Power engineering has been undergoing a number of principal changes in recent years, which bring new requirements and appeals. The structure of resources is changing and it is possible to register various decentralisation trends. The growth of renewable sources requires stable and flexible base load sources. Another change factor consists of growing environmental requirements and regulatory environment. The Confederation is one of the main drivers of the discussion process and takes part, for example, in preparation of particular steps in the field of energy savings. We have commissioned a study which is unique at the European-wide level and has stirred up much interest also in Brussels. It is quite sure that capital expenditures aimed at energy savings will require hundreds of billions in the years to come. The Confederation endeavours to ensure transparency and foreseeability of the entrepreneurial environment in the power engineering sector and wants the Czech electricity sector to be able to cope with all important challenges it is about to face.