Il presidente polacco presenta un disegno di legge per ridurre del 33% le bollette elettriche domestiche

I love Poland even more now

I see blackouts in their future.

Poland’s president, Karol Nawrocki, has presented a bill that is intended to lower electricity prices for households by around a third and for businesses by a fifth. The measures fulfil one of the key promises Nawrocki made during his presidential campaign this year.

Energy experts have broadly welcomed Nawrocki’s proposals. However, given that the president is aligned with the right-wing opposition, it remains to be seen whether the more liberal ruling coalition – with which he has regularly clashed – will approve the bill in parliament.

Data published last month by Eurostat show that, in the first half of this year, Poland recorded the [EU’s third-fastest rise in electricity prices](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/30/poland-sees-the-eus-third-fastest-rise-in-electricity-prices/) for households, which jumped 20% year-on-year. It means that Poland now has the bloc’s second-highest prices when taking cost of living into account.

During his campaign for the presidential elections, which were held in May and June, Nawrocki promised to pursue measures to reduce power bills by 33% in his first 100 days in office – a deadline that falls on 14 November.

He had pledged to do so by “rejecting green taxes”, withdrawing Poland from the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, and producing “cheap energy from coal”, which he has [called](https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/08/14/why-poland-is-clinging-onto-coal-despite-the-economic-and-environmental-costs/) Poland’s “black gold”.

On Friday, however, Nawrocki presented a different plan, which would lower electricity bills by cutting the fees and levies that currently account for over half the costs consumers pay. According to Eurostat, Poland has the EU’s second-highest share of taxes and fees in electricity prices.

“I still believe that the Green Deal [the EU’s flagship climate policy] and the ETS green taxes should be rejected,” said Nawrocki today, quoted by financial news website Money.pl. “But today they are not being rejected; we are operating under certain circumstances, hence my legislative initiative.”

The president’s office calculates that the measures would cut the average household’s electricity bill from 2,500 zloty a year to 1,700 zloty – a roughly 33% fall. For businesses, which have a different pricing regime, the average saving would be around 20%.

The proposed reforms focus on four main areas: reducing distribution fees, scaling back mandatory renewable energy certificates, removing certain surcharges, and cutting VAT on electricity from 23% to 5%.

The president’s office said the renewable energy certificates were originally meant to finance investment in green energy that are “mostly paid for”, meaning the fees are no longer needed at their current level.

Industry news service Energetyka24 reports that, although estimating the budgetary costs of the president’s plan is difficult, they are expected to range from 11.5 to 14 billion zloty a year. [Money.pl](http://Money.pl) cites a similar estimate of 14 billion zloty.