The company aims to acquire, hold (directly or indirectly) and manage participations in Swiss companies active in the energy and electricity sector, thereby enabling the representation (directly or indirectly) of (mainly public) interests of Western Switzerland (i.e. the cantons and municipalities of Geneva, Vaud, Fribourg, Valais, Neuchâtel and Jura) within Swiss companies active in the energy and electricity sector. The company may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland, and undertake any activity that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or that the company's purpose requires.