Its main purpose was to plan and implement the energy policy of Turkey which, through the exploitation of the domestic products and resources, would distribute cheap electric power to all Turkish citizens.

[4] As of 2019[update], EUAŞ owns almost a fifth of Turkey's total generating capacity[3] including coal, gas, hydro and wind power stations.

[5] As of 2020[update], EUAŞ owns most of the country's lignite in 7 coalfields, including the largest Elbistan.

[10] According to Carbon Tracker in 2021 $300 m of the company's coal power investment on the Istanbul Stock Exchange was at risk of stranding.

[11]: 12 Climate TRACE estimates the company's coal-fired power stations emitted over 6 million tons of the country's total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2022:[12][13] it is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.