Among the necessary adaptations are the streamlining the ‘first come first serve’ rule as well as the amendments to the Financial Instruments Trading Law as regards emission allowances auctions.
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The question may be posed, how the Commission intends ‘to provide legal certainty to the Member States, the power generators concerned and the market on the quantity and terms of the transitional free allocation in the situation, where the issue is not decided yet due to required and not made State aid assessments?
The support scheme in Poland for CHP plants (entitled for so-called “red certificates”) and for and gas-fired cogeneration plants (eligible for so-called “yellow certificates”) extinguishes in March 2013.
Polish energy efficiency scheme using co-called „white certificates” will start as from 1 January 2013. The fresh novelty for the system arrangements is the abandonment by the Polish Ministry of the Economy of the idea of introducing statutory regime regulating the status of energy efficiency auditors.
According to the presentation released by the Polish Ministry of the Economy micro installations and small installations are defined in the following way:
1. micro installation – installation of the renewable energy source having the overall installed electrical output at a maximum 40 kW or overall installed thermal or cooling output at a maximum 70 kW, excluding installations producing biogas or generating electricity, heating or cooling from biogas,
2. small installation – installation of the renewable energy source having the overall installed electrical output between 40 kW and 200 kW or overall installed thermal or cooling output at a maximum between 70 kW and 300 kW, excluding installations producing biogas or generating electricity, heating or cooling.
The important simplification is that the above categories of RES installations will be exempted from the licensing requirements. The economic activity consisting in generating electricity, heating or cooling in small installation will only be registered with the supplier of last resort which in competent for the area where the said small installation operates. The supplier of last resort will, consequently, inform the President of the Energy Regulatory Office of the changes made in the registry.
The most far-reaching is, however, the approach taken with respect to micro installations.
The push for reducing red tape burdens is visible in the provision which only requires micro installation generator to notify distribution system operator of the location, type and installed output of the micro installation that was connected to the network by the authorised electrician. Connecting to the network consist only in notification in question and installation of the relevant meters. The costs for the meters as regards micro installation will be borne by the relevant distribution system operator.
Moreover, generating electricity, heating or cooling in micro installations for the purpose of use up for own needs as well as selling the surpluses will not represent an economic activity within the meaning of the respective provisions of common application.
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