Wpływ prosumenta na zarządzanie bezpieczeństwem energetycznym w Polsce
Prosumer Impact on Energy Security Management

Summary/Abstract: Since its EU membership, Poland has paid special attention to the protection of the natural environment. The Community enables flexible creation of the energy balances by the Member States, but EU law must be respected and implemented. Therefore, the energy security policy created by the Polish government and governmental organizations, NGOs, businesses and the society should take into account the EU priorities, especially in the renewable energy sector. RES is one of the priorities of the energy and climate policy.This article aims to indicate the prosumer role in the management of energy security,and to analyse prosumer energy. The issue of prosumer-driven regulations in the fieldof renewable energy in Poland, amended in 2015, triggered a broad discussion not only among the scientific community, but also among the representatives of social organizations and communities gathering prosumers in Poland. This phenomenon was evidentalso at the beginning of 2016, when the new government came to power (the Law andJustice party) and decided to resume work on the content of the Act. It should be emphasized that the Polish law provided for no direct financial support (determined on a statutory level) for small power producers. Simplistic loans and administrative arrangements do not encourage consumers to individual investments. As a result of the amendment to the law on renewable energy in support of prosumer benefits from, among others, the purchase and assembly of small installations of renewable energy sources financed from the EU funds. This article aims to answer a few questions: who is the prosumer, who is the energy prosumer and what are their objectives? What is the role of the prosumerin the management of energy security in Poland? The article focuses on a topical issue, which makes it all the more interesting in terms of research.

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