Alpiq was founded in Switzerland over 100 years ago. For most of its history, our company was named Atel (Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity). In December 2001, Atel Polska was established as the group’s Polish subsidiary. Effective from January 1, 2010, Alpiq’s Polish operations have been renamed to Alpiq Energy SE. There are no other significant changes to our local operations.

Milestones

Since our entry into the Polish market in 2001, we have achieved the following milestones:

2008-2009: Largest independent power sales company in Polish market.

2008: Polityka magazine – 260th place in the country-wide ranking of largest companies.

2008: “New Impulse” from the biggest industry magazine New Industry.

2007: “Gazele Biznesu” prize for most dynamic company in the energy industry.

2005-2006: Trading company of year award at the Energy World Leaders competition for both years.

2005: Membership in Polish Power Exchange as first trading company.

2004: First international transaction; we were among the original participants of the first cross-border capacity auctions in Poland.

2003: Trading activities began.
 
2002: Licence for electricity trading granted in May 2002.

2001: Local entity Atel Polska established in Warsaw.