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| Key Statistics (2007) |
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Population |
38,12 mln |
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GDP/Capita PPS |
€12 600 (estimated) |
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Generation |
161859 GWh Combustible fuel: 156677 GWh Renewable: 4203,7 GWh |
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Installed capacity |
34 864 MW |
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Net Electricity Import |
2 420 GWh |
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Net Electricity Export |
13434 GWh |
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Natural Gas Imported |
10 102 mln cm (quantity given for calorific values of 39.5MJ/cm) |
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Natural Gas Consumed |
15 488 mln cm (quantity given for calorific values of 39.5MJ/cm) |
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Natural Gas Domestic Production |
4 277 mln cm (quantity given for calorific values of 39.5MJ/cm) | |
| Summary |
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Established in 1997, 277 staff members
Dr Mariusz Swora was appointed to the President of the Energy Regulatory Office in Poland.
The URE is responsible for licensing, enterprises in the gas, electric and district heating sectors, tariff setting, establishing quality of service standards, consumer protection, promoting competition and energy efficiency.
The URE is currently financed by the state budget, approved by Parliament. |
| Industry and Market Structure |
Electricity
- Generation assets of the electricity sub-sector consist of 57 combined heat and power stations, 20 conventional power stations belonging to 49 entities, and 12 other plants, including hydropower stations.
- 14 main distribution companies. 2 out of 14 are private-owned.
- Until 1st July 2004 the 100% state owned company PSE SA (Joint-Stock Company) was the TSO, dispatcher and electricity wholesale trader (single buyer for a number of years, then a party of long term power purchase agreements – PPAs).
- As of 1st July 2004 PSE-Operator (Joint-Stock Company) - a daughter company of PSE - commenced activities as an independent transmission system operator and dispatcher. It was a legally unbundled company as required by the Directive 2003/54/EC, operating on the basis of leased network assets.
- As of 1st January 2007 PSE-Operator’s shares were transferred to the State Treasury (ownership unbundling). However the PSE is still the owner of the transmission grid.
- From the 1st July 2007 fully market open
- Wholesale trade in electricity on the Polish energy market is based, first of all, on non-standardized bilateral contracts (short and medium-term) and LT PPAs. Comparing to the previous year, sales of electricity within the frames of long-term contracts increased in 2006, comparing to the previous year, by 19,5%, reaching now 37,4% of total sales of system generators.
Natural Gas
- In 2003, within the holding structure of Polish Oil & Gas Company (POGC), 6 distribution undertakings were separated. Polish gas transmission system operator – OGP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is an ownership unbundled entity, owned in 100% by State Treasury.
- On September 2006, OGP GAZ-SYSTEM was transformed from Ltd company into a Joint-Stock With respect to propriety rights to gas transmission assets, at present about 20% is owned by OGP GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., the rest is owned by dominant market player PGNiG (dealing with gas imports, production and supplying activity).
- Company (according Energy Law requirements)
- In May 2005 the two companies entered into a long-term operational lease agreement in respect of transmission assets, whereby GAZ – SYSTEM will gradually take over the ownership of individual transmission assets from PGNiG SA.
- According to the legal provisions in force, in 2005 the customers authorized to benefit from the right to freely choose a supplier were:
- all customers except households ( About 1,7 mln out of over 6 mln total)
- 0,5% of wholesale market is captured by independent suppliers.
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| Contact |
Chłodna 64 st., Suite 302, 00-872 Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: (48 22) 66 16 165, Fax: (48 22) 66 16 200 Official website: http://www.ure.gov.pl |
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Laws
Org. Chart of ERO
Activity Report
Grid Code
License
Tariff Methodology
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