Ref. Ares(2023)6041658 - 06/09/2023
Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri SIMSON - Minutes of VideoConference 
 
VIDEOCONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS 
Title 
VC meeting with PAGE representatives 
Date 
24/05/2023 
Participants 
PAGE: 
x 
 
– Executive Member of PAGE 
x Maximo Miccinilli, Senior Vice President, Head of Energy and Climate Practice – 
Consultant (FleishmanHillard) 
x Ruya Perincek, Account Director, Energy and Climate Policy Lead (FleishmanHillard) 
x Two additional consultants from Fleishman, including one DC-based 
 
COM:  
x Helena Hinto, Barbara Glowacka (CAB Simson) 
x 
 (ENER.TF1) 
 
 
Ares initial request : ARES(2023)3228787 
 
Disclosure authorization : ܈ YES  -  ܆ NO  -  ☐ Partial (pls highlight unauthorized parts) 
Issues raised 
 
& follow-up 
Objective: meeting requested by Fleishman on behalf of PAGE to take stock of EU-US 
cooperation and possibility of further cooperation with greater LNG volumes 
 
Intro by PAGE member with brief overview of EQT (largest natural gas producer on East 
Coast, committed to reduce methane emissions. Priority: increase infrastructure), 
followed by 3 questions to the COM: 
 
Q1:  How are you strategically thinking about next winter and approaching the 
energy mix? 
- Demand 
reduction 
obligation 
- Storage 
obligation 
- 
Gas prices currently low – but crisis not over.  
- 
US biggest LNG supplier  
- 
Aggregate-EU (with possibility to agree on LTC outside the platform) 
 
Q2: Level of cooperation between EU/US?  
- Constant 
dialogue 
w 
DOE/DOS 
–  Energy Dialogue annual Conference, 
Presidential joint statement of 2022 on EU-US cooperation on LNG 
 
Q3 : Possibility for the COM to support project and communicate about it? 
- 
COM does not get involved in specific project developments, this wil  need to 
happen at B2B level, COM does work on providing a wider supportive policy 
context 
 
Conclusion – PAGE appreciated learning more about the context and dynamics – and in 
particular about AggregateEU. Hope to continue discussing 
 
 
 

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