(Bloomberg) — Poland is seeking to amend plans for utilities to spin off their coal assets, according to the minister in charge of managing state assets.
The European Union’s most coal-dependent nation has struggled with its energy transition, with the previous administration failing to complete a plan to separate the coal assets from utilities and move them to a separate entity — known as NABE — all in one go.
The current government’s plans regarding the ownership of coal mines and polluting power plants aren’t clear, with State Assets Minister Jakub Jaworowski calling the NABE carve-out “a kind of a nuclear option.” He said that “there are several options in between” which may be preferable, without providing details.
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