EURELECTRIC's mission is to contribute to the development and competitiveness of the electricity industry and to promote the role of electricity in the advancement of society.

As a centre of strategic expertise, EURELECTRIC identifies and represents the common interests of its Members and assists them in formulating common solutions to be implemented, and in coordinating and carrying out the necessary actions.

To that end it also acts in liaison with other international associations and organisations, recognising the specific missions and responsibilities of these organisations.

Within the European Union, EURELECTRIC represents the electricity industry in public affairs, in particular in relation to the EU legislative institutions in order to promote the interests of its Members at a political level.

EURELECTRIC’s Full Member structure is based on national representation, via the national electricity association, where such a body exists, or the leading electricity enterprise in each country. Currently there are 31 Full Members, including all 25 EU Member States, current applicants negotiating to join the Community, plus other European OECD countries.

Full Members, plus observers representing both European and Mediterranean Affiliates, have a seat on the Board of Directors, the supreme governing body, whose main task is to set EURELECTRIC's work agenda and determine its main policies and strategies.

EURELECTRIC also currently has 22 non-voting Affiliate Members representing the electricity industry across the rest of Europe, in the Mediterranean basin and on four other continents.

Membership is completed by 12 Associate Members drawn from the electricity sector, plus 24 Business Associates from other sectors with stakeholder links to or interest in the electricity industry.

The EURELECTRIC President is elected for a period of three years and is supported by a Vice-President, also with a mandate of three years.

EURELECTRIC’s opinions and policy positions are formulated in some 30 expert Working Groups, supervised by five Committees, each of which adopts positions or undertakes studies on all issues within its competence. This “structure of expertise” ensures that input to EURELECTRIC positions comes from several hundred active electricity sector professionals and that our Members are profoundly involved in forging common views on subjects of shared interest.

Currently, EURELECTRIC’s three paramount objectives are:

• supporting the process of market liberalisation in our sector, helping to create a pan-European energy market through harmonisation and industry action

• contributing to the pan-European integration of the electricity industry and to the creation of a fruitful business environment across the continent

• fostering the integration of a sustainable development approach in electricity industry strategies and policies and promoting recognition of electricity as part of the solution to these concerns through market-oriented policies

EURELECTRIC pursues in all its activities the application of the following sustainable development values:

• Economic Development
  Growth, added-value, efficiency

• Environmental Leadership
  Commitment, innovation, pro-activeness

• Social Responsibility
  Transparency, ethics, accountability

EURELECTRIC has drawn up a Roadmap to incorporating these values into all our activities.

EURELECTRIC has a permanent international staff of some 30 personnel based in Brussels, led by the Secretary-General, who is responsible for the day-to-day running of organisational operations, ongoing policy consultation and political representation activities and the fulfilment of our basic mission.

EURELECTRIC organises an Annual Convention and Conference, where authoritative speakers from the industry, the policymaking sphere, technical professionals and experts from academe or consultancy set out the state-of-play on the key topics of interest to the electricity industry and its investors, suppliers and customers. In addition, we organise each year several smaller workshop-conferences on specific areas of energy sector practice, economics, legislation or business, which have won a high reputation as an important forum for exchanging information and views.