The European Commission is making a consultation on electricity market reforms in Poland. As outlined in the EU’s energy market rules (Article 20(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/943), a Member State that is facing likely supply shortages is requested to reform its electricity market.
On 7 February 2020, Poland submitted its planned reform measures to the Commission. As the Commission will have to issue an opinion on the Polish plan, it seeks stakeholders’ views on the planned reforms.
Stakeholders should submit their input by 28 February 2020.
According to submitted plan, following measures will be implemented (timeline: 1 January 2021):
- energy prices on the balancing market will be based on a marginal pricing scheme as set out in Article 30(1)(a) of the Electricity Balancing Guideline;
- all Balancing Service Providers will be allowed to update their integrated scheduling bids to the extent possible until the intraday cross-zonal gate closure time as provided in Article 24(5) and 24(6) of the Electricity Balancing Guideline;
- all market participants will be able to bid or change their energy bids in the wholesale market at least until the intraday cross-zonal gate closure time;
- an administrative scarcity pricing mechanism will be introduced as referred to in Article 44(3) of the Electricity Balancing Guideline;
- DSR will be eligible to participate in the wholesale electricity markets (including day-ahead and intra-day) as well as the balancing market and will be treated in a similar way as other market participants and balancing service providers. DSR can be represented either individually or via aggregators;
- the following mechanisms (measures with availability payment which are already used to support TSO to ensure security of supply) will be terminated:
- Cold Contingency Reserve (Interwencyjna Rezerwa Mocy – IRZ);
- Interventional Operation (Praca interwencyjna – PI);
- Guaranteed Program of Emergency DSR (Gwarantowany Interwencyjny Program DSR – IP DSR);
- Operational Capacity Reserve (Operacyjna rezerwa mocy – ORM).