What is the difference in the cost of energy supply to a company with a contractual capacity of 500 kW without an energy storage facility and with an energy storage facility with a capacity of 250 kW and a capacity of 1000 kWh? The Elmech-ASE analysis showed annual savings in energy supply costs at the level of 650,000 zl in a company working in two shifts and 740 thousand zloty in a three-shift company.

Electricity is essential for functioning, both in the household and in the entire industry - it's a truism. A more complex issue is the fact that in households the costs of energy supplied are regulated by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, and in industry there is a free market and electricity prices are shaped by power plants and trading companies.

This situation, in the current environment of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, puts the viability of many companies at risk. In industry, energy costs have a huge impact on the final price of the manufactured product and translate into the competitiveness of enterprises, especially those with energy-intensive production.

Tenfold increase in energy costs

In the process of energy transformation, as well as as a result of the geopolitical situation, the costs of energy supplied to industry have increased tenfold in recent years. The cost of energy supply includes fees for distribution services and electricity. The prices of distribution services result from the tariff of the Distribution System Operator or the Transmission System Operator. Tariff rates are a consequence of justified costs incurred by operators and are approved by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office.

We are in a situation on the market where distribution rates have increased by approx. 5% compared to the previous year. The effect of this change, based on Energa Operator SA's tariff in 2021 and 2022.