Południowy Koncern Energetyczny S.A. (PKE) is the largest Polish producer of electric energy and heat and, at the same time, one of the largest domestic consumers of hard coal. To be able to gain the right position in the European market of energy producers, the entity must adjust its internal structures and principles of operation in a way which will make it possible to PKE to meet the requirements set by the European Community in many respects. Therefore, the problem of maintaining, or to be more exact, increasing the existing production capacity by PKE SA is becoming essential. This process should be coupled with seeking and developing an optimum organisational model, which would allow a continuous reduction of production costs to a level corresponding to the EU markets. In order to satisfy this requirement, it is necessary that stronger links be created around PKE SA between enterprises representing the fuel industry as well as producers and distributors of the final product, i.e. electric energy and heat.