Axpo Holding AG
Budget
€400 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
1
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Axpo Group comprises Axpo Holding AG and its subsidiaries. Axpo Holding AG carries the strategic responsibility for the Axpo Group and ensures a future-oriented focus. Axpo Holding AG was founded in 2001 with headquarters in Baden. The shares of Axpo Holding AG are wholly owned by the cantons and the cantonal utilities of Northeastern Switzerland. With more than 30 locations across Europe, North America and Asia, the Axpo Group is always close to its customers. We have a significant presence in the European onshore wind and large-scale solar power business. Axpo is also one of the leading European energy traders along the entire time horizon, from intraday trading to multi-year contracts, with a broad range of products worldwide. Our renewable energy portfolio is one of the largest in the market, and we are the preferred European provider of tailored customer solutions.
EU Legislative Interests
• Clean Industrial Deal • Affordable Energy Action Plan • European Grids Package • Industrial Accelerator Act • Energy Security Architecture • Electrification Strategy & Heating and Cooling Initiative • Energy Union Governance Framework • Renewable Energy Directive - Revision • Electricity Market Design Directive - Revision • TEN-E Regulation - Revision • Critical Raw Materials Act • Net-Zero Industry Act • Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Revision / extension • Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package • Network Codes Implementation, e.g. CACM • Sustainable Finance Framework • E-Privacy & Data Protection • EU-Switzerland Energy Relations • EU-Switzerland Electricity Agreement • EU Trade Defence Instruments • Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) • Energy Taxation and Tariff Methods • Oil Stockholding Directive • NIS2 Directive • Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) • Critical Entities Resilience Directive (CER) • Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) • CO2 Transportation Infrastructure & Markets • Emission trading schemes: ETS 1 & ETS 2 - Revision • REPowerEU Roadmap • Various Omnibus initiatives
Communication Activities
• Participation in / organsiation of conferences & meetings • Contributing to consultations & position papers • Meeting experts
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Axpo is a member of • Eurogas • European Biogas Assocation (EBA) • European Clean Hydrogen Alliance • European Energy Forum (EEF) • Energy Traders Europe • Hydrogen Europe • Methanol Institute • SolarPower Europe • WindEurope The paid membership fees are included in the “Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register”. Axpo is also active in Eurelectric (Union of the Electricity Industry), European Energy Retailers (EER) and nucleareurope without being a direct member.
Additional Information
The estimated costs are calculated based on the proportion of working time of all Axpo employees spent representing interests to the EU – even if only on a daily basis. This does also include their activities in relevant associations. The number of days is multiplied with the average personnel and overhead costs.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.