Poland Prepares Solutions to Lower Electricity Prices for Consumers

The Polish government is actively working on a package of measures designed to reduce electricity prices, aiming to make cheaper energy more accessible to a broader segment of the population. This effort is seen as a strategic move, potentially in preparation for upcoming election campaigns, with the goal of providing tangible benefits to citizens.

While specific details of the government's package remain limited, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has tasked his ministers with developing solutions that will lower electricity costs. Ministers of Energy and Finance and Economy are reportedly involved in these preparations. Further details may emerge during a debate scheduled for July 10 in Choczewo, coinciding with the connection of the first offshore wind farm to the national grid.

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The system needs more flexibility on the demand side. One of its forms is encouraging greater consumption of energy when production is high and demand is low.

Energy companies are already introducing new tariff options to provide consumers with greater flexibility. Hybrid tariffs, which combine elements of fixed and dynamic pricing, are emerging as a key innovation. These tariffs allow consumers to benefit from lower energy prices during off-peak hours, such as midday or weekends, when energy production is high and demand is low.

Companies like Energa, Enea, and Tauron have presented these intermediate tariffs, which are based on the common G11 tariff structure. Grzegorz Onichimowski, president of Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), noted the system's increasing need for demand-side flexibility. He explained that encouraging higher energy consumption during periods of high production, like midday when solar power generation peaks, allows even consumers without their own photovoltaic installations to take advantage of lower prices, for instance, by heating water or charging electric vehicles.

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Even consumers who do not have their own photovoltaic system can benefit from low prices during hours with high energy production from this source. This is an opportunity to cheaply heat water in a boiler or charge an electric car.