Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) is a state-owned power generation company in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. It is the largest company in Slovenia and was established by a government decision on 26 July 2001. The company consists of hydroelectric plants based on the Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

, Sava, and Soča

Soca

The Soča or Isonzo is a 140 km long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy. An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in Slovenia, at an elevation of around 1,100 metres...

 rivers and coal-fired power plants in Brestanica

Brestanica

Brestanica is a small town in the Municipality of Krško in eastern Slovenia. Until 1953 the town was called Rajhenburg . It lies in the valley at the confluence of the Sava River with a minor tributary called the Brestanica. The area was traditionally part of Styria...

, Šoštanj

Šoštanj

Šoštanj is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to around 1200 as Schönstein in relation to its castle. As a market town it was first mentioned in 1348. It was given town status in 1919 and until the 1960s was the center of the Šalek...

, and Velenje

Velenje

Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...

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HSE has the following subsidiaries:

• Dravske elektrarne Maribor (Drava Hydroelectric Plant in Maribor)
• Savske elektrarne Ljubljana (Sava Hydroelectric Plant in Ljubljana)
• Soške elektrarne Nova Gorica (Soča Hydoelectric Plant in Nova Gorica)
• TE Brestanica (Brestanica Coal-Fired Power Plant)
• TE Šoštanj (Šoštanj Coal-Fired Power Plant)
• Premogovnik Velenje (Velenje Coal-Mining Company)
• HSE Italia
• HSE Balkan Energy
• HSE Hungary

On 28 August 2007 HSE acquired the Ruse Iztok Power Plant

Ruse Iztok Power Plant

Ruse Iztok Thermal Power Plant is a power plant situated near the city of Ruse, Bulgaria. It has an installed capacity of 400 MW. It is owned by Holding Slovenske elektrarne....

in Bulgaria for €81 million.