New Draft Of Act On Renewable Energy Sources

Poland's renewable energy industry is closely watching the Polish government's work on an amended draft of the act on renewable energy sources (the "Bill"). The Bill is part of a package of new energy legislation (the "Energy Package") comprising a new gas law, a new energy law and the act containing implementing provisions regarding all those energy acts (the "Implementing Act").

On 16 October 2012, the most recent (fourth) version of the Bill was published by the Ministry of Economy. After the final versions of all acts from the Energy Package are prepared and approved by the Polish government, the Energy Package shall be forwarded to the Polish parliament, where it will be a subject of legislative works. In addition, the Bill shall be reviewed by the European Commission in the context of state aid to private entities. As a result of these two processes, we expect that the current version of the Bill will be further revisited and amended.