President of Polish nuclear power plants Leszek Juchniewicz dismissed. Piotr Piela with the new head of Pej

“On March 10, 2025, the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders dismissed Leszek Juchniewicz from the composition of the management board of the Pej company. Thank you for his contribution and work for the company and the implementation of the first nuclear power plant in Poland” – it was written in a message on the company's website.

It has been added that “the board includes vice president Piotr Piela and Tomasz Szubiela”.

“By a resolution of the Extraordinary Assembly of Shareholders from March 11, 2025, Piotr Piela will perform the function of the president of the management board” – it was indicated.

As reported on the Pej website, “Piotr Piela has over 25 years of experience in projects in energy and finance areas.”

He began his professional career in 1995 at the Arthur Andersen advisory company, which in 2002 merged with Ernst & Young. For many years he was a managing partner of the Business Advisory Department and the leader of the Energy Team Ernst & Young, managing the works of multidisciplinary consulting teams in Central and Eastern Europe. From 2020, he was a managing partner of Piela Business Engineering providing integrated solutions for the energy sector, “it was written.

It was added that “from 2009 he actively participated in the development of nuclear energy in Poland, supporting the implementation of projects related to the construction of the first Polish nuclear power plant and power plants based on the technology of small modular reactors (SMR)”, and “key implemented projects in which he participated included cooperation, among others Economy, Ministry of Energy, KGHM, Nuscale, ENEA Group and investor of the Sinop nuclear project in Turkey. “

“Piotr Piela is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Technology and post -graduate studies in the field of management at Harvard Business School” – he stated.

100 % belonging To the Treasury, Pej are the investor and operator of the Pomerania power plant. The company already has an environmental decision for the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant with a capacity of up to 3750 MWe in the Lubiatowo-Kopalino location and a basic decision issued by the minister of climate. Pej also signed a contract with the Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium for the design of the power plant. In turn, the government sent to the European Commission a request for public aid notification by recapitalizing the company with the amount of PLN 60 billion and in the form of a differential contract.

The current version of the Polish Nuclear Energy (PPEJ) program from 2020 assumes the construction of two nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 6-9 GW, with 100 % belonging. to the State Treasury of the Polish Nuclear Power Plant as an investor and operator. As a partner for the first power plant, the previous government indicated the Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium. It is to be built in the Lociatowo-Kopalino location in Pomerania.

In February, the Sejm adopted the Act on the recapitalization of the Polish Nuclear Power Plant (PEJ) from the budget of the company up to PLN 60.2 billion, which is to be a contribution to the construction of the first nuclear power plant. The condition of recapitalization is the consent of the EC for public aid.

The government assumes that 30 percent The construction costs will be covered by the investor's own funds, which will consist of the recapitalization provided for by the Act, and 70 percent. – a debt, enlightened in financial institutions.

According to the recent declarations of the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Wojciech Wrochny, the outpouring of the so -called The first nuclear concrete for the first reactor is to take place in 2028. The beginning of commercial operation of the first block is planned for 2036. In mid -February, Wrochna announced that the government would like to decide on the location of the second nuclear power plant next year.