New year price hikes for gas and electricity

The price of electricity will increase by 2.7% on average. The prices will grow the most, that is by 4.8% at the ZE Płock power plant due to high maintenance costs of its well-developed network infrastructure and a relatively small number of customers. On the opposite end of the scale there is the Upper Silesia Power Plant (GZE), where prices will increase only by 1.5%. The regulator also agreed to increases in the price of gas. Polish Oil and Gas (PGNiG), which enjoys a monopolist position on the domestic market, wanted to raise the price by 15%. However, URE stated that only a 6.5% increase is justified. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 6-7) E.B.