General
General
Appointments
On 1 March Willemien Terpstra started in her role as CEO and Chair of the Executive Board of Gasunie, succeeding Han Fennema, who stepped down in November after nearly ten years at the helm. Terpstra (1970) previously filled numerous senior management positions at various business units at LyondellBasell and was most recently responsible for sustainability measures, energy savings and the decarbonisation of the chemical company’s operations worldwide.
On the recommendation of the Supervisory Board, the Dutch Minister of Finance appointed Diederik Samsom to Gasunie’s Supervisory Board with effect from 1 July and he was later elected Chair by the other members of the Supervisory Board. Samsom (1971) boasts extensive governance and political experience in the energy and climate policy domain. As chef de cabinet to EU commissioner Frans Timmermans (2019-2024), he had a hand in drafting the European Green Deal. As a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2003-2016), he was closely involved in Dutch energy and climate policy.
The Dutch Minister of Finance also appointed Guido Dubbeld to Gasunie’s Supervisory Board, again on the recommendation of the Supervisory Board, with effect from 4 March. Dubbeld (1971) started his career as a risk manager in the financial sector, after which he filled various positions at Eneco Groep N.V. over his 20 years with the energy company. He served as CFO and a member of the management board of Eneco between 2011 and 2021.
Ned.nl
Together with TenneT and in collaboration with our partners the Dutch Association for Sustainable Energy (NVDE) and the National Climate Platform (NKP), in March we launched the National Energy Dashboard (ned.nl), which provides free access to current energy data (generation, use and emissions) and insights. Data plays a key role in helping individuals and organisations make intelligent decisions on energy-related matters. For example, energy suppliers can use the data to give their customers insight into their carbon emissions. The data can also be used as support for decisions on realising a future-proof energy supply. Dutch TV broadcaster RTL 4 and online weather information service Weeronline are already actively using the data as input for their weekly ‘energy weather’ report. Ned.nl builds further on the services provided by the existing websites Energieopwek, CO2 Monitor and Het Energieweerbericht.
Stakeholder dialogues
To share knowledge with our stakeholders, in June we organised the Gasunie Stakeholder Dialogues. In these live webinars, experts from various companies and organisations discuss topical matters relating to the energy transition, in this round about zero-emission construction and Gasunie’s view on the energy transition. After the webinars, we published the answers to all viewer questions on our website.