The Lithuanians are finding out that importing LNG is not the solution to any problems. In fact it creates them.
Bearing in mind that the economics of the situation are very similar for both countries it is hard to imagine that the situation can be any different in Poland (although somebody is betting plenty of government money on an alternate outcome.)
In Lithuania the government, finding that LNG was the red headed runt of the energy supply business - and costly to boot - resorted to placing a levy upon industrial users who
don't use LNG to subsidise the overall cost. The biggest users of natural gas in the country are fertiliser manufacturers and they made it clear that they'd simply cease production if the proposed levy was imposed. It looks now as though there is going to be a universal levy for gas consumers - so the problem is not solved just shared more.
The thing to remember is that LNG is costly. Costly to buy, costly to store and costly to gasify. Natural gas, on the other hand, is cheap as chips.
The cost of a terminal is around $190,000 per day! The Lithuanians are trying to get out of their lease deal.
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