Freezing electricity prices unchanged? The new Minister of Energy presented priorities

Preparing an antiblackout package that would reduce the risk of such an event, as well as freezing of electricity prices are priorities, the new energy department will take care of them as soon as possible – the future head of the created Ministry Miłosz Motyk told PAP.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced changes in the government. Two new ministries will be created, the first to deal with matters related to the economy and finances – it will be managed by the current finance minister Andrzej Domański. At the head of the second, the Ministry of Energy, the current deputy minister of climate and the community Miłosz Motyk will stand.

Miłosz Motyk in an interview with PAP announced that one of his priorities would be the preparation of the antiblackout package. – The goal is to eliminate the risk of such a phenomenon or that it would be as low as possible – emphasized the future minister.

Blackout is a sudden and unforeseen interruption in the supply of electricity. Such an event – especially if it is long -lasting – is very dangerous and may be associated with with huge losses for many branches of the economy. At the beginning of July in Czech Prague and several other cities there was several hours of power failure. A metro stood in the Czech capital, trams, trains did not ride, and people got stuck in elevators. At the end of April, Blackout also occurred in Spain and Portugal. The effects of the failure were felt there for several days.

At the end of June, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Electrical Infrastructure Wojciech Wrochna reported that the prepared government antiblackout package contains activities to prevent physical and cybernetic attacks on power infrastructure. The recommendations were prepared together with PSE and it was approved by the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers.

Wrochna, when asked about the key PSE recommendation, announced that it is remodeling the operation of KSE (the national power system), so that the transmission system operator, i.e. PSE, has a “full set of knowledge” about what is happening in the system. – Today, a lot of manufacturing and receiving installations are connected to the network of distribution operators and this really limits the possibility of ongoing informing and taking action. The point is that the operator does not take action based on what he sees, what is happening in the system, only on the basis of what he knows that he will happen in the system – said the attorney. He added that it was That the renewable energy restriction can be planned and coordinated better so that the system works safer and more economically.

Activities under the antiblackout package are to be legislative and extra -toe.

Miłosz Motyk added that the most urgent task will be the issue of energy prices. Freezing prices is provided for in the novella of the so -called windmill act. In addition to the regulations regarding the construction of wind turbines, the Act contains a provision introduced during the parliamentary work, extending for the fourth quarter of this year. freezing of the price of electricity for households at the level of PLN 500 per MWH net. Last week, the Senate reported amendments to it; This week they are to be voted by the lower parliamentary chamber.

The future Minister of Energy added that in autumn the connection package is to be sent to the Sejm. He emphasized that the proposed regulations are already after inter -ministerial arrangements, and their general purpose will be to facilitate and accelerate procedures related to joining the power network.

According to unofficial PAP information, issues related to heating would also be sent to the new energy department. Motyk, when asked about it, confirmed that “some of the issues related to this area” would go to the new ministry.

Motyka, when asked about personal details in the ministry, headed by, he replied that it is too early to inform about it for now. (PAP)

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