Energy policy
Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption...
and is cited as an authority on European energy policy
Energy policy of the European Union
Although the European Union has legislated in the area of energy policy for many years, and evolved out of the European Coal and Steel Community, the concept of introducing a mandatory and comprehensive European energy policy was only approved at the meeting of the European Council on 27 October...
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EURELECTRIC was formally established in 1989. 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
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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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)
- - NEK EADNEK EADNatsionalna Elektricheska Kompania NEK is the Bulgarian national electricity distributing company also being the second largest company in Bulgaria...
(НЕК ЕАД)
- - Croatian EURELECTRIC Section, Croatian Chamber of Economy
- - Electricity Authority of CyprusElectricity Authority of CyprusThe Electricity Authority of Cyprus , whose head office is located in Strovolos, currently holds a near monopoly on electricity generation in Cyprus...
- - 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
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- - Korporata Elektroenergjitike Shqiptare (KESH)
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- - Elektroprivreda Bosne i HercegovineElektroprivreda Bosne i HercegovineElektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine is the largest energy company in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The company has an installed capacity of 1,682 MW and generates 6.54 TWh of electricity in lignite-fired thermal power plants 1,165 MW, and hydro power plants 517 MW...
- - Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine
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- - Société Monégasque de l'Électricite et du Gaz (SMEG)
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- - Elektroprivreda Crne GoreElektroprivreda Crne GoreElektroprivreda Crne Gore AD Nikšic is a vertically integrated power company of Montenegro. Majority of shares is owned by the government. The second largest shareholder is the Italian utility A2A by 43.7% of shares...
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- - NP "Market Council"
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- - Electric Power Industry of SerbiaElektroprivreda SrbijeElektroprivreda Srbije or simply EPS is the state-owned energy provider in Serbia, and currently the largest enterprise in Serbia. As of 2010, the company employs 34,130 workers....
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- - Ukrenergo
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- - Jersey Electricity Company Ltd.
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- Mediterranean Affiliate Members
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- - Société Algérienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (SONELGAZ)SonelgazSonelgaz is a state-owned utility in charge of electricity and gas distribution in Algeria...
- - Société Algérienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (SONELGAZ)
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- - Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC)
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- - The Israel Electric CorporationIsrael Electric CorporationIsrael Electric Corporation is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel.IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks....
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- - The Israel Electric Corporation
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- - Office National de l'Électricité (ONE)
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- - Société Tunisienne de l'Électricité et du Gaz (STEG)
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- International Affiliate Members
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- - Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryCentral Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryThe Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry is a Japanese non-profit foundation that conducts research and development of technologies in a variety of scientific and technical fields related to the electric power industry. Also, CRIEPI researches many aspects of social matters...
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- - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
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- - Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating CompanyKEGOCThe Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company is a national transmission grid operator of Kazakhstan. It was established according to Government Resolution of 28 September 1996 on 11 July 1997. All shares of KEGOC are hold by the state-owned holding company Samruk-Kazyna....
- - Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company
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- - Central Electricity Board (CEB)
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- - Comisión Federal de Electricidad
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- - Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), UAE
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- Associate members (from electricity sector)
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- ~9 companies
- Business associates (from other sectors)
- ~29 companies
- ~9 companies
Organizational structure
- Elected president and vice-presidents (for 2 years)
- Secretary-general (leading the secretariat)
- Secretariat (6 organizational units, with a permanent international staff of ~30 employees)
- Board of Directors (the supreme governing body, with delegated members)
- Professional Committees (5)
- Working groups (~30)
- Network of expertises and specialists
See also
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for ElectricityEuropean Network of Transmission System Operators for ElectricityThe European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity is an association of Europe's transmission system operators for electricity...
- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy RegulatorsAgency for the Cooperation of Energy RegulatorsThe European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators is an Agency of the European Union by the 3rd Liberalisation Package in 2009. Its seat is Ljubljana, Slovenia....
(ACER) - EC Website on Electricity