The Polish competition authority UOKiK (Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów) is questioning the May 2017 deal between the Polish utility PGE and EDF, which was submitted to the UOKiK in July 2017. The transaction is raising competition issues on the Polish power generation market. If the deal is endorsed, PGE is likely to have a dominant position on the Polish coal generation market and will increase its market share in the Polish power generation capacity from 36% up to 45%. The UOKiK is studying several options to mitigate this aspect of the deal. In order to get its approval, PGE may have either to sell a coal-fuelled power station or pledge to trade more electricity via the Polish Power Exchange.
The transaction with PGE encompasses EDF's 3.1 GW of installed capacity in Poland, namely the 1 775 MW coal-fired Rybnik power plant and four CHP power plants (1 159 MWe) in Gdansk, Gdynia, Krakow and Wroclaw. In addition, PGE will purchase EDF's 50% stake in Kogeneracja, which owns another four CHP plants in Poland.
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