- CEO
- Dariusz Lubera
- Full Time Employees
- 40,927
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- Address
- Aleja Krasnicka 27 Lublin LU Poland 00-496
- IPO Date
- Dec 18, 2017
- Business
- PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE) is Poland's largest state-owned integrated power company, engaged in the generation, distribution, trading, and supply of electricity and heat. The company operates through key segments including Conventional Generation with lignite mining and coal-fired power plants such as Bełchatów, the world's fifth-largest by capacity; Renewables encompassing onshore and offshore wind, photovoltaics, and pumped-storage hydropower; Distribution managing local networks across central and eastern Poland; Supply handling wholesale electricity and gas trading; District Heating producing cogeneration-based heat; Flexible Gas with low-emission plants up to 10 GW; Energy Storage targeting 18 GWh capacity including a major 263 MW facility in Żarnowiec; Circular Economy managing combustion by-products; and Railway Energy Services following the 2023 acquisition and rebranding of PKP Energetyka. PGE serves over 5.7 million electricity customers, primarily households, businesses, and institutions in Poland, with installed thermal capacity of 7.18 GW and total electric capacity exceeding 18 GW, while pursuing climate neutrality by 2050 through divestment from coal and emphasis on low-carbon sources.
Founded in 2007 through the merger of predecessor entities dating to 1990 and headquartered in Warsaw, PGE maintains nationwide operations with major facilities in Lublin, Bełchatów, and Pomerania, holding a 38% share in electricity generation and 30% in supply. The company lists on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under ticker PGE.WA (OTC: PGPKY) as a WIG30 constituent, with the Polish State Treasury as majority owner.
Recent developments include adoption of the PGE Group Strategy for 2035 in June 2025, outlining PLN 235 billion in capital expenditures through 2035—with PLN 175 billion for development, PLN 39 billion for acquisitions, and PLN 85 billion for renewables like 6.5 GW offshore wind by 2040 in partnership with Ørsted on Baltica 2 (1.5 GW, due 2027)—aiming for EBITDA growth to PLN 30 billion and leadership in eight areas including reliable distribution and clean district heat reducing CO2 by 60%. In 2025, PGE secured over €525 million from the European Investment Bank for renewables, storage, and heat decarbonization; signed to acquire control of two gas-fired energy companies from Mytilineos; and took full ownership of Pątnów nuclear project by purchasing ZE PAK's 50% stake in PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa, complementing Pomerania nuclear with Westinghouse AP1000 and SMR studies in Turow. These moves, alongside PLN 75 billion grid investments by 2030 and flexible gas expansion, support energy security, cost reduction, and ESG-aligned value creation.