The Energy Regulatory Office (URE) is Poland’s national regulator for the energy sector, overseeing the electricity, natural gas, and district heating markets. It approves network tariffs for transmission and distribution operators, grants and supervises licenses for market participants, and enforces sector rules consistent with EU energy legislation.
URE monitors wholesale and retail market conduct, ensures non-discriminatory third-party access to networks, resolves regulatory disputes, and supervises compliance by system operators. It also administers support mechanisms for renewable energy and high‑efficiency cogeneration, including auctions and contracts for difference, and manages certificate systems such as guarantees/certificates of origin and energy efficiency “white certificates.”
For industrial consumers—including the chemical and petrochemical sectors—URE’s decisions on tariffs, grid connections, balancing, and capacity allocation, as well as the design of renewable and efficiency support schemes, materially influence energy costs, supply options, and decarbonization pathways in Poland.