They bought heat pumps and now it's crying. ‘Limit is besides small’

The president of the Energy Regulatory Office officially approved tariffs for the sale of electricity for the year 2024, announcing a price decrease of 31% on average. The government's decision to frost tariffs until mid-2024, even though it is an crucial action, will not relieve homeowners utilizing heat pumps. Why? The energy consumption limit provided for in the Act is besides low in their case, which puts them at the challenge of advanced bills.

The last Friday decision of the president of URE was accompanied by the approval of tariffs for 4 main electricity sellers to households: PGE Turnover, Tauron Sales, Enea and Energia Turnover. The regulator besides approved tariffs for the 5 largest energy distributors, namely PGE, Tauron, Enea, Energia and Stoen Operator.

The approved energy prices for 2024 are 31.3% lower than the tariffs for 2023 (down from PLN 1076.7 to PLN 733.3). The Authority stressed that it was as a consequence of reductions in prices on the wholesale marketplace compared to prices on contracts concluded in 2022.

Also on Friday, president Andrzej Duda signed a bill to defend electricity, gas and heat consumers until the first half of 2024. The fresh rules include setting maximum electricity prices for households and tiny businesses.

The regulations presume the maintenance of maximum electricity prices by 30 June 2024 at PLN 412 per net MWh, reduced by 50% of the current consumption limit. Above this limit, the price will emergence to PLN 693 per MWh. For households it is limited to 1500 kWh, for people with disabilities 1800 kWh and for farmers and families with the 2000 kWh Large household Card.

Homeowners who have invested in heat pumps study concerns to Money.pl editorial. They point out that the 1500 kWh limit is far besides low in their case, peculiarly given the yearly electricity consumption. 1 reader, Mr. Alexander, with a home area of 130 sq m, emphasises that its yearly consumption is 9000 kWh, while tariff protection covers only 1500 kWh. In the erstwhile year, he utilized 9000 kWh and had protection of up to 3000 kWh and besides received backing related to the heat pump. Currently, there is no information about specified support, leading to a request for a different tariff strategy for heat pump users.

Heating bills advanced up

Our reader pointed to a paradoxical situation in which people heating their homes with gas, eco-gross or even burning waste had lower costs than those who decided to usage a heat pump. His opinion points to absurd freezing of electricity prices up to 1500 kWh erstwhile utilizing heat pumps.

Analysts of mBank made an interesting forecast, suggesting that the deficiency of any collateral and the approval of the Energy Regulatory Authority for specified tariffs could consequence in an immediate increase of inflation by 2 percent points next year.

The portal legartis.pl discussed in item the problems of heat pump owners, especially related to the change in the way the surplus of energy sold to the network is accounted for by prosumers utilizing photovoltaics. The government decision, implemented on 1 April last year, introduced fresh accounting rules. Those who transferred electricity to the network before this date usage a more favourable method of settlement, alleged net-metering, for another 15 years.

On the another hand, those who installed photovoltaics after 1 April 2022 are covered by a fresh strategy of energy surplus settlements, the alleged net-billing. This solution has been in place for 15 years for each fresh micro-installation connected to the network, different from net-metering as it is based not on the value transferred to the power grid, but on the amount of energy transferred.

Popularity for heat pumps in Poland

The heat pump marketplace in 2022 flourished, showing an awesome 120% increase compared to the erstwhile year, as confirmed by the PORT PC report. Increased request exceeded supply, signaling increasing interest in this technology. Poland, ranked eighth in the European Union in terms of sales heat pumps for a 1000 households, she showed a clear trend. statistic showed that up to 1 in 3 heating devices purchased in the country are heat pumps.

In April, the 5th edition of the program "My Current" began, beginning the door to subsidies not only for photovoltaics but besides for heat pumps and solar collectors. The maximum amount of support of PLN 58 000 has been an enticing stimulus for those curious in green heating solutions. The overall budget of the programme reached an awesome amount of PLN 955 million, which announced a wide scope and possible for changes in the energy market.