Editing TAURON Polska Energia S.A. (section)

== Summary<ref>Source: Yahoo Finance.</ref> ==

TAURON Polska Energia S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity and heat in Poland. The Mining segment offers hard coal mining, and cleaning and sales services. The Generation segment is involved in electricity generation through conventional sources, including co-generation, as well as through biomass burning; generation, distribution, and sales of heat; and the overhaul of generation equipment. The Renewable Energy Sources segment engages in the electricity generation from renewable energy sources, including hydroelectric power plants, as well as wind and solar farms. The Distribution segment provides electricity distribution service using the distribution grids; and technical support services related to electricity metering systems and metering data acquisition. The Supply segment is involved in the electricity and natural gas supply; wholesale trade of electricity, natural gas, and derivative products; trading and management of CO2 emission allowances, property rights arising from certificates of origin that confirm electricity generation from renewable sources, and cogeneration and property rights arising from energy efficiency certificates and fuels; and lighting service sales. The Other Operations segment is involved in the provision of services to consumers, as well as support services for accounting, IT, and HR; limestone mining for power generation, steel, construction, and road building industries; acquiring, transporting, and processing of biomass for utility scale power generation; and utilization of the hard coal combustion and extraction processes by-products. It also offers vehicles technical support, real estate administration, property security, and financial services. The company was formerly known as Energetyka Poludnie S.A. and changed its name to TAURON Polska Energia S.A. in November 2007. TAURON Polska Energia S.A. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Katowice, Poland.