Lokalny Prąd — lower energy costs for business
An energy cooperative is a community of companies that trade electricity from local renewable sources between themselves, under rules set by Poland’s renewables act. Check whether your municipality is within reach and work out your estimated savings.
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Shared settlement
Companies in the same region settle their electricity within the cooperative, cutting out intermediary margins and part of the distribution charges.
A lower cost per kilowatt-hour
The electricity flows exactly as it does today; only the way it is settled changes, so the cost of every kWh genuinely falls.
No installation to build
Your company builds no generation of its own — it joins a ready-made structure that KCRES runs on the technical and organisational side.
Who the cooperative is for
Members may be entities operating within one municipality or a group of neighbouring municipalities. The model rests on firm legal foundations: the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the Energy Law and the Cooperative Law.
Municipalities & their units
Schools, town halls, waterworks, street lighting, culture and sports facilities — public consumption points balanced within the cooperative.
Local businesses
Manufacturing, service and trade companies operating within the municipality — settling their energy more cheaply, without building installations of their own.
Housing communities
Communities managing multi-family residential buildings — cheaper energy for the shared parts of the property.
Housing cooperatives
Entities managing the municipality’s residential stock — stable settlements across the whole portfolio of buildings.
Agriculture & agri-business
Farms and renewable installations in rural areas — as consumers, or as producers settling their surplus within the cooperative.
What your company gains in the cooperative
The energy-cooperative model is designed to support local enterprise and energy security.
Lower energy costs
settling electricity within the cooperative works out cheaper than buying it on the open market.
Predictable prices
stable settlement rules limit how much market price spikes can hit your budget.
Green, local energy
electricity from nearby renewable sources supports your ESG goals and carbon-footprint reporting.
No upfront investment
joining requires no installation to build and no entry outlay beyond a possible membership share.
Minimal paperwork
KCRES handles the technical and organisational side; your company simply signs the membership documents.
Transparent rules
settlements are open and governed by the renewables act, with no hidden intermediary charges.
Sample savings profiles
Food-processing plant
(roughly PLN 120,000–210,000 a year at around 1.2 GWh of consumption). Steady two-shift demand makes good use of settlement within the cooperative.
Cold store / warehouse with refrigeration units
(roughly PLN 40,000–80,000 a year at around 450 MWh of consumption). Round-the-clock base load balances well against local renewable output.
Renewable producer — a business with a PV installation
for surplus energy settled within the cooperative rather than sold to the grid at a low rate.
These figures are estimates based on model profiles, not on closed settlements. Your actual result depends on your consumption profile, current tariffs and the cooperative’s reach; KCRES prepares the final analysis individually.
Have a renewable source of your own? Join as a producer
Businesses and farms with photovoltaic installations can settle their surplus energy within the cooperative — on better terms than selling that surplus to the grid at a low rate. The producer gains a stable, local outlet for its energy, while the other members get cheaper electricity.
The cooperative as a first step of the transition
Over time, members can expand the cooperative with energy storage and new renewable installations and, in the longer term, with elements of the local hydrogen economy. Grupa Nowa Energia supports this development cycle at every stage.
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Enquiry
You complete the calculator or a short form, and we check whether your company falls within the cooperative’s reach.
Qualification
KCRES verifies your location, consumption profile and eligibility to connect.
Analysis
You receive an individual savings calculation and the terms of membership.
Joining
Once the documents are signed, your company settles its energy more cheaply — locally, within the community.
Calculator
See how much your company could save on electricity
Pick your municipality, check whether the energy cooperative reaches it and work out an estimated saving — a few steps, no commitment.
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Frequently asked questions
Check the cooperative’s reach in your municipality
The number of places in each cooperative is capped by a statutory 10 MW limit — connection is granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
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