Development of the electricity market, electricity prices, and the state's role in power supply
What's at stake: The decision affects how much households and businesses pay for electricity and how evenly prices are distributed across different parts of the country. State intervention with fixed low-price contracts would give many households more predictable electricity costs, but also means a new role for the state in the electricity market.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the state should actively intervene to even out and lower electricity prices, including by procuring fossil-free electricity for households at a fixed low price, or whether the current energy-policy direction toward electrification and industrial climate transition should remain unchanged without such new state intervention.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that parliament should not take initiatives that run counter to the established direction of energy policy, which would be the result if certain motions were approved. The committee points to the fact that the government's energy-policy direction and the planning target for the power system aim to create conditions for the electrification of industry and the climate transition, and that a special investigator has recently been tasked with analysing how the electricity market can be developed and regulated. The committee therefore rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (S)
The reservation (S) wants the state to take greater responsibility for power supply through a system of so-called 'people's home electricity', where the state procures fossil-free electricity at the lowest possible price through auctions and offers it to households, covering around 60 percent of normal consumption. The reasoning is that today's large price differences between regions and periodically very high prices are unacceptable, and that such a model would give households stable, long-term low electricity prices.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/18/4
Sown reservation
–
No 0/91/0/15
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/15/3
C
–
Abstain 0/0/20/4
L
–
Yes 13/0/0/3
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 56/0/0/10
SD
–
Yes 61/0/0/9
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions
2025/26:349 by Lars Engsund (M) demands 2 and 3,
2025/26:517 by Anders Alftberg and Robert Stenkvist (both SD),
2025/26:625 by Jamal El-Haj (-) demand 2,
2025/26:1447 by Ida Karkiainen et al. (S) demand 6,
2025/26:2656 by Cecilia Rönn (L),
2025/26:2669 by Lars Engsund (M) demand 1,
2025/26:2797 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V) demands 1-3 and 5,
2025/26:3273 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) demands 3, 6, 7 and 33,
2025/26:3422 by Katarina Luhr et al. (MP) demands 40 and 83-85,
2025/26:3582 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) demands 94, 100, 103 and 104,
2025/26:3594 by Fredrik Olovsson et al. (S) demand 6 and
2025/26:3596 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist et al. (C) demands 14, 17 and 18.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:349 av Lars Engsund (M) yrkandena 2 och 3,
2025/26:517 av Anders Alftberg och Robert Stenkvist (båda SD),
2025/26:625 av Jamal El-Haj (-) yrkande 2,
2025/26:1447 av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S) yrkande 6,
2025/26:2656 av Cecilia Rönn (L),
2025/26:2669 av Lars Engsund (M) yrkande 1,
2025/26:2797 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1-3 och 5,
2025/26:3273 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 3, 6, 7 och 33,
2025/26:3422 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 40 och 83-85,
2025/26:3582 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkandena 94, 100, 103 och 104,
2025/26:3594 av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S) yrkande 6 och
2025/26:3596 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkandena 14, 17 och 18.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 132 proposals on electricity market issues in motions from the general motion period of 2025. The proposals deal with, among other things, general electricity market issues, grid development, electricity support, certain contract and fee issues, support and flexibility services, and energy communities. Parliament primarily refers to the policies pursued and ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants Sweden to have the same low electricity prices and proposes a folkhemsel system where the state procures fossil-free electricity at the lowest possible price for households. (S) — Reservation 1
Motion 2025/26:1316 — Jämlika villkor för alla svenska elkonsumenter oavsett geografisk plats av Per-Arne Håkansson och Niklas Karlsson (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1437 — En robust, kostnadseffektiv och rättvis energiförsörjning av Markus Selin m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1442 — För en stark industri och trygg elförsörjning - elektrifiering och fossilfri energi för klimatmålen av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1447 — Bättre förutsättningar för en modern industri av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1551 — Utbyggnad av gasturbiner i Västsverige av Sten Bergheden (M)
Motion 2025/26:1867 — Reformer för rättvisa elpriser och stabil elförsörjning i Skåne av Ulrika Heindorff m.fl. (M)