The subject matter in article was propels connected with influence of changes of prices energy on quality of life of society. Authors try to establish to Polish realities the adequacy of definition of energetistic poverty as well as to qualify, as the growing costs of electric energy influence on standard of citizens’ life. The European climatical policy extorts on all the member’s countries the change of character of energetistic sector. It follows departure from conventional energetics towards unconventional; gas fuel was replaced carbon, as traditional fuel. The renewable sources of energy find more more and more general use, but their economic efficiency and energetistic it is low. This attracts for me the growth of prices of energy and the costs of maintenance, the level of life of large part population worsens. More and more home farms stand up before problem of height of payments for energy and her carriers. The only subject which can these problems you is solve and his agency. The part of state be propeled in formation energetistic policy also and social policy, in support about national legislation as well as unions.