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.
BusinessSkåne is facing a number of challenges in securing the region's electricity supply. However, according to Svenska kraftnät, the capacity in the transmission grid is not a problem – at least not until 2034. We have built so much network that there is probably too much capacity, says the authority's director-general Lotta Medelius-Bredhe.
SwedenIt's storming heavily in large parts of northern Sweden on Friday. Thousands of households are without electricity, trees are falling over roads, and the rescue service is urging people to stay at home.
SwedenIt will pay off to spread out your electricity consumption. Running the washing machine at night or, for example, heating up the summer cottage step by step will be cheaper than going full blast on the heaters. From the turn of the year, the electricity giant Ellevio is changing how the company charges its customers.
BusinessAt the beginning of October, the district heating was shut off in 67 apartments in Rosengård in Malmö. The residents have been forced to boil water on the stove and live in unheated apartments for over a month. I don't deserve to suffer like this, says an elderly woman to Sydsvenskan.
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