Freezing of electricity prices, heating voucher and oil reserves. The RM permanent committee adopted bills

The Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers adopted draft laws on the extension of freezing electricity prices by the end of 2025, the introduction of a heating voucher and the amendment to the Act on oil and gas reserves – the Ministry of Energy said in social media.

“Legislative offensive of the Ministry of Energy. The Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers adopted key draft laws: freezing energy prices by the end of 2025, a heating voucher for approx. 400,000 farms and a new act on oil and gas supplies” – said the Ministry of Energy on Platform X.

The draft act on the heating voucher prepared by the Energy Ministry and the amendment of some other acts, the project provides for maintaining the maximum electricity price for households at the level of PLN 500/MWh to 31 December 2025.

At the same time, the Ministry of Energy proposed in the same project to introduce a heating voucher, which is to support low -income farms using system heat. The support will be paid in the second half of 2025 and in the whole of 2026, and its amount will depend on heat prices – from PLN 500 to even 3.5 thousand. PLN per year. The income criterion was set at 40 percent. average salary for single -man and 30 percent For multiplayers.

The assessment of the effects of the bill regulations show that the cost of support in the form of freezing energy prices will reach PLN 887 million in 2025–2026, and the heating voucher – will amount to PLN 889.4 million.

The second project concerns oil and gas supplies. He assumes, among others Extending until the end of September 2026. The possibility of using gas by importers from the so -called ticket services provided by the Government Agency Strategic Reserve Agency (RARS).

The project also contains regulations on maintaining mandatory oil and fuel reserves. According to current regulations, fuel and oil reserves are enough for 90 days of average daily production or import, with some of them maintaining as the so -called RARS agency reserves, and the rest of importers or producers in a certain proportion. Importers and producers must currently maintain wrestling for 53 days of medium production or import. The Act assumes that an increasing part of this obligation will take over RARS, and the level of importers' obligation will fall: up to 50 days from the entry into force of the Act, to 47 days from June 30, 2026, and to 45 days from June 30, 2027 (PAP)

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