Maciej Bando named chairman of the Energy Regulatory Office
Maciej Bando was named to the post of Energy Regulatory Office (URE) chairman to serve a five-year term.
“For the first time, the URE chairman was chosen in a competitive recruitment process, led by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. New conditions of URE chairman selection, including term limits, have been initiated by an amendment of the Energy Law, effective September 11, 2013,” as written in the press release.
The release further states, that the responsibilities and competencies of the URE chairman include the execution of the legislation’s goals: i.a. energy security, economical utilization of energy sources, development of competition, counteracting the negative effects of natural monopolies, monitoring of gas and electrical networks, granting and revoking of licenses.
Since the beginning of 2012, Bando has been the vice-chairman of URE and recently served as the interim chairman.
The former chairman Marek Woszczyk left last December to become CEO of Poland’s largest power utility PGE.
