Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen is responsible for the "energy table" of the German government. EnBW, the energy company of which Claassen is the chairman of the Board of Managment is with some six million customers the third largest energy supply company in Germany. In 2006, EnBW generated annual revenue in excess of € 13 billion with more than 21,000 employees as of December 31, 2006. The core activities of the company focus on the segments electricity, gas as well as energy and environmental services.