Winter is approaching, yet coal is still unavailable at Bolesławiec’s ZEC. – The pace is very slow, and the paperwork is growing to enormous proportions – comments Piotr Roman, head of the Municipality of Bolesławiec.
He explains that the municipalities are waiting for the signature of the President of the Republic of Poland, the regulation, its publication in the Public Information Bulletin, and detailed rules.
– There are countless problems; not a single one has been resolved – says the head of Bolesławiec City Hall. – I did not expect it to take this long.
As the mayor emphasizes, some municipalities are taking enormous financial risks. For example, Gmina Gromadka, which submitted a request for 700 tonnes of coal. – What if the municipality buys coal and nobody wants to buy it from them? – P. Roman wonders.
The ZEC yard can hold 7,000 tonnes of coal. – I cannot remember a year when this yard was as empty as it is now – the mayor points out.
He assures readers that the Municipality of Bolesławiec will never agree to selling coal that “will turn out to be the most environmentally friendly in the world because it will not burn.” Therefore, the first delivery will certainly not be large, so that the local government can check the quality of the product. In Piotr Roman’s view, ZEC has a good reputation and does not intend to lose credibility in the eyes of customers through decisions that are not its own.
The mayor adds that if local-government officials took matters into their own hands, they would certainly resolve them much faster.