The WEC mission is carried out through the Objects, which were approved at the WEC's founding in 1924 and modified over the years to keep up with the changing energy industry and the changes within the WEC.  The objects as they exist today:
To promote the economic development and the peaceful use of energy resources for the greatest benefit of all, both nationally and internationally by considering:

•      Potential resources and the means of production, transportation, transformation and utilisation of energy
•      Energy consumption in its overall relationship to the growth of economic activity in the area
•      The social and environmental aspects of energy supply and utilisation and by
•      Collecting and publishing data on the abovementioned matters
•      Holding congresses which deal with these matters
•      Rendering maximum assistance to other organisations in the energy field and acting as an organisation for the coordination of information and as a clearinghouse for its exchange

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