The board of trustees appoints the board of directors and supervises the management of the foundation. The following institutions send representatives to the board of trustees:
• The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie und Klimaschutz (BMWK - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action),
• The Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF – Federal Ministry of Finance),
• The Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Nukleare Sicherheit (BMUV – Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safetyand Consumer Protection), as well as
• All parliamentary groups of the German Bundestag.
The board of trustees can consult the Deutsche Bundesbank for advice. It elects a chair from among the representatives of the federal ministries and a deputy chair from among the members appointed by the German Bundestag.
Members of the board of trustees in the 19th legislative period:
• The Board of Trustees in the 19th legislative period is Thorsten Herdan, head of department II (energy policy) at the BMWi.
• The deputy chair is Olav Gutting, MdB (CDU/CSU parliamentary group).
Other members of the board of trustees are: Dr. Philipp Steinberg, Regina Wierig (BMWi), Dr. Marcus Pleyer, Rita Schutt (BMF), Dr. Wolfgang Cloosters, Klaus Püschel, Dr. Anita Breyer (BMU), as well as Dr. Reinhard Brandl, Karsten Möring (CDU/CSU parliamentary group), Thomas Jurk, Bernd Westphal (SPD parliamentary group), Petr Bystron (AfD parliamentary group), Ulla Ihnen (FDP parliamentary group), Hubertus Zdebel (DIE LINKE parliamentary group) and Jürgen Trittin (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group).
The deputy members of the board of trustees are: Gerlind Heckmann, Dr. Raphael L`Hoest, Harald Kuhne (BMWi), Hans-Borchard Kahmann, Dr. Tanja Burckardt (BMF), Thomas Elsner, Dr. Jochen Gebauer, Ursula Adenauer (BMU), as well as Dr. André Berghegger, Michael Kießling, Eckhard Pols, (CDU/CSU parliamentary group), Cansel Kiziltepe, Dr. Nina Scheer (SPD parliamentary group), Dr. Rainer Kraft (AfD parliamentary group), Dr. Gero Clemens Hocker (FDP parliamentary group), Victor Perli (DIE LINKE parliamentary group) and Lisa Paus (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group).
So far, the German Bundestag has appointed the following members of the Board of Trustees for the 20th legislative period:
Helmut Kleebank, Carsten Träger, Bernd Westphal (Fraktion der SPD),
Olav Gutting, Dr. Andreas Lenz, Dr. Klaus Wiener (Fraktion der CDU/CSU),
Dr. Sebastian Schäfer, Jürgen Trittin (Fraktion BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN),
Frank Schäffler (Fraktion der FDP),
Peter Boehringer (Fraktion der AfD),
Klaus Ernst (Fraktion DIE LINKE.).
Deputy members:
Andreas Mehltretter, Michael Thews, Melanie Wegling (Fraktion der SPD),
Dr. Carsten Brodesser, Michael Kießling, Klaus Mack (Fraktion der CDU/CSU),
Bruno Hönel, Stefan Wenzel (Fraktion BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN),
Dr. Gero Clemens Hocker (Fraktion der FDP),
Dr. Michael Espendiller (Fraktion der AfD),
Victor Perli (Fraktion DIE LINKE.).