Debate
Reduction of CO2 emission - power restitution
25 April 2008, 11:00 AM
the Polish Press Agency, 6/8 Bracka, Warsaw
The debate will be a next event focused on this crucially important currently subject. Polish energy and government have to face two vital challenges - announcement of new CO2 emissions rights allocation system and phenomenom of lowering system reserve (or decreasing system safety margin). Economical and political consequences of the challenges might be huge. Access to the electro-energy is treated as an indicator of civilisation level and progress. At the same time from 2013 on the energy sector will have to ask for emission rights within the auctioning system, which will result in the estimated cost of 5.1 billion €/year. Financial loads will rise dramatically when system reserve at the late January this year already decreased to 3% of the system power. We can even imagine situation when Poland is introducing system turn-offs or even spontanuous black outs.
Main aim of the debate is to draw attention to the above problems and discussing possible solutions. To lower down impact of unavoidable price rise, related to it inflation impulse and anxiety or even possible social crisis, it is necessary to process organised activities, which representatives of Polish authorities and economy would participate in.
Among invited presenters are:
- Marzena Chodor - DG Environment, EC;
- Eugeniusz Postolski - Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy;
- Zbigniew Kamienski - acting as Energy Department Director, Ministry of Economy;
- Mikolaj Budzanowski - Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department Director, Ministry of Environment
- Mariusz Maciej Swora - President of the Board, Energy Regulation Office;
- Wojciech Jaworski - Head of National Administrator of Emission Rights Trading System;
- Andrzej Kassenberg - Director, Institute for Ecodevelopment
- Grzegorz Onichimowski - President of Board, Polish Power Exchange S.A.;
- Janusz Bil - Director for Market Regulation and Development, Vattenfall Poland;
- Janusz Moroz - Member of the Board for Trading, RWE STOEN S.A.;
- Stanislaw Tokarski - Vice-President of the Board - Strategy and Development Director, Tauron Polska Energia S.A.;
- Mariusz Przybylik - Expert, A.T. Kearney.
The debate will be conducted by Professor Krzysztof Zmijewski - Chairman of the Polish Independent Energy Consultancy Board.
The meeting will have a form of discussion based on short presentations of the guests invited.