Poland is scrapping plans to carve out unprofitable coal assets from state-controlled utilities and instead seeks to introduce new support measures to keep the country’s electricity system stable.

Warsaw-listed power producers traded higher after an initial drop, with the WIG-Energy sub-index advancing as much as 2.4% on Wednesday to within touching distance of the highest level in a decade.

Poland’s government has dragged its feet about the NABE carve-out project, which was drafted by the previous administration, as it seeks to reduce the role of dirty coal-fired power plants and roll out more renewable energy capacity. Despite an acceleration in its green transformation, the country still relies on coal for a greater share of its electricity production than any other European Union member.

“NABE didn’t make economic sense,” State Assets Minister Jakub Jaworowski told reporters in Warsaw. “But we see the problem of coal assets and we’ll propose the new support measures.”

An analysis by the ministry recommended that utilities receive other forms of support to keep running their coal-fired power plants for at least the next decade, Jaworowski said. The government wants EU approval to introduce capacity payments for aging coal-fired units to avoid a shortfall in electricity output after the bloc’s current market rules run out in 2028.

The report said that NABE would have growing debt and a negative cashflow, creating a financial gap of nearly $15 billion through 2040.

“The government has sent multiple signals that NABE isn’t essential and the market has been prepared for it,” Ipopema Securities SA analyst Robert Maj said. “The additional new help is positive.”