Charter for Effective Transformation of the Distribution Systems of the Polish Energy Sector: First session of the Steering Committee chaired by new President of the URE, Renata Mroczek
On 3 September this year, the headquarters of the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) was the venue of the 22nd session of the Team for the Charter for Effective Transformation of the Distribution Systems of the Polish Energy Sector. The session’s agenda featured the development of electromobility in Poland.
The changes the Polish energy sector is undergoing are challenging to all market actors. The Team’s work are intended to enable optimum and, as far as it is possible, efficient usage of the distribution systems that factors in the e-mobility sector growing in the country and the implementation of the requirements imposed by the AFIR[1].
The September session of the Team was attended by representatives of the Polish New Mobility Association (PSNM), the Polish Power Transmission and Distribution Association (PTPiREE) and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA), working under the auspices of the President of the URE on an agreement on cooperation in the development of public EV charging stations (OSŁ) for electric vehicles in Poland.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, the Ministry of State Assets, the Ministry of Development and Technology, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne, PGE Energetyka Kolejowa, and the OSDnEE (All-Poland Association of Independent Electricity Distributors).
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- On 6 October 2021, the President of the URE opened the session of the Team tasked with developing a Social Agreement between the Industry Regulator and the Distribution Industry called the “Charter for Effective Transformation of the Distribution Systems of the Polish Energy Sector”.
- There are currently 28 signatories to the Charter (the original parties to the Charter were the five largest DSOs in Poland).
- The Charter project objectives are:
- To diagnose the key needs for grid operation, resulting from the formal and legal requirements applicable to DSOs in the run-up to 2030 and related to the increasing number of renewable sources connected to the DSOs’ grids;
- To identify the tools to meet these needs;
- To identify the method and sources of funding and assessing their impact on the tariff (and the society);
- To change the DSO regulatory model to support investments from the DSOs, in particular investment projects into the broadly understood flexibility of grid operation (including optimisation of RES export connections and the maximum RES output into the grid);
- To implement legislative changes and facilitate grid investments and aid funding.
[1] Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU (OJ EU.L.2023.234.1).