European Union.

In late November 2017 the Nord Stream 2 has been blamed by the U.S. Department of State for being Kremlin’s weapon of political blackmailing, which soon could be torpedoed by the U.S. sanctions against Russia[i]. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is the new route for gas transit that Russian Gazprom and its European partners […]

Revision of the Electricity Market Regulation should set out a clear level playing field to make the market competitive, consumer-oriented, flexible and technology-neutral. European electricity markets currently face structural challenges to security of supply due to the missing capacity and missing money problems, while new generating investments are insufficient to bridge the gap. The latest […]

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on the leaders of the European Union to provide funds for the synchronization of power grids with the networks of Western Europe in the new Community budget.

What goes on in Poland on the 19th of February.

Notification of the capacity market in Poland by the European Commission was never to happen. For this reason, it must be regarded as a success. However, it was bought with concessions. One of them is the consent for auctions for cross-border power plants, which are worrying for a part of the industry – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, […]

What goes on in Poland on the 12th of February

The Polish Electricity Association welcomes today’s decision of the Commission, in which the EC has confirmed that the assumptions of the Polish Capacity Market Act (adopted by the Polish Parliament on 8 December 2017) are in line with the State aid rules (SA.46100).

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was a special guest at a conference „Risk and Trends 2018” organized by Polityka Insight, under a patronage of BiznesAlert.pl. One of threads of his speech concerned the difference in treating Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe by the European Commission.

Written statement submitted by the Warsaw Institute Foundation – our opinion on the Commission proposal for a Directive amending Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2009/73/EC.

The US Secretary of State’s visit to Poland was an opportunity to criticise the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The Prime Minister’s advisor reveals how Poland wants to sign up to the plan to change the status quo in the region under the auspices of Americans – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.