Summary: The article presents summaries of papers delivered on the panel discussion “The Future of Conventional Power Engineering in Poland” held on March 22, 2017 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. The organizers were Energetics Department from Gliwice Division of SEP, SEP Circle No. 1 at PSE S.A. from Coal Basin Division of SEP, SEP Circle No. 9 at Tauron Distribution and SEP Circle at ZPBE Energopomiar-Elektryka from Gliwice Division of SEP.