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Every crisis has a face. This one has the face of Russia’s Gazprom. Europe, including Poland, is in this way „invited to talk” about the next long-term contract – says the President of PGNiG Retail Henryk Mucha in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

The exchange obligation, i.e. the requirement to sell energy on the exchange may be abolished at the beginning of next year. However, it turns out that the European Commission, which will assess the Polish plan to separate coal assets, may require the exchange obligation. Will Poland have to reinstate it in a year? – Bartłomiej […]

According to Łukasz Batory, senior associate and legal advisor at Banasik, Woźniak and Co. law firm, while no exchange obligation and 100 percent exchange obligation are both bad solutions, liquidity could be achieved with an obligation between 10 and 30 percent. In his opinion, the right balance between security and competition has to be struck.

We are in the mids of a dispute on importing energy to Poland. Trade unions want it to be limited, because in their opinion it decreases demand for coal. The government is considering the removal of the exchange obligation, but market participants are afraid of destabilization – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.