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Elia Transmission Belgium

Company · Energy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Elia Transmission Belgium appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€200k/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.”

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“Elia owns all of Belgium's 150 to 380 kV grid infrastructure and almost 94% of its 30 to 70 kV grid infrastructure. Elia's grid constitutes a key connection in the European electricity grid. Elia's main activities are: * Transmission operator: maintaining and developing grid infrastructure and connecting electrical installations to the grid; * System operator: providing smooth, objective and transparent access to the grid, supplying all services to enable the transmission of electricity, monitoring electricity flows on the grid to ensure effective operation and constantly managing the balance between electricity consumption and generation; * Market facilitator […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe833%
Socialists & Democrats833%
European People's Party625%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Greens/EFA14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
4
2025
11
2026
8

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
Sophie Wilmès
2 meetings · Renew
Yvan Verougstraete
2 meetings · Renew
Christian Ehler
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
19 Oct 2026Christian EhlerNetwork Charges
8 Sep 2026Sophie WilmèsEnergy files
8 Sep 2026Annalisa CorradoETS revision
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

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