Dylematy sektora ciepła systemowego, czyli kilka słów o konkurencji i monopolu w ciepłownictwie
Dilemmas of the heat sector – a few words about competition and monopoly in the district heating sector

Summary/Abstract: The dilemmas of the system heat sector boil down to the scope of the interference of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK President) and the President of the Energy Regulatory Office (URE President) in the functioning of heating companies. The article proposes a thesis which states that despite the liberalization measures in the district heating sector, the sector remains a natural monopoly. This results in the primacy of the URE President as the regulator of this sector and, at the same time, in the limited scope of influence of the UOKiK President as an antitrust authority. First, the article aims to define the very concept of ‘economic regulation’, the institutional element of which is the URE President. Second, it demonstrates the existence of a monopoly in the district heating sector in Poland. Third, it discusses the competencies of the URE President and the UOKiK President in the district heating sector.

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