Gas Storage Poland Sp. z o. o.
In order to meet legal requirements concerning the obligation to assign a storage system operator, PGNiG S.A. has created a special purpose vehicle company under the name of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. (GSP). Its core field of activity is performing tasks of a storage system operator. The company provides volumes and capacities of storage facilities that meet the needs of the gas storage market participants, at the same enabling the optimal use of these facilities.
Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. is particularly responsible for the following tasks:- providing safety of storage facilities operation and the execution of contracts with users of these facilities
- ensuring the operation, maintenance and repair of storage facilities and devices in a such a way that guarantees the reliability of their functioning
- ensuring long-term ability of storage facilities in order to meet reasonable demands for gaseous fuels storage, as well as development of storage facilities
- managing capacity of storage facilities
- providing storage services required for the accurate operation of a gas system
- managing gaseous fuels flow directed to and received from storage facilities and maintaining the quality parameters of these fuels
- providing users of the system and operators of other systems with the information regarding terms and conditions of rendering gaseous fuel storage services, including cooperation with interconnected gas systems
- cooperation with other gas system operators or energy companies to ensure reliable and efficient operation of gas systems and to coordinate their development
GSP also deals with the design and construction of underground gas storage facilities in rock salt deposits and offers a wide range of services related to the gas, the fuel and energy and the construction industries, namely:
- services in the gas industry – arrangements for implementation of line facilities, installation of gas systems, leading technological start-ups of plants and gas facilities and also acting as a substitute investor for underground gas storage facilities
- services in the fuel and energy industry - preparing projects in terms of their formal and legal aspects, designing fuel system installation, supervision of fuel system implementation, pump stations and liquid fuel storage depots, services in the construction industry
Authorities
Supervisory Board:
Piotr Regulski
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Piotr Regulski graduated from the Wrocław University of Economics. He has a diploma of the Postgraduate Study "The Academy of Leadership Psychology". He has many years of experience in the field of strategic enterprise management.
Mr. Piotr Regulski is currently the President of the Management Board of Ax Promotion, Advisor to the Management Board of Compremum S.A. Previously, he was a Member of the Management Board of Energa Logistyka - a company that makes purchases in the energy segment for the Energa Group.
He gained many years of experience in the field of management as a Member of the Management Board of RUCH S.A., then in the years 2020-2021 also as the President of the Management Board of RUCH S.A. In 2008-2017 he was the Vice-President for Commercial Affairs of Impel Cleaning and Impel Security Polska, supervising foreign companies in Latvia and Ukraine and coordinating the development of companies on the markets of Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. In 2001-2004, he was the President of the Management Board of Impel Group.
He gained his experience in supervisory authorities by performing, among others, functions: Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rafamet S.A., Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ZWIK Łódź, Member of the Supervisory Board of Consensus Company sp. z o.o. and a Member of the Supervisory Board of Impel Volleyball S.A.
He is a member of Mining Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce.
To the Supervisory Board of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. was appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, in January 2023.
Rafał Szymański
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr Rafał Szymański graduated from the University of Warmia and Mazury with a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and completed Postgraduate Studies on Energy Market at the Warsaw School of Economics.
He is employed in the Supervision Department I of the Ministry of State Assets, where he serves as Head of Department. His responsibilities include overseeing all economic and legal issues related to the activities of State Treasury companies, including those from the energy sector. Previously, he was associated with the Ministry of the State Treasury and the Ministry of Energy, where he was also responsible for supervising companies controlled by the State Treasury.
Over the years, he earned extensive experience in supervisory bodies by serving as Supervisory Board Member in PGE EJ sp. z o.o. and ENEA S.A. In 2017, he was also a Board Member of ENEA S.A. responsible for Corporate Affairs.
He was appointed as Member of the Supervisory Board of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. by the Minister of State Assets.
Monika Tyska
Member of the Supervisory Board
Maciej Kazienko
Member of the Supervisory Board
Maciej Kazienko - graduated in political science from the University of Gdańsk, and completed postgraduate studies in the field of energy audits at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań, modern renewable energy at the Warsaw University of Technology and Master of Business Administrations at the Higher School of Social and Media Culture in Toruń.
His professional career includes positions held in the Voivodship Office in Gdańsk (1993-1996), Chancellery of the Sejm (1997-2001), Chancellery of the Senate (2005-2006), Pomeranian Voivodship Office in Gdańsk (2006-2007). For the last 11 years (2009-2020) he has been a member of the board of the Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Gdańsk.
He has experience in the field of financing environmental protection facilities, including above all the modernization of energy generation sources, financing and development of renewable energy sources, improving energy efficiency and environmental impact assessments.
He was appointed as Member of the Supervisory Board of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. by the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Kamil Szafrański
Member of the Supervisory Board
Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, faculty of Finance and Accounting, major in Corporate Finance, Banking. Completed eMBA postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Management.
Mr Kamil Szafrański gained his professional experience in finance and management while working for:
- Industrial Development Agency S.A. in Operator ARP Sp. z o.o,
- Grupa Lotos S.A. in Lotos Serwis Sp. z o.o.
He was appointed as Member of the Supervisory Board of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. by the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Registered holders of a general commercial power of attorney of the Management Board:
Arleta Olejniczak
A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw (major: management and marketing - specialization: accounting and finance) and the Postgraduate Study of Taxes and Tax Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw. In 2020, she obtained a Master of Business Administration diploma. In 2013, entered on the list of tax advisors (entry number 12098). She has over 20 years of professional experience. In Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. she is the Director of the Finance Department. Previously, she worked as the Deputy Director of the Accounting and Finance Office at RUCH S.A. where, among others she was responsible for shaping the company's policy in the field of accounting and taxes, analyzing changes in tax law and accounting and their impact on the rights and obligations of the Company, in order to create uniform rules and procedures for all organizational units of the Company.
At the same time, he is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the Research and Development Center of Mining Raw Materials Chemicals CHEMKOP Sp. z o. o.
Alicja Walecka
She is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (major: administration) and the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw (major: law). She completed the legal adviser's apprenticeship at the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw. She is a legal adviser.
She has over 15 years of professional experience, which she gained in local government and government administration, working as a local government employee, as well as a member of the civil service corps. In the Mazowieckie Voivodship Office in Warsaw, she was the Deputy and then the Director of the Voivode's Office. She worked in commercial law companies, e.g. as Director of the Management Board Department at Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A., and also acted as an advisor to the Management Board at PKP Intercity Remtrak sp. z .o.o.
In 2021, she passed the exam before the Minister of State Assets for candidates for members of supervisory boards/bodies.
In Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. she is the Director of the Office of the Management Board and Legal Services.
Katarzyna Staręga
She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry and the Faculty of Production Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology.
Co-author of a scientific publication in the field of organometallics, in the field of nickel clusters.
From the beginning of her professional career, i.e. for almost 20 years, she has been associated with the energy sector, first with the subject of the liquid fuels industry, and then gaseous fuels. Area of professional interests focused around the regulatory environment of the sector.
In Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. she is the Director of the Commercial Department.
The Compliance Programme
The Compliance Programme valid until December 2,2020
On 25 March 2013 Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o with its registered office in Debogorze adopted and implemented "The Programme for Ensuring Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Storage Facility Users (The Compliance Programme)".
The purpose of the Compliance Programme is to ensure equal and non-discriminatory treatment of the users of storage facilities.
The Compliance Programme
The Programme for Ensuring Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Storage Facility Users
The Compliance Programme effective from December 2,2020
Modification of "The Programme for Ensuring Non-Discriminatory Treatment of Storage Facility Users (The Compliance Programme)" stemmed from the necessity to align the provisions contained therein with the rules defined in “the Guidelines for the Compliance Programmes laid down by distribution system operators and the storage system operator”, published by The President of Energy Regulatory Office in the Information No. 15/2019 of 18 February 2019.
This amended Compliance Programme, approved by The President of Energy Regulatory Office, will enter into force on 2nd December 2020.
The Compliance Programme
Compliance Officer
Magdalena Nowak-Karpińska
Attorney-at-law
magdalena.nowak-karpinska@gas-storage.pl
Careers
Gas Storage Poland is a company for which a statement that employees are its most important asset is not an empty statement. We comply with all obligations that employers have towards employees. We particularly care about the working atmosphere. When we employ people we pay attention not only to their qualifications but also to their personalities.
Recruitment
GSP recruitment process is designed in such a way that is friendly to all candidates. Even if it is not successfully completed, we attempt to deliver a valuable and interesting experience to our candidates.
Please attach the following consent to your application:
“I consent to the processing of my personal data by Gas Storage Poland sp. z o. o. during the recruitment process”.
Please read information obligation - GDRP
A typical recruitment process is divided into the following stages:
Stage I: the selection of candidates to meet based on the submitted applications
Stage II: interview with HR - at the interview we try to confirm candidates’ skills and, most importantly, we pay extra attention to their personalities
Stage III: meeting with HR and a person from the relevant department (usually a future direct manager of a potential employee)
Stage IV: the selection of the right candidate – we make our final decision. All candidates who got to the interview stage are informed of the results of the recruitment process
Stage V: discussion on the general conditions of cooperation
Stage VI: the introduction of a new employee to the company
Training
People are the most important asset of GSP. We make every effort to ensure that our employees develop and constantly improve their qualifications. In order to achieve that, we organize regular training sessions.
Specialist training courses (expert) – almost every single aspect of life is subject to systematic changes, new problems appear and innovative solutions are being introduced. Understanding the innovations results not only in following them, but above all, it is a guarantee of effective performance of everyone’s duties. Specialist training courses are specifically designed to relate to the type of work performed. They aim at deepening knowledge of workers on topics directly connected with their duties.
General development and management training courses – people spend more than half of their active life at work. We believe that during all that time spent at work everyone should develop something more than their professional skills. It is important for the work to provide not only financial security, but also a sense of satisfaction and the room for creativeness so that we can develop not only as workers but also as humans. General development trainings serve that function. Among others, they develop social skills, personality (including assertiveness) and let people understand each other to a greater extent.
History
Gas Storage Poland Sp. z o.o. (GSP) is a 100% subsidiary of Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (PGNiG). It was established in November 2010 in order to allow PGNiG S.A. to adapt a business structure for gas storage to the independence requirements of storage system operators referred to in the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2009/73/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (Directive 2009/73/EC). According to the above requirements, a storage system operator, which constitutes a part of a vertically integrated business undertaking shall be independent, at least in terms of its legal form, organization and decision making ability, from other types of activities not related to the transmission, distribution and storage.
The Company has acted as a storage system operator since June 1st, 2012. The activity of a storage system operator is conducted on the basis of relevant administrative decisions – i.e. the decision of the President of the Energy Regulatory Office (Urząd Regulacji Energetyki) of May 16th, 2012 (as amended) on granting a license to OSM for storage of gaseous fuel in storage facilities for the period from June 1st, 2012 to May 31st, 2022 (the License) and the decision of May 22nd, 2012 (as amended) on the appointment of the Company to perform a function of a storage system operator for the period from June 1st, 2012 to May 31st, 2022 (the Operator's decision). The concession includes the following Underground Gas Storages (UGS): UGS Husów, UGS Wierzchowice, UGS Strachocina, UGS Swarzów, UGS Brzeźnica, CUGS Mogilno and CUGS Kosakowo.
On July 1st, 2013, the merger of OSM and Investgas S.A. occurred. Pursuant to art. 492 paragraph 1 point 1 of the Commercial Companies Code it was a merger by acquisition, in which OSM was the acquiring company. After the merger, OSM is also active in the field of design and construction of underground gas storage facilities in salt deposits and offers a wide range of services related to the gas industry, fuel and energy, as well as the construction industry.
On October 4th, 2016, Operator Systemu Magazynowania Sp. z o.o. (OSM) changed its name to Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. (GSP).
On May 30, 2022, the President of the Energy Regulatory Office issued a decision on changing the term of the License and the Operator's decision. Expiring on May 31, 2022., the validity of the above-mentioned decisions have been extended
Source: GK PGNiGAnti-corruption Policy
The overriding principle of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. is to act in a responsible and ethical manner. Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. has a reputation for integrity both in its management practices and in its relations with counterparties and customers. The Company cares for continuous improvement of ethical standards in its operations. For this purpose, a Policy defining the guidelines in the area of counteracting corruption and fraud has been introduced. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with its content here.
Furthermore, the Company introduced Anti-corruption and gift procedure of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o. which is the executive act to the Policy adjusted to the framework of operations and organizational structure of Gas Storage Poland sp. z o.o.
