The announcement came last week via a pre-recorded video message from Energy and Industry Minister Busch. At the time, Eckemark had only been in office for seven months.
The employees were reportedly caught red-handed and no further explanation was given. When Busch answered questions on Thursday after a meeting of the Riksdag's business committee, the picture was not clear.
"In consultation with him, we have concluded that he will not continue as Director General of Svenska Kraftnät, but we will instead make use of his solid expertise as Director General at the Government Offices," says the minister.
However, she is critical of the fact that Svenska Kraftnät was unable to procure a power reserve for the winter. It would be ready during the coldest days when electricity consumption is highest.
It is clear that one of the most crucial tasks that Svenska Kraftnät has is, in this security situation, to ensure that Sweden has a strategic power reserve, and they did not succeed in doing so.
There we have given appropriate criticism to the authority, says Busch.
But she replies that that was not the real reason why Eckemark had to leave.
No, we have had a dialogue together and jointly agreed that he will not continue as Director General of SvK.
The purpose of a strategic reserve is for it to step in and deliver electricity when a power shortage threatens. A new procurement has been launched and according to Busch, the authority has said that Sweden will have a power reserve in place in January.
