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Supreme Audit Office audit on the construction of block C in Ostrołęka. Wasteful loss of one billion zlotys
The actions taken by the management board of Ostrołęka sp. z o. o. concerning the settlement and conclusion of the Ostrołęka C power unit investment were detrimental to the company’s interests, as outlined in a report from the Supreme Audit Office, which was prepared following an audit by this institution and acquired by Grzegorz Łakomski, a journalist from TVN24. The National Audit Office (NIK) estimates this loss to be nearly one billion zlotys.
„The Supreme Audit Office has issued a negative evaluation regarding the settlement and conclusion of the Ostrołęka C coal-fired power unit investment” – as stated in the Supreme Audit Office’s post-audit report titled „Settlement and Conclusion of the Ostrołęka C power unit investment,” which was obtained by Grzegorz Łakomski from TVN24.
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The spokesperson for the Supreme Audit Office, Marcin Marjański, when asked by tvn24.pl about the audit, confirmed its completion. He also mentioned that „analyses related to the preparation of notifications to the prosecutor’s office are still in progress.”
Ostrołęka C Block GreenpeaceCost of constructing a block in Ostrołęka
The focus of the NIK audit was the settlement and completion of the investment in the Ostrołęka C power unit from January 1, 2020, to April 3, 2025. During the audit period, the position of president of Ostrołęka sp. z o.o. was held successively by:
- Łukasz Wysogrocki – from September 11, 2024,
- Beata Kalinowska – from July 11, 2022, to October 9, 2022,
- Adam Galanek – from November 9, 2019, to April 15, 2022.
As detailed in the document, the management board „chose to adopt – circumventing the procedure (…) – settlement methods that were disadvantageous to the Company.”
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„Risk of unprofitable cost coverage”
According to the report, „in the view of NIK, the procedure implemented by the Company’s Management Board for the settlement and conclusion of the investment, resulting in an expense of at least PLN 958,100,748.78 net, was not in accordance with the procedure stipulated in the Contract and hence posed a risk of unprofitable coverage of costs representing the amount owed paid to the General Contractor,” namely, the Consortium of GE Power sp. z o.o. and Alstom Power System SA.
Construction of block C of the Ostrołęka power plant tvn24.jpg beton24„In the opinion of NIK, the documents that served as the foundation for the settlement of the Coal Project (the construction of the Ostrołęka C power unit – ed.) were accepted for settlement and utilized by the Company in a way that violated the terms of the Contract, despite the obligation of the Company’s Management Board to manage and conduct the Company’s affairs in a way that adequately protects the interests and assets of the entity” – as noted in the post-audit statement.
Power plant in Ostrołęka
The construction of Unit C at the Ostrołęka power plant was intended to be one of the significant government projects. In 2018, the then Minister of Energy, Krzysztof Tchórzewski, announced that this largest investment in eastern Poland was expected to be completed within five years.
The investor for the unit was Elektrownia Ostrołęka, in which the Enea and Energa groups each held 50% of the shares. On December 29, 2018, the Management Board of Elektrownia Ostrołęka issued an
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