Polish utility chief questions EU integration

The chief executive of ENEA, Poland’s third largest utility, has called into question the idea of a more closely integrated EU power-market, seen by many as critical to the future expansion of utility-scale renewables within the bloc.

Speaking today at the European Wind Energy Association conference in Vienna, Artur Rozycki said he can “imagine anything”, including “spending billions of euros on supranational connections”.

Before we have “one central European [electricity] dispatch in Brussels”, governments need to have a nuanced conversation with their electorates about the advantages and disadvantages of liberalised electricity markets and things like smart metres.

“Otherwise, we might come to the conclusion in 10 years that this was maybe not a good idea,” Rozycki says.

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