Years of “overcompensation” for electricity grid companies have unnecessarily pushed up grid charges for Swedish businesses and households, according to the Energy Markets Inspectorate (Ei). It has now developed a new method to limit the scope for future fee increases.
BusinessThe authority that monitors monopolies says gas network companies have had high profitability for several years. The possibility of raising customer fees will now be limited in the coming years.
BusinessPause the new version of the electricity network fee and hurry up with an announcement about what the new electricity support will look like, the Social Democrats demand.
SwedenAgain, the electricity network fees are skyrocketing. This year, the increase will be record-high, according to a new report from the Nils Holgersson group. An increasingly smaller part deals with consumption, it's these fixed fees that take an increasingly larger part of your electricity bill, says Rikard Silverfur at Fastighetsägarna.
BusinessThe Government's plan to finance new nuclear power has received heavy criticism, among other things for being an optimistic calculation and risking to push aside other electricity production. Now the Government is moving forward with its legislative proposal.
Swedish politicsCurrent legislation to curb the recent years' soaring district heating prices is ineffective, according to the Energy Market Inspectorate, which therefore demands legislative changes.
BusinessMinister for Financial Markets Niklas Wykman (The Moderate Party) is not unexpectedly toning down the criticism of the proposals for financing new nuclear power. The costs for the state and electricity consumers are manageable, he thinks. And the government is in a hurry.
BusinessThe electricity grid companies charge unreasonably high network fees, believes the Left Party. Now the party is proposing a tax on excess profits and a model for taking back private companies into public ownership.
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