As we read in the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the draft act of the Ministry of State Assets (MAP) on special solutions for the protection of gas fuel consumers in connection with the situation on the gas market, it will have a “measurable positive impact on the economic situation of millions of Polish families”.
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It was noted that bills for gaseous fuels of these customers will not increase in 2022, and for some “they will decrease due to the establishment of the maximum price at the tariff level of the enterprise with the highest market share “. It was added that in subsequent years the bills of consumers in households” will not be increased by the actual costs of purchasing gas fuel for their needs by enterprises dealing in gas fuel trading, which were covered in the tariffs in force in 2022 “.
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The project shows that the proposed solutions may be used, for example, by approx. 7 million households, up to 40,000 cooperatives and housing communities.
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The Sasin Act on gas prices
As stated, in the second half of 2021, there was an unprecedented increase in natural gas prices on the European Union wholesale market. “Natural gas quotations in December 2021 on EU exchanges were many times higher than the prices of natural gas in the same period of 2020. The above situation generates significant costs for household consumers and entities from the public utility sector, which, due to their functions, are often unable to obtain funds on their own to pay significantly higher bills for natural gas “- it was written.
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The authors of the draft act indicate that the unusually high prices of natural gas, with the parallel protection of certain categories of customers against a radical increase in natural gas prices, generate the risk of a significant deterioration in the financial condition of gas sellers. The necessity to take further steps was indicated in order to, inter alia, protection of natural gas consumers who are particularly exposed to the effects of an increase in its prices. The idea is to protect “household customers and some customers performing public utility tasks, while introducing compensation for gas sellers selling to tariff customers”.
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