Bad news for gas customers. Orlen has no doubts

On Tuesday morning, gas prices in Europe were rising - benchmark contracts for this fuel in Amsterdam increased to EUR 74.80 per megawatt hour.

The media note that the reason for the rising gas prices is investors' concerns about low supplies of the raw material before the upcoming winter. Natural gas reserves in EU warehouses amount to 72.4%. compared to the 5-year average at this time of 87.7%.

Let us recall that European countries need to obtain more supplies of this gas at a time when its global supply is still limited, which exposes energy markets to further price increases.

"We are starting the process of agreeing tariffs for next year with the Energy Regulatory Office"

The rising price of gas in Europe is certainly not good news for Polish consumers of the "blue fuel". It is still not known what the gas tariff will be for next year, but it is possible that Orlen will apply to the Energy Regulatory Office for an increase.

As for what will happen to the tariff, MyOrlen is obliged to agree the tariff with the Energy Regulatory Office every year. Ultimately, whether the tariff for next year will be higher and how much higher than now, we will not answer this question at the moment, because we are not able to say it today - said Robert Soszyński, vice-president of Orlen, at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on energy, climate and state assets.

He added that Orlen will be able to precisely answer the question about the application to the Energy Regulatory Office in December or at the end of November. Today it is still too early, we are starting the process of agreeing tariffs for next year with the Energy Regulatory Office - he said.