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Energinet is a Danish public enterprise that operates electricity and gas transmission systems.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jan 2026 · Drøftelse af energipolitiske udfordringer

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and Ørsted A/S and

1 Dec 2025 · Cross-border energy partnerships

Meeting with Martin Engell-Rossen (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

5 Nov 2025 · Grids package

Energinet calls for market-based approach to energy security

13 Oct 2025
Topic — The EU is updating its energy security rules to handle decarbonization and geopolitics.
Message — Energinet recommends solutions rooted in market principles and cost-effectiveness. They advise against aligning gas and electricity crisis levels, which could oversimplify different systems. The organization also suggests creating a joint EU repair capacity for infrastructure.123
Why — This approach avoids stranded assets and reduces costs associated with mandatory storage.45
Impact — Consumers face higher bills if political storage targets continue to inflate prices.6
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Energinet Urges EU to Accelerate Grid Permitting and Procurement

9 Oct 2025
Topic — This consultation seeks to promote switching energy demand from fossil fuels to electricity.
Message — Energinet calls for shorter permitting times and a reform of procurement rules to end administrative rigidity. They request the immediate approval of technical standards to integrate new technologies like electric vehicles. The organization also emphasizes using market price signals instead of political price controls to manage demand.123
Why — Faster project approvals would allow Energinet to secure the grid and avoid years of delays.45
Impact — Renewable energy developers might face higher costs and stricter technical standards for grid connections.6
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Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and Københavns Universitet and

3 Oct 2025 · Green transition and grids

Energinet urges flexible and future-proof EU CO2 infrastructure rules

4 Sept 2025
Topic — The EU is creating a legislative framework for CO2 transportation and storage markets.
Message — Energinet requests a flexible regulatory approach prioritizing long-term planning over immediate savings. They advocate for shared pipeline access and common standards to support cross-border flows.123
Why — Energinet would secure its position as a regulated natural monopoly for pipeline transport.4
Impact — Proponents of short-term cost-cutting lose if support schemes prioritize expensive, future-proof capacity.5
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Energinet warns slow permitting and rigid procurement hinder decarbonisation

1 Jul 2025
Topic — This initiative aims to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and competitiveness through faster investment procedures.
Message — Energinet demands faster permitting to build essential electricity and hydrogen infrastructure. They also want flexible procurement rules that do not exclude efficient global suppliers.12
Why — This would allow Energinet to secure critical components and avoid infrastructure delays.34
Impact — European consumers and industry would pay higher prices if procurement remains rigid.5
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Meeting with Felix Bloch (Head of Unit Environment)

30 Jun 2025 · Permitting for energy infrastructure projects

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

11 Apr 2025 · Meeting with Energinet about grid infrastructure

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Confederation of Danish Industry and

1 Mar 2024 · Energy market Also present: ESABCC, Think Europa, the Danish Council on Climate Change

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2023 · EU Grid Action Plan

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2023 · EU Grid Action Plan

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

15 Nov 2023 · Roundtable for Europe’s Energy Future (REEF)

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Ørsted A/S and

6 Oct 2023 · Energy Transition

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

22 Aug 2023 · Energy market

Response to 2040 Climate Target Plan

23 Jun 2023

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED FILE, which serves as a first and preliminary overview of some of the topics which Energinet call on the European Commission to consider and further assess as part of the preparation of the 2040 framework Energinet welcomes the opportunity to give input to the EC consultation for the preparatory work on the 2040 framework. The EU energy system and the economyas a wholewill need dramatic changes to deliveron the 2050 climate neutrality target. As such the development of a sufficiently facilitative regulatory framework for 2040 will be decisive for our ability to deliver on the end-target. While being very ambitious and stretching the limits of what to someseems possible, the changes we have seen in the energy sector have largely been incremental, with a shift from fossil to renewable energy at the core, bringing about gradual adjustments to the regulatory framework on energy markets and infrastructure developmentin a way that be- yond delivering on its own core objectives have supplementedand supported the regulatory push on renewables deployment and efficiency efforts, as well as on CO2 abatement. The dramatic transition needed going beyond the 2030 horizon will on several aspects require new approaches and will likely challenge the ability of policy makers and stakeholderson strik- ing the balance on how to on the one hand preserve the bestand avoid distortive insecurity around investment frameworks , but simultaneously on the other hand be able to dodge inap- propriate path dependency and generally regulatorily operationalize the changes needed to push the EU within reach of climate neutrality in 2040.
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Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · (APA) Electricity Market Design Reform

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Feb 2023 · Energy

Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament)

31 Jan 2023 · Energy Market Directive

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

6 Sept 2022 · Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Response to Requirements for access to electricity metering and consumption data

5 Sept 2022

Energinet finds that the purpose of the proposed regulation is a key component for enabling flexibility and sector coupling incl. Power2X via interoperability across nations, sectors and processes. Besides supporting the feedback given by The Danish Energy Authorities on the same consultation, we wish to add a number of points, which in our perspective is crucial to the operation of the energy system in a 2030 perspective. We believe that a focus on standardisation and operationalisation are necessary at the cost of national implementation freedom. Further we wish to point out that even though this act is intended for the electricity system, it is applicable to the entire utility and energy sector and should be applied as such to enable sector coupling incl. Power2X via cross sector interoperability. Based on 10 years of DataHub experience on end customer data access and sharing, we advise to adopt the following in addition to the current draft act: Digital Identity and authentication Identity and authentication frameworks are a necessity for enabling automation as well as data protection. For citizens, legal entities, and entity/devices the EU Regulation 910/2014 (‘eIDAS Regulation’) is applicable. Smart Meters both net metered and behind-the-meter should have unique identifiers and enabled for secure automation/interaction e.g. via the X.509 standard or blockchain based trust hierarchies. Activity should be separated from information on the individual as per the eIDAS initiative via e.g. wallets and session-based identification. The same applies for entities such as power purchase contracts or power of attorney that enable eligible parties to perform processes and transactions based on e.g. multiple metering points even across countries rather than a per meter process. Access control and verifiable claims Access control and eligible party queries should enable data minimization and/or a user-controlled definition of which data to be shared rather than an all or nothing approach. Data sharing services should enable peer to peer sharing and functionality to choose whether to share all data or only parts of the end customers data e.g. historical data, but not future data and metadata. Access control needs to be supported by a cryptographically verifiable claims implementation to be able to verify access rights, permissions, as well as delegation rights to a specific resource. With this type of verification, a granted right can be verified to a point where it is as binding as a signature. This is currently not addressed in the paper and is required to enable privacy by design and cross process/sector interoperability. Data types and standards Currently only non-validated real time data and validated historical data is included. The following relevant data should be included: -Non validated real time data (extracted from the meter) -Validated real time data (extracted from meters in decentralized retail marked design) -Non validated historical data (meter data extracted by meter operator before validation, access to be given momentarily after extraction) -Validated meter data (meter data extracted by meter operator after validation, access to be given momentarily after extraction) -Metadata registered by any eligible party e.g. customer, contract, meter, installation, or equipment metadata (data related to end customers registered by any and all eligible parties should enable data access and sharing for end customers -Product, Price, tariff and taxation data Data models, formats, role and identity schemas and security implementations should all be accessible via relevant standards supporting manual and machine to machine interaction by default (e.g. USB access, browser access and self documenting API’s). As modern standards supported by the European Commission and the energy system as a whole, the standards below or equivalent should be applied: IEC 61850, IEC 61970, IEC 61668, IEC 62325, IEC 62056, IEC 61351, X.509
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Energinet Urges Fast-Track Permitting for Power Grid Infrastructure

6 Jul 2022
Topic — EU guidance to accelerate permitting for renewable energy projects and grid connection.
Message — Energinet requests extending simplified permitting rules to grid infrastructure associated with renewable energy plants. They argue that including grids in go-to areas is essential to avoid bottlenecks in the energy transition.12
Why — This would prevent long-term delays and high costs in infrastructure construction projects.34
Impact — Energy consumers face higher costs from project delays and unclear environmental mitigation rules.5
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Meeting with Jerzy Buzek (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Jun 2022 · Meeting on gas and hydrogen regulation

Response to Proposal for a legislative act on methane leakage in the energy sector

16 Apr 2022

General remarks Energinet welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an ambitious regulation to re-duce methane emissions across the energy sector of the EU. Limiting methane emissions is an important part of reaching the 2030 climate targets and Energinet supports that a unified ap-proach is established to put pressure on suppliers outside the EU, as a significant proportion of emissions through the supply chain comes from imported fuels before entering the EU. Energinet recognizes that establishing a solid monitoring and reporting system is a necessary first step to manage the issue. Energinet also supports the increased focus on leak detection and repair (LDAR) and that venting and flaring is reduced significantly. Energinet has at own initiative established ambitious methane emission reduction targets, aiming for 45% in 2025, and 60% in 2030, using similar tools as described in this regulation. Yet, while Energinet supports the overall intention of the legislative proposal, Energinet is con-cerned about several aspects of the current wording of the draft legislation. Especially article 14 related to LDAR, but also article 12 on Monitoring and Reporting will cause a significant workload for public authorities and operators, which is neither proportional with the potential methane emission reductions nor with the aim of constructing a reliable database. Consequently, Energinet suggests amending the regulation to strike a better balance between the overall intention and ambition of the proposal on the one hand, and unnecessary adminis-trative burdens to operators and public authorities on the other. The scope and frequency of the suggested activities should not be disproportional to the relative impacts on emission re-ductions and data quality, and in the proposal this balance has unfortunately not yet been achieved. An example of a cost-effective approach would be longer interval between LDAR campaigns at components assessed to have rare occurrence of leakage or found over several LDAR campaigns to have little or no fugitive emission. PLEASE FIND OUR DETALED COMMENTS ON THE ARTICLES IN THE ATTACHED FILE
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Response to Guidance on accelerating permitting processes for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements

12 Apr 2022

Energinet would like to thank the European Commission (EC) for the timely call for evidence on ways to remove barriers related to renewable energy projects via challenges related to1) Per- mitting processes and other administrative barriers and 2) Power purchase agreements. Energinet is the Danish TSO for both electricity and gas and we are expected to have a role within hydrogen in the future as well. Energinet strongly supports measures to ensure faster permitting processes. Energinet would like to stress the importance of including energy infrastructure in faster permitting procedures, to ensure that renewable energy production can efficiently be transferred to consumption areas. Removing permitting barriers is key to ensuring increased momentum forthe green transition. This is both the case for renewable electricity and biomethane and generally most measures are equally applicable to increase the speed of RES projects as well as infrastructure development. Key aspects are 1) enhanced resource allocation at public authorities and one-stop shops, 2) guidelines and locational signals (such as grid capacity maps and possibly appointment of dedi- cated RES areas), 3) anticipatory infrastructure investments and 4) digitalised permitting pro- cesses. With regards to deployment of PPAs, Energinet strongly recommends the EC to focus on uptake of financial PPAs over physical. While Energinet generally supports the EC's intention to scale up the use of PPAs, we would also raise a point of caution that widespread use of PPAs risks de- creasing flexibility in the electricity market and hamper market driven security of supply. Hence, we recommend that the EC further investigates the possible dynamics between increasing use of PPAs on the one hand and a flexible electricity market on the other. Also, we recommend that potential EC actions focus on supporting smaller actors access to the market to ensure these market participants better hedging opportunities. On the issue of PPAs Energinet sees a need to couple the debate on this topic with a develop- ment of so-called granulated guarantees of origin (GGOs), which combine higher time granular- ity with locational matching and offers a new tool to substantiate and document the green in- tegrity of PPAs. Please find our more detailed input in the attached file.
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Response to Revision of EU rules on Gas

12 Apr 2022

General remarks Energinet welcomes the proposal from the European Commission (EC), noting that the market-based approach is largely maintained, that there is focus on establishing regulation for the future hydrogen market and that some efforts have been pointed towards green gasses. Energinet warmly welcomes that the general principles from the gas (and the electricity) market, such as unbundling and regulated third-party access are - for most parts - transferred to the hydrogen market. Additionally, Energinet finds it positive that it is clarified that gas system operators may also operate hydrogen systems. Still Energinet is also concerned about some aspects of the proposal. Most prominently Energinet finds, that the EC misses the opportunity to remove technical barriers for free flows of biomethane across member state borders. In 2021, biomethane already ac-counted for 21 percent of the Danish gas consumption (and on top of this 5%points of biogas was consumed “off grid” i.e. in direct consumption). This trend is expected to increase signifi-cantly over the coming years. As first movers in the area we already experience that we need to divert cross-border flows due to national technical gas quality standards from other member states. To solve this, the updated regulation should include a strong political mandate to demolish nationally induced barriers for cross border-flows with high biomethane shares. Not at least in the contrast to the EC effort to promote hydrogen blending, it is regrettable that equal political courage and effort has not been mobilized in the legislative proposal, when it comes to promoting blending of biomethane into the existing natural gas system. As clearly presented in the subsequently published RePowerEU initiative, biomethane represents a unique and readily available opportunity to deliver on climate, security and supply and to reduce import dependencies already in a 2030-time horizon. Hence, we strongly recommend amending the draft regulation to pave the way for a smooth and cost-effective integration of rapidly growing amounts of biomethane flowing across the borders of the EU member states. Detailed comments: Please see our detailed comments and proposals to the articles of the draft regulation in the attached file. Comments on the other parts of the package (gas and hydrogen directive and methane leakage regulation) will be provided in the seperate consultation streams
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Response to Revision of EU rules on Gas

12 Apr 2022

General remarks: Energinet generally welcomes the package of proposals from the European Commission (EC), noting that the market-based approach is maintained, and that there is a focus on promoting green gasses and establishing regulation for the future hydrogen market. Energinet welcomes that the general principles from the gas (and the electricity) market, such as unbundling and regulated third-party access are transferred to the hydrogen market. Additionally, Energinet finds it positive that gas system operators may also operate hydrogen systems and that the endeavors for more integrated network planning are pursued. Detailed Comments: Please find our detailed comments to the draft directive 2021/0425(COD) in the attached file. Comments on the other parts of the legislative package (gas and hydrogen market regulation and methane leakage regulation) will be submitted in their dedicated consultation tracks.
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Response to European Strategy on international energy engagement

20 Dec 2021

With reference to the call for feedback and input to “European strategy on international energy engagement” we would like you to pay attention to the existing global cooperation in the consortium G-PST (Global Power System Transformation Consortium). In the attachment you will find our contribution to the call.
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Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

29 Sept 2021 · To present the Global Power System Transformation Consortium.

Meeting with Soren Schonberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

9 Oct 2017 · EU energy policy

Response to Interservice consultation on a Commission proposal for the GES Decision

26 Sept 2016

It is of highest importance that regional and national different characteristics are taken into account when establishing the criteria, the methodological standards and standardized methods for monitoring and assessment. Otherwise unnecessary restrictive criteria leading to unnecessary high costs may be the outcome of the standardization.
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