Electricity.

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.

What goes on in Poland on the 25th of August.

The Polish gas exchange is already eight years old. After strengthening the country’s energy security and contributing to developing the market, it may support the energy transition as well – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

What goes on in Poland on the 14th of June.

Rafał Trzaskowski is running in Poland’s upcoming presidential elections. He talked to BiznesAlert.pl about his vision for Poland’s energy policy, which could include nuclear energy. „We should not rule it out,” he said. He also announced he would publish a presidential plan for Poland’s Energy Policy until 2050.

„Half of households in Poland that suffer from energy poverty experience financial poverty as well. If wages go down and unemployment goes up, it may turn out that the consequences of these detrimental economic changes will be especially severe for households that are already suffering from energy poverty,” says Jakub Sokołowski, economist at the Institute […]

By the end of June the Ministry of State Assets will present a plan for reforming Poland’s coal industry. However, Jacek Sasin, head of the ministry and deputy prime minister, said his goal was to keep the miners’ jobs and argued the coronavirus would not be a pretext to undertake long-term actions about mines. So […]

What goes on in Poland on the 28th of April.