Gas prices 2023. Last call to submit an application for the coal allowance

Frozen Gas Tariffs

The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft law on special protection for gas fuel consumers in 2023 in connection with the gas market situation, submitted by the Minister of Climate and Environment. The aim is to freeze the price of gas and distribution services for 2023.
According to the statement of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister published on the government website, the key solutions provided in the draft include:

1. Introduction in 2023 of a maximum price for gas fuels at approx. 200 PLN/MWh and freezing the distribution fee rates. The maximum price will apply to all consumers currently under tariff protection, namely:

• households,
• housing communities and cooperatives, as well as other entities producing local heat for households in cooperatives;
• entities providing essential services to society, including healthcare units, social welfare institutions, education and higher education institutions, nurseries, churches, and non-governmental organisations.

The principle of the frozen tariff will apply to everyone, regardless of income threshold. The price of natural gas in the currently valid tariffs is approx. 200 PLN/MWh. Maintaining this price in 2023 is intended to ensure that gas cost increases for consumers do not exceed this year’s prices.

2. For the most vulnerable gas fuel consumers using gas for heating purposes, an additional refund of the incurred VAT costs will be granted. The VAT refund will apply to those heating with gas who meet the income criteria for the protection allowance (2,100 PLN for a single-person household and 1,500 PLN per person in multi-person households). The equivalent VAT amount will be refunded based on an invoice.

In exchange for maintaining gas prices for consumers at the maximum price level, energy companies are to receive compensation.
Offer: Legal advisor tax law

The deadline for submitting coal allowance applications is 30 November

Let us remind you that the coal allowance of 3,000 PLN is granted to households whose main heating source is:

• solid fuel boiler,
• fireplace,
• wood stove (koza),
• air heater,
• stove,
• kitchen stove,
• coal stove, or
• tiled stove using solid fuel

— fuelled with hard coal, briquettes, or pellets containing at least 85% hard coal.
The allowance has no income criteria. It is a one-time payment credited to the applicant’s account within two months, no later than 30 December 2022. Detailed information is available on the government website.