RWE - Revision history

Melissa Jones at 13:25, 29 August 2012

2012-08-29T13:25:28Z

Melissa Jones at 13:19, 29 August 2012

2012-08-29T13:19:03Z

Melissa Jones: /* PR */ lobbyists update

2012-08-29T13:08:01Z

PR: lobbyists update

Miriam Rose: /* Executive Board */

2010-02-01T15:21:18Z

Executive Board

Miriam Rose: /* People */

2010-01-21T16:36:00Z

People

Miriam Rose at 12:58, 21 January 2010

2010-01-21T12:58:05Z

Claire Robinson: /* Who runs RWE Nukem? */

2010-01-18T13:10:15Z

Who runs RWE Nukem?

Claire Robinson: /* External links */

2010-01-18T13:09:47Z

External links

Claire Robinson: /* PR */

2010-01-18T13:09:00Z

Claire Robinson: /* Who runs RWE Nukem? */

2010-01-18T13:06:54Z

Who runs RWE Nukem?

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 '''RWE''' is an international energy and water business, with interests in Germany, the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, and the US.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-group/strategy/language=en/id=38064/strategy-page.html RWE website: &#39;RWE - A leading European utility company&#39;], undated, accessed February 2006.</ref>
-In the UK, it owns [[Thames Water Utilities]], the largest water and sewage company in the country, with over 4,000 employees and 13 million customers across London and south-east England.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-thames-water/group-structure/language=en/id=148064/thames-water-home.html RWE website: &#39;RWE Thames Water&#39;], undated, accessed Jan 18 2010</ref>
+In the UK it owns the energy firm [[npower]], which supplies electricity and gas to 6.2 million customers. RWE nPower has major interests in renewable energy and developed the UK's first major offshore wind farm.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-npower/group-structure/language=en/id=272966/rwe-npower-company-home-subsite.html RWE website: &#39;RWE npower business&#39;], undated, accessed 18 Jan 2010</ref>
-It also owns the energy firm [[npower]], which supplies electricity and gas to 6.2 million customers. RWE nPower has major interests in renewable energy and developed the UK's first major offshore wind farm.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-npower/group-structure/language=en/id=272966/rwe-npower-company-home-subsite.html RWE website: &#39;RWE npower business&#39;], undated, accessed 18 Jan 2010</ref>
+It previously owned [[Thames Water Utilities]], the UK's largest water and sewage company, which it sold in October 2006 to [[Kemble Water]], a consortium led by Australia's [[Macquarie Bank]].<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-thames-water/group-structure/language=en/id=148064/thames-water-home.html RWE website: &#39;RWE Thames Water&#39;], undated, accessed Jan 18 2010</ref> <ref> Mark Milner, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/oct/17/utilities Thames Water sold for £8bn to Australian bank Macquarie], The Guardian, Tuesday 17 October 2006 00.37 BST, acc 29 August 2012 </ref>
 ==Subsidiaries==
 RWE's operating divisions:
 :* RWE Power is Germany’s "biggest power producer" and generates electricity from coal, lignite, nuclear and gas-fired power stations;
 :* RWE Innogy which is the renewable energy arm of RWE with interests in onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro power stations and biomass projects in Europe;

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-RWE is an international energy and water business, with interests in Germany, the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, and the US.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-group/strategy/language=en/id=38064/strategy-page.html RWE website: &#39;RWE - A leading European utility company&#39;], undated, accessed February 2006.</ref>
+'''RWE''' is an international energy and water business, with interests in Germany, the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, and the US.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-group/strategy/language=en/id=38064/strategy-page.html RWE website: &#39;RWE - A leading European utility company&#39;], undated, accessed February 2006.</ref>
 In the UK, it owns [[Thames Water Utilities]], the largest water and sewage company in the country, with over 4,000 employees and 13 million customers across London and south-east England.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-thames-water/group-structure/language=en/id=148064/thames-water-home.html RWE website: &#39;RWE Thames Water&#39;], undated, accessed Jan 18 2010</ref>
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 ==Subsidiaries==
-According to Sourcewatch, the operating divisions of RWE are:
+RWE's operating divisions:
 :* RWE Power is Germany’s "biggest power producer" and generates electricity from coal, lignite, nuclear and gas-fired power stations;
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 :* RWE Supply & Trading which operates RWE's non-regulated gas activities and European energy trading business;
 :* RWE Energy which is the sales and grid management company for customers in Continental Europe; and
-:* RWE nPower which operates solely in the UK and includes the generation of from coal, gas and oil fired power stations as well as the sale of electricity and gas. <ref>Source Watch website [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RWE RWE] Accessed 21/01/10</ref>
+:* [[RWE nPower]] which operates solely in the UK and includes the generation of from coal, gas and oil fired power stations as well as the sale of electricity and gas. <ref>Source Watch website [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/RWE RWE] Accessed 21/01/10</ref>
 ==RWE Nukem background==

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 * Dr [[Richard Birch]], health physics - a career health physicist and chairman of the nuclear industry&#39;s [[Internal Radiations Dosimetry Group]].
-==PR==
+==PR and lobbying==
-[[Burson-Marsteller]] provided consultancy services for Thames Water in 2003/4 and for RWE npower and RWE Thames Water during 2005.<ref>Association of Professional Political Consultants  [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Burson-Marsteller_UK_Staff_and_Clients_30.11.03_to_31.05.04 Burson-Marsteller UK Staff and Clients 30.11.03 to 31.05.04&#39;], Register, accessed February 2006.</ref> <ref>Association of Professional Political Consultants: [http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_Dec04-May05.pdf Register of members and clients Dec 04-May 05 (pdf file)] and
+===2012===
-[http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf Register of members and clients June-Nov 05 (pdf file)]</ref>
+*[[PPS Group]] and [[Rosemary Grogan]] provided public affairs consultancy services for RWE Npower Renewables up to May 2012 <ref name="APPC"> Association of Professional Political Consultants, APPC Register Entry for 1 Mar 2012 to 31 May 2012 </ref>
 ==Executive Board==

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 *Dr [[Rolf Martin Schmitz]] - previously [[E.ON]] and [[VEBA AG]]
 *Dr [[Ulrich Jobs]] COO - with RWE since 2003.
-*Dr [[Leonhard Birnbaum]] - previously Senior Partner (director) of [[McKinsey and Company]], Inc.; and co-author of McKinsey’s study on the costs and potential of avoiding greenhouse gases in Germany. <ref>RWE website [http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/8356/rwe/rwe-group/about-rwe/executive-board/supervisory-board/ Executive Board]Accessed 21/01/10</ref>
+*Dr [[Leonhard Birnbaum]] - previously Senior Partner (director) of [[McKinsey & Company]], Inc.; and co-author of McKinsey’s study on the costs and potential of avoiding greenhouse gases in Germany. <ref>RWE website [http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/8356/rwe/rwe-group/about-rwe/executive-board/supervisory-board/ Executive Board]Accessed 21/01/10</ref>
 ==Corporate memberships==

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 [http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf Register of members and clients June-Nov 05 (pdf file)]</ref>
-==People==
+==Executive Board==
 *Dr [[Jürgen Großmann]] CEO (Since Oct 2007, until Sept 30th 2012). Also Owner and Managing Director of [[Georgsmarienhütte Holding]] GmbH-heavy metals company, and other high powered appointments.
 *Dr [[Rolf Pohlig]] CFO since 2007 - previously [[E.ON]] and [[VEBA AG]]-large German oil, chemical and transport company.
+*[[Alwin Fitting]] CHO - has worked his way up in RWE since 1974, starting as an electrician.
+*Dr [[Rolf Martin Schmitz]] - previously [[E.ON]] and [[VEBA AG]]
 ==Corporate memberships==

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 ==Who runs RWE Nukem?==
-RWE Nukem's website lists its senior executives:<ref>[http://www.rwenukem.co.uk/rwe_nukem_limited/management_structure/ Management Structure], RWE Nukem website, version placed in web archive 10 Mar 2005, accessed in web archive 18 Jan 2010</ref> As at 10 March 2005 they were:
+RWE Nukem's website lists its senior executives.<ref>[http://www.rwenukem.co.uk/rwe_nukem_limited/management_structure/ Management Structure], RWE Nukem website, version placed in web archive 10 Mar 2005, accessed in web archive 18 Jan 2010</ref> As at 10 March 2005 they were:
 * Dr [[Michael Down]], managing director - has been associated with the nuclear industry all his working life. He researched fast reactors and nuclear fusion at [[Nottingham University]] for eight years and then worked at [[Westinghouse]] before joining Nukem.

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 *[[Industry and Parliament Trust]]
-==External links==
+==Resources==
 * Iain Grant, [http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149235&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149218&contentPK=13339804&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch &#39;Inspectorate allays fears over run of mishaps at Dounreay&#39;], ''Press and Journal'', October 19, 2005.
-* {{note|water}} [http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-thames-water/group-structure/language=en/id=148064/thames-water-home.html RWE website: &#39;RWE Thames Water&#39;], undated, accessed February 2006.
+* Anthony Barnett, [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,269236,00.html &#39;Nuclear safety review tainted by firm's links&#39;], ''The Observer'', August 29, 1999.
 ==Notes==