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Realizacja obowiązku mocowego przez przedsiębiorstwa energetyczne
Realization of a capacity obligation by power companies

Author(s): Bartłomiej Pawlak, Damian Ziarkowski
Subject(s): Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Business Economy / Management, Law on Economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: capacity obligation; capacity auctions; capacity market; energy security; power companies

Summary/Abstract: According to the intention of the legislator, a capacity obligation, as defined in the Act on the Capacity Market of 8 December 2017 (Art. 2 point 23 of the Act), should be the main instrument of the capacity market used to ensure long-term energy security in Poland. The article presents an analysis of the content of the capacity obligation imposed on providers, which, in essence, may be defined as the provider’s civil law obligation towards an operator comprising of two components: availability to provide capacity, which consists of maintaining physical units in satisfactory condition during the entire delivery period, and the provision of capacity to the system during a threat period

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 59-71
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish