Council of Agora
In the Council of the Agora, key stakeholders in the energy policy debate come together on a regular basis. The Council is a place of open and honest discussion and exchange – underpinned by scientific expertise.
Thereby we want to help promote new models for solutions to the key challenges of the Energiewende.
So that members of the Council of the Agora can discuss openly and honestly with each other, the non-public meetings take place under Chatham House Rules. This means that spoken expressions made during the meetings will not be quoted with the name of the speaker.
Members of the Council
Chairmanship and Management
Dr. Hans-Joachim Ziesing
Managing Director, AG Energiebilanzen
Member of the Commission of the Federal Government to Monitor the Energiewende
Dr. Patrick Graichen
Executive Director of Agora Energiewende
Federal Policy
Rainer Baake
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Thomas Bareiß MP
Coordinator for Eneryg Policy of the CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group
Jochen Flasbarth
State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Oliver Krischer MP
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Alliance 90/The Greens
Johann Saathoff MP
Coordinator for Eneryg Policy of the CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group
State-Level Politics
Dr. Marcel Huber
Minister of the State of Bavaria
Christian Pegel
Minister for Energy, Infrastructure and Rural Development of the State of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Franz Untersteller
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy of the State of Baden-Württemberg
European Union
Claude Turmes MEP
Deputy Chairman, Parliamentary Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Mechthild Wörsdörfer
Head of Directorate A: Energy Policy, Directorate General Energy (DG ENER), European Commission
Federal Authorities
Jochen Homann
President, Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur)
Labor Unions
Wolfgang Lemb
Executive Member of the Management Board, IG Metall
Michael Vassiliadis
Chairman, IG BCE
Environmental Organisations
Antje von Broock
Head of Climate Team and Deputy Managing Director Politics & Communications at Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)
Consumer Associations
Udo Sieverding
Member of the Board, Consumer Association of North Rhine-Westphalia
Grid Networks
Boris Schucht
Chairman of the Management Board, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Power-Intensive Companies
Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen
Senior Vice President, Wacker Chemie AG
Dr. Martin Iffert
CEO, Trimet Aluminium AG
Renewable Energy Industry Sector
Lothar Schulze
Member of the Management Board, Windwärts Energie GmbH
Klaus-Dieter Maubach
Supervisory Board, Capital Stage AG (Chairman of the Board until the end of 2016)
Energy Industry
Vera Brenzel
Head of Political Affairs, E.ON SE
Stefan Kapferer
Chairman of the Executive Board, German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW)
Regional Energy Suppliers
Dr. Florian Bieberbach
Chairman oft he Management Board, Stadtwerke München GmbH
Dr. Holger Krawinkel
Head of Customer Experience, MVV Energie AG
Science
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer
Deputy Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)
Guests
Dr. Lars Grotewold
Director Centre for Climate Change, Stiftung Mercator
Dr. Christoph Wolff
Managing Director, European Climate Foundation
Latest Update: 5/3/2017