Heat punishment

The EU’s energy and climate policies could lead to the bankruptcy of thermal power plants and, as a result, to the freezing of millions of Poles in their own apartments.

EC Będzin Wytwarzanie sp. z oo from the Silesian Voivodeship was fined almost a quarter of a billion zloty for failing to arrange carbon dioxide emission allowances on time. Well, at the end of 2023, the Provincial Inspectorate for Environmental Protection in Katowice imposed an administrative fine on the company of over PLN 247.8 million “for failing to arrange CO2 emission allowances for 2020 on time.” How gigantic this fine is can be seen from the fact that in 2020, the same year the fine was imposed, the company’s total turnover was PLN 150 million, which means that the fine amounted to 165%. gain! – This in itself shows a certain absurdity of this system – noted Marcin Chodkowski, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EC Będzin SA, the parent company of EC Będzin Wytwarzanie, in the online Business Television, emphasizing that this obligation is imposed by the imposed by the state cannot be achieved for economic reasons.

Source: Do Rzeczy

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