In mid-April we elected two our representatives to the Supervisory Board of Południowy Koncern Energetyczny SA. Only two as the Board itself comprises six members. I am glad to say that we are not indifferent to the fact who represents our staff.

The turnour over 63 percent proves the fact the best. The voting took place in all power plant and heat and power plants of our company without any problems. The six candidates carried out their campaigns presenting themselves, their points of view and visions concerning the future of the company. I wish to congratulate the winners – Zdzisław Przydatek from Jaworzno and Andrzej Dziubany from Łaziska.

The imminent coming stock exchange debut of Tauron Polska Energia does not exempt us from attention paid to the issues which are fundamental for PKE – repowering, reaching out for new technologies that is the investments fit for the 21st century.

On April 15th 2010, the PKE Extraordinary Assembly of Shareholders passed, among others, a resolution on the consent to acquire the fixed assets within the framework of the planned project ‘New Capacity Installation for Coal Technologies in PKE SA – 910 MW power unit with supercritical parameters construction in Jaworzno III Power Plant – Power Plant II. These are first serious moves to get prepared for the investments which are necessary for our company. These investments will modernize our power generation units for many years to come. We all hope that similar unit will be constructed not only in Jaworzno but in other our power plants.

As the Chairman of the first in Poland consolidated power company I am glad to acknowledge that ideas we had on the day of Południowy Koncern Energetyczny establishment and our vision of Polish power industry are still true being supported not only by the decision-makers but also on level of equal importance, namely the company staff.

Jan Kurp
PKE SA Management Board Chairman