New gas transmission company to remain in PGNiG's hands

PGNiG has been discussing changes to its restructuring strategy with the Ministry, as it must adapt to EU gas directive. One of the controversies was whether the new OSP company should belong to the State Treasury or to PGNiG. "We finally decided that the operator will be 100% dependent on PGNiG," said Deputy Ministry Treasury Ignacy Bochenek. This year, The Economy Ministry is to prepare the state's policy objectives for the gas and energy sectors. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.F.