Winter Package.

The capacity market is the only rational solution and the best remedy for the instability of the system caused by the specificity of the existing power generation sources – says Janusz Steinhoff, former deputy prime minister and minister of economy. 

In order to permanently limit pollutant emissions and transition to a low- and zero-emissions economy, the European Union compels to introduce significant changes in the energy mix already at the beginning of the next decade, i.e. since September 2021 to limit emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitric oxide, mercury and dust on the basis of the […]

On 11 May, the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament – the Sejm, adopted a resolution, which said the proposals made by the European Parliament and the Council on the internal energy market go against the subsidiarity principle. The ongoing discussion on the so-called winter package will have a decisive impact on the Polish economy.

We are talking to Aleksander Galos on how the EU’s winter package will impact the Polish energy sector and industry. Galos is a solicitor, partner at Kochański, Zięba and Partners Law Firm and head of the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources and Chemical Industry Practice.

During the European Economic Congress in Katowice a Polish ministry exchanged its ideas about the compromise on the common energy and climate policy with the European Commission. The discussion included proposals of solidarity mechanisms, but also poplars, volcanoes and Soviet Russia.

The winter package, i.e. the EU energy market reform, has been submitted to Prime Minister Beata Szydło. Prior to that, it was discussed at a European Council meeting on 15 December 2016. The debate focused on the widely covered article 23, paragraph 4, included in the draft of the „Regulation (…) on the internal market […]

The winter package released at the end of November 2016, creates opportunities, as well as risks for Poland. It depends on us whether we will be able to use those opportunities while avoiding the risks – writes professor Władysław Mielczarski from the Łódź University of Technology. Integrated Plans The EU’s Climate Package requires the member […]