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Elia Transmission Belgium

Business / industry · Energy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Elia Transmission Belgium appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

20
declared meetings
with current MEPs
12
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Elia is Belgium’s transmission system operator for elecitricty. Electricity is transmitted over the high-voltage grid from electricity generators to the distribution system operators and large industrial consumers. As system operator, Elia organises transparent, objective and non-discriminatory access to the grid. Elia owns all of Belgium's 150 to 380 kV grid infrastructure and almost 94% of its 30 to 70 kV…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe735%
Socialists & Democrats735%
European People's Party420%
European Conservatives & Reformists15%
Greens/EFA15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025).

2023
1
2024
4
2025
10
2026
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Bruno Tobback
6 meetings · S&D
Martin Hojsík
3 meetings · Renew
Yvan Verougstraete
2 meetings · Renew
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Eero Heinäluoma
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Jul 2026Yvan VerougstraeteEnergy policy
1 Jul 2026Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
23 Mar 2026Bruno TobbackGrids Package
16 Jan 2026Christian EhlerEuropean Competitiveness Fund
13 Jan 2026Anna StürgkhGrids Package
10 Dec 2025Virgil-Daniel PopescuConference Debate "The grids package: storage for system strength and affordability"
18 Nov 2025Bruno TobbackPowering Integration: Regional Cooperation for the Future Grid Buildout
18 Nov 2025Eero HeinäluomaEnergy grid cooperation
17 Nov 2025Bruno TobbackF-gas Regulation
24 Sep 2025Bruno TobbackFLEXCON Smart Energy Tour
21 May 2025Martin HojsíkSoil Monitoring Resilience Law, CBAM, omnibus
23 Apr 2025Martin HojsíkSoil Monitoring Law
17 Feb 2025Kira Marie Peter-HansenStakeholder roundtable on electricity grids
10 Feb 2025Bruno TobbackGrids INI
7 Jan 2025Martin HojsíkSoil Monitoring Law

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