Electrcity

• monitoring of changes in the EU and national regulations, particularly in the area of ​​rules and principles interpretation determined for the energy common market establishment, jointly with the area of ​​energy efficiency and emission reduction (including the area of ​​environmental advisory)
• legal analysis of selected functioning gas market conditions in the area of ​​national regulations and its proper application or implementation directory in accordance with EU regulations or international law
• regulations and requirements in the area of ​​energy security (state, supplies, infrastructure) and the energetic effectiveness area, the CHP and the Renewably Energy
• procedures and requirements for obtaining appropriate concessions and permits, enforcement of the regulatory obligations and obtaining the appropriate exemptions in this area
• preparation and application of tariffs and/or prices lists and trade policy compliance with regulations in force
• public aid for energy industry and conditions of the support system of functioning, includes inter alia: certificates, certificates of origin and other directional forms of support (for example – LTC or power market) obtaining or providing the opinion on conditions of obtaining the support measures along with financial assistance instruments or the state guarantees and its analysis and notification before the national or EU competent authorities
• conducting the proceedings or legal representation before the Energy Regulatory Office, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, courts and public authorities

• models and conditions of sales and purchase electricity in the state and abroad
• negotiations and contracting on the market of current TPA or alternative supplier, Including additional duties and charges (therein related products, so called ‘coloring’), conditions of the ex officio seller, alternative seller, rules of the balancing market and the manner Functioning of pricing method as well as a variety of penalties or other contract clauses
• contracts on the wholesale energy market: EFET standard contracts and additional contracts supporting wholesale trade
• contracts on the retail energy market, including the comprehensive contracts and sale contracts, contracts on the purchasing group with the specific requirements for the customer and documentation package supporting the proper commercial policy with the special emphasis on the regulation for the customer
• contracts connected with the required energy transmission and distribution: from contracts for the energy grid connection and configuration in the balancing market participation, contracts providing transmission and distribution of the energy and trade balancing service as well as other support this area
• supporting contracts in the area of ​​balancing, energy purchasing groups and other complementary contracts or contracts supporting retail energy sales
• terms and conditions in the area of ​​the wholesale energy market integrity, transparency (REMIT and EMIR, MiFID, MIFID II, MIFIR) and energy trading on the OTC market, on the stock exchange or trading platforms
• comprehensive advisory includes:
• conditions of wholesale / retail functioning energy market in Poland and neighboring countries (Baltic region countries, The Scandinavian Peninsula and continental Europe)
• support in the controls business model development and the energy trade organization
• conditions of cooperation with the transmission / distribution system operators on the energy market, including the model of future amendments in accordance with markets integration,
• drawing up the patterns connected with the energy purchase (model contracts, the standard offers, etc.)
• products and the energy trade tariffs in terms of energy and related products sales
• corporate controllers trade conditions and energy management processes
• formal-legal and the public law duties connected with the energy trade
• regulators joint conditions requirements and modifications of IT systems

• contracts connected with required energy transmission and distribution: from contracts for the energy grid connection and configuration in the balancing market participation, contracts providing transmission and distribution of the energy and trade balancing service as well as other support this area
• legal advisory area dedicated to the operators

• advisory regulators (in accordance with the abovementioned range) in the area of ​​energy generation from the renewable energy sources or combined heat and a power
• investment and environmental advisory area in the range of energy investments at various stages of licensing and investment process

• current issues of the labor lawtax and corporate advisory  related to the operating activity and trade in terms of requirements and duties due to the energy area regulations (national and EU)
• energy asset managementantitrust and transaction advisory, particularly due to the restructuring processes and capital changes related to the gas market liberalisation or integration

• regulators advisory:
• analysis of the feasibility study for the installation polish across the whole territory of electronic metering devices with reverse transmission (smart metering) and legal analysis on feasibility of the project including the right to the ownership of metering devices, legal separation possibility for an Independent metering the operator and the usage of metering devices with the reverse transmission
• comprehensive analysis of the regulatory issues of trading and clearing media in the sectors of water, gas, electricity and heat with the separation of the energy and heat obtained from renewable sources, the Independent Metering Operator services and the use of measuring devices with reverse transmission (smart metering)
• development and dissemination of tools and procedures applied in relation to the renewable energy sector and the electricity produced in cogeneration, including the preparation of guidelines for licensing, operation and settlement system for the issuing of certificates of origin, a review of the functioning of best practices and auditing (surveillance) energy generation systems in renewable energy sources and CHP throughout the EU and EFTA countries (UK, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Belgium), together with the session of seminars and trainings in this area
• legal advisory on the centralization in the electricity functional model of trade as well as energy-related products in the electricity capital group, Including the legal assessment of the new model (regulators, corporate, civil, tax and labor issues)
• legal advisory on the centralization of the functional model of trade in electricity and energy-related products in the group, including the legal assessment of the new model (regulators, corporate, civil, tax and labor issues)
• controllers conditions on the expiration of the cogeneration certificates of origin (so called yellow and red certificates) including legal consequences for energy companies and monitoring the process of legislation to restore it
• guidelines for a financial mechanism associated with financial establishment collateral for conducting the business activity focused on the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CCS)
• regulatory guidelines in terms of possibilities for creating a support and financial collateral system for the thermal water exploration and development projects
• legal analysis of the electricity trading settlement in terms of licensing and statistical duties of the electricity trading company
• legal advisory regarding to the obligation that obtain a concession, creating requests for granting and extension of the license for electricity generation, electricity trading, gaseous fuels trade
• legal advisory in terms of drawing up the tariff requests, comprehensive advisory for Obtaining electricity tariffs as well as high-methane natural gas tariffs and approval procedure of applying tariffs until obtaining new tariff’s approval
• preparing the extension requests from the electricity and natural gas tariff’s submit-to-approve presentation duty
• drawing up the model contracts on the comprehensive lighting service for the local government unit
• sales service system development, legal evaluation of the sales support system model established under isnt energy law, as well as on the basis of a draft amendment
• energy trading and buy, including inter alia:
• analysis of the regulatory framework for the sale of electricity is a retail and wholesale market, including:
• primary and secondary regulations in the area of ​​electricity generation, supply and pricing as well as renewable energy sources (RES) or a combined heat and power (CHP) – summation of controllers conditions in each area of ​​electricity generation,
• cooperation with operators area – conditions of transmission, distribution, balancing market participation
• terms and conditions of B2B, SME, B2C sales, including tariffing, obligations related to the sales, required clauses in the agreements, conditions of the settlement and billing the customers, taxes and charges related with the energy sales, personal data protection and marketing activities
• concerning legal analysis tariffing obligations and the extension of tariff’s submit-to-approve presentation duty
• legal analysis of rights and responsibilities in the area of ​​the electricity market licensing
• merger of the electricity market project companies (wholesale and retail trading)
• comprehensive legal service – energy law, preparation and simulation for the company’s retail market entry
• drawing up the comprehensive model contracts, electricity and gaseous fuel sales contracts, price agreements and general terms and conditions of the contracts used by the energy company in the B2B and B2C markets
• legal support on renegotiations of electricity purchase portfolio due to decrease in electricity prices (value shall obtain contracts for several hundred millions of PLN per year)

• energy transmission and distribution:
• legal analysis in terms of legal aspects in the DSOS separation, including analysis of the legal risks of each concept
• regulators settlement conditions of electricity supply, including recommendation of the optimal model for the generator functioning, trade company, distributor and customer along with defining regulators and tax consequences for the various configurations of settlement models
• controls business analysis of DSOS in the area of ​​activity in the large objects (so called island operator)
• description of the rest of the projects shall be presented upon operator‘s advisory area

• energy generation
• legal analysis in the area of ​​energy sales are final recipients by the generator for various models of settlement configurations
• conditions of sales for the electricity produced from the renewable sources powers for the ex officio seller or the free market disposal
• legal support in terms of adapting the electricity contracts of sales related with the integration of new power units / blocks to the grid
• analysis of the conditions of support systems and regulators responsibilities for the generation of electrical energy from renewable energy sources (RES)
• analysis of the conditions of support systems and regulators responsibilities for the generation of electrical energy from combined heat and power

• legal advisory for the electricity sector in the area of:
• legal advisory on the gas unit / blocks construction project that produce electricity (CHP) in the project finance mode, including formation of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) and related contracts (drawing up the letter of intent, interim agreement, confidentiality agreement, analysis of the other in legal aspects)
• legal advisory on the consolidation of seven companies within the capital group (studies on the civil, corporative, antitrust, labor and tax conditions as well as consolidation of other concepts in three variants along with preparation of a detailed Implementation schedule)
• consolidation process in the energy sector, corporate legal service (merger) including energy and administrative law issues,
• consolidation process in the renewable energy sector

Corporate legal service (merger) including energy and administrative law issues.

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