ETIP SNET Governance

In order to have a wide representation of stakeholders and offer agile and efficient operation, the Management and Governance structure of ETIP SNET is organised as follows:
- Governing Board (GB) steers the platform where stakeholder associations send representatives
- Executive Committee (ExCo) provides executive support to the Governing Board and acts as facilitator to drive the processes, executes the yearly WGs Action Plans approved by the GB and prepares decisions to be taken by the Governing Board;
- Permanent Working Groups (WG) (or ad-hoc WGs or Task Forces upon need) opened to experts in any relevant sectors to provide their expertise to achieve the aim of ETIP SNET and giving technical input to EC and to the Governing Board;
- National Stakeholders Coordination group (NSCG) to provide a sounding board and exchange platform for national R&I stakeholders in the area of energy systems and networks. Its purpose and goal are to support the implementation of SET-Plan Action 4 on Integrated and Flexible Energy Systems;
- Secretariat/Support Team to support and manage ETIP SNET in its daily functioning, its production of publications and its mission of R&I strategic planning.
- ETIP SNET Ambassadors to present the ETIP SNET using all type of communication materials and info provided by the Secretariat and bring forward the messages approved by the ETIP SNET GB.
Stakeholders
The ETIP gathers a wide range of stakeholders which are to contribute to the Energy Transition:
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Transmission System Operators (TSOs)
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Distribution System Operators (DSOs)
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National representatives
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Research & Academia
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Storage (technology and services providers)
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Final Consumers, incuding prosumers
Market Operators: traders (wholesale, retail, aggregators)
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Thermal Generation (flexible)
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Information and Communication Technology & Network providers
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Equipment manufacturers and suppliers
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Renewable Energy Sources
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Interface to Other Energy Carriers (Heat, Transport, Gas, …)
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Regulators*
* Participation on an ah hoc basis
Governing Board
The current Governing Board is composed of the following representatives:
TSOs
Stefania La Porta, ENTSO-E
Elena Fjortort, ENTSO-E
Antonio Iliceto, ENTSO-E
DSOs
Ricardo Henriques, E.DSO
Venizelos Efthymou, EURELECTRIC
Matthias Gressel, GEODE
Ramon Gallart Fernández, DSO Entity
Member States
On hold until the next communication from the SET PLAN committee
Research & Academia
Ivan Matejak, EERA
Tara Esterl, EUREC
Anastasios Kolios, EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF WIND ENERGY
Storage (technology and services providers)
Emin Selahattin Umdu, ESE (Energy Storage Europe)
Erwin Marck, EUROBAT
Final Consumers including prosumers
Laurent Schmitt, smartEN
Daan Creupelandt, REScoop
Market Players (trading utility)
Christian Baer, EUROPEX
Thermal Generation (flexible)
Hans Korteweg, COGEN
Giovanna Tanda, EUTurbines
EUGINE
Gabriele Pesce, EURO Heat and Power
ICT technology & Network providers
Armin Mittelsdorf, ESMIG
Manufacturers equipment suppliers
Filip Greets, CECIMO
Yann Fromont, Orgalim
Jonchen Kreusel, T&D EUROPE
Renewable Energy Sources
Grazia Barchi, ETIP PV
Dominik Rutz, ETIP RHC
Alexander Vandenbergh, WIND Europe
Capucine Vannorenberghe, ETIP WIND
Thomas Garabetian, SolarPower Europe
Eduard Doujak, ETIP Hydropower
Interface to Other Energy Carriers (Heat, Transport, Gas,…)
Marieke Reijalt, European Hydrogen Association
Leopoldo Mico, European Heat Pump Association
Daniel Fraile, Hydrogen Europe
Barte De Brey, AVERE European Association for Electromobility
Regulators (including regulatory sandboxes)
To be identified if requested by the ETIP SNET Chairmanship or the Governing Board for specific workstreams of the initiative that might require their involvement.
Others
EGVIAfor2Zero
FutuRED
Cedrid Peltier Think SmartGrids
Executive Committee
Chairman: Luís Cunha
Vice-chairman: Olaf Bernstrauch
WG1 Chair: Nuno Souza e Silva - Co-Chairs: Albana Ilo, Ilaria Losa - Honorary Co-Chairs: Natalie Samovich, Antonio Iliceto, Santiago Gallego
WG2 Chair: Pedro Rodriguez - Co-Chairs: Habib Nasser, Mourad Nachtane - Honorary Co-Chairs: Franco Di Persio
WG3 Chair: Peter Jansohn - Co-Chairs: Olaf Bernstrauch, Rosaria Volpe - Honorary Co-Chair: Alexander Wiedermann
WG4 Chair: Nikos Hatziargyriou - Co-Chairs: Ricardo Bessa - Honorary Co-Chair: Miguel Sanchez Fornie, Maher Chebbo, Elena Boskov
WG5 Chair: Kostas Karamarkos - Co-Chairs: Thales Papazoglou, Eva Nanaki - Honorary Co-Chairs: Venizelos Efthymiou, Sergio Olivero