Background Information
E.ON Energie AG
The German, Munich-based E.ON Energie (EEA) is the leading privately-owned energy provider in Europe with 15 million customers. The company employs nearly 45,000 people in the Central European electricity and gas sectors. Energy supply is a service provided to customers primarily on the local level. E.ON Energie, therefore, attaches particular importance to combining its international presence with a regional focus on services provided locally to customers. With an efficient power plant park operating on the basis of a properly-balanced energy mix, primarily comprising fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and hydro power, E.ON Energie's annual electricity output totals approximately 258 billion kWh, while its gas business produces a total of about 112 billion kWh each year. E.ON Energie is a multinational company and, besides Germany, it is active primarily in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland, as well as in the Benelux states, Switzerland, and Austria.
The Hanover-based E.ON Kraftwerke (EKW) operates the traditional thermal power plants of E.ON Energie AG. The company has about 5,000 employees and generates more than 50 billion kWh of power annually. E.ON Kraftwerke is committed to producing electricity reliably and in a way that spares natural resources by using cutting-edge technologies. E.ON Kraftwerke also plays a leading role in the establishment of renewable energy production facilities. The main focus in this regard is on the construction and operation of biomass-fired power plants and wind power plants. E.ON Kraftwerke is represented in Slovakia trough subsidiary E.ON Elektrárne.
E.ON Elektrárne s.r.o.
E.ON Elektrárne s.r.o. is a fully-owned subsidiary of E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH.
ZSE
E.ON has been active in Slovakia for more than five years. It is one of the largest foreign investors operating in energy sector of Slovakia today. E.ON is 40% owner of the western Slovakian distribution company Zapadoslovenska energetika a.s. Zapadoslovenska energetika a.s. supplies and sale power to around 1 million customers in whole Slovakia. As one of the leading company in the Slovakian energy market, E.ON has made a serious effort to attend to its civil and social responsibilities in Slovakia. The company promotes projects in the fields of sports, culture, and science nationwide and attaches particular importance to supporting children and young people.
