General electricity market issues

The plan establishes that electricity and heat are infrastructure where investments and prices should be based on socio-economic goals, and that the public sector should take over responsibility for the power grid precisely to lower household costs. The counter-proposal's requirement that the state procures fossil-free electricity and offers it to households at stable low prices is the same intervention in market pricing. The plan also wants the state to increase its control over the infrastructure for the transition.

• public responsibility for the power griddecisive»Det offentliga ska ta över ansvaret för elnätet, vilket kommer leda till minskade avgifter för hushållen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector shall take over responsibility for the power grid, which will lead to reduced charges for households.”
• electricity as societally governed infrastructure»Vi ser el och värme som en del av Sveriges infrastruktur, där investeringar och priser behöver utgå från samhällsekonomiska mål.« (party programme ↗)“We see electricity and heat as part of Sweden's infrastructure, where investments and prices need to be based on socio-economic goals.”
• state control over energy infrastructure»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to carry out the climate transition.”
• the state presses down prices»Staten kan också spela viktiga roller för att hålla företagens prissättning på en rimlig nivå.« (party programme ↗)“The state can also play important roles in keeping companies' pricing at a reasonable level.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan demands low and fair energy prices throughout the country and states it is prepared to take further measures if prices remain high, with strengthened public interest in the governance of state enterprises. State procurement of fossil-free electricity for households is one such measure against regional price differences. The plan's own primary path is, however, expanded electricity production rather than state electricity sales.

• low and fair electricity pricesdecisive»Låga och rättvisa energipriser i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Low and fair energy prices throughout the country.”
• readiness for further price measures»Vi är också beredda att göra ytterligare insatser vid fortsatt höga priser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are also prepared to take further measures if prices remain high.”
• expanded production pressures the price»Minska trycket på elpriserna genom en snabbt utbyggd elproduktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce pressure on electricity prices through rapidly expanded electricity production.”
• public interest in state enterprises»Stärkt samhällsintresse i styrningen av de statliga bolagen.« (party programme ↗)“Strengthened public interest in the governance of state enterprises.”

Worldstate weighed in: Electricity price SE3 0.59 SEK/kWh and inflation 0.5 per cent — The price situation is dampened, which reduces the immediate cause but not the plan's goal of fair prices between regions.

The plan wants all energy to be fossil-free and that the electricity system delivers at low prices for households and businesses, and that the state sets regulations so that markets work for ordinary households. A public procurement of fossil-free electricity for households is in line with that, even though the plan does not specify such a model. The conclusion is therefore inferred and uncertain.

• fossil-free electricity supplydecisive»Vår främsta prioritering är att all energi ska vara fossilfri.« (party programme ↗)“Our foremost priority is that all energy shall be fossil-free.”
• cheap sustainable alternatives»hållbara alternativen blir billigare och att det är lätt att göra rätt.« (party programme ↗)“sustainable alternatives become cheaper and that it is easy to do the right thing.”
• the state regulates the market»Staten ska säkerställa att det finns regelverk och institutioner som ser till att marknader« (party programme ↗)“The state shall ensure that there are regulations and institutions that see to it that markets”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's answer to high and uneven electricity prices is more emission-free electricity, expanded electricity grid and freer markets and better competition that dampens prices — not that the state purchases and sells electricity to households. The party programme explicitly requires a market economy free from command-economy directives. A state pricing model for household electricity therefore goes against the plan.

• competition dampens pricesdecisive»Genom att skapa friare marknader och förbättra konkurrensen kan vi dämpa priserna ytterligare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By creating freer markets and improving competition we can further dampen prices.”
• more electricity and stronger grid»Vi vill fördubbla produktionen av utsläppsfri el, och rusta och bygga ut elnätet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to double the production of emission-free electricity, and strengthen and expand the electricity grid.”
• competition as a driving force»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driver for the development of market economy.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to lower electricity prices through increased production, investments in the power system, and reduced electricity taxes, not by having the state procure and resell electricity to households. The party programme establishes that the public should only operate business activities in the case of strong public interest and not crowd out functioning private alternatives. The counter-proposal's model for state electricity sales therefore conflicts with the plan's line.

• reduced electricity taxesdecisive»Vi vill både sänka elmomsen och den särskilda extraskatten på el för att mildra elprischocken här och nu.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to lower VAT on electricity and the special extra tax on electricity to mitigate the electricity price shock here and now.”
• limited state business activities»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public should only operate business activities if there is a strong public interest.”
• no crowding out of the market»Det offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ eller försvårar nyföretagande.« (party programme ↗)“The public should not operate activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives or complicate new enterprise.”
• lower price through increased production»Ska vi få ner elpriserna krävs att vi bygger inte bara kärnkraft utan också mer sol- och vindkraft i hela landet, investerar i kraftsystemet och satsar på energilagring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To get electricity prices down, we need to build not just nuclear power but also more solar and wind power throughout the country, invest in the power system, and invest in energy storage.”

The plan requires that all good fossil-free power sources compete independently on an equal electricity market and sees an open market with increased competition as beneficial for customers. If the state auctions and sells electricity to households, that price formation would be removed from play. The plan meets high electricity prices with other means, including a shock absorber in the electricity tax and authorities' oversight of the market's functioning.

• equal competition between power sourcesdecisive»Därför behöver alla goda fossilfria kraftslag ges förutsättningar att« (party programme ↗)“Therefore all good fossil-free power sources need to be given conditions to”
• open electricity market»och internationell energimarknad med ökad konkurrens är till nytta för kunderna.« (party programme ↗)“and international energy market with increased competition is beneficial for customers.”
• electricity tax as price dampener»Inför en “stötdämpare” i elskatten så att den sänks om elpriserna ökar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a "shock absorber" in the electricity tax so that it is lowered if electricity prices rise.”
• oversight of price formation»Prisbildningen och marknadens funktionssätt behöver samtidigt hållas under kontinuerlig« (party programme ↗)“Price formation and the market's functioning need at the same time be kept under continuous”

The plan's answer to high and uneven electricity prices is new nuclear power, investments in the electrical grid and a review of electricity price areas – not the state entering the market to purchase electricity and sell it on to households. The state's role in the economy is, according to the plan, to safeguard the market's institutions and promote competition. The plan's household support is temporary high-cost protection in a crisis, not permanent state electricity trading.

• nuclear power as solutiondecisive»Ny kärnkraft är lösningen för att reparera Sveriges energisystem på lång sikt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New nuclear power is the solution to repair Sweden's energy system in the long term.”
• limited state role in the economy»Statens roll i ekonomin är att värna dess grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“The state's role in the economy is to safeguard its fundamental”
• address price differences»Se över elprisområdenas utformning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Review the structure of electricity price areas”
• temporary crisis support to households»Skydda hushållen mot vinterns elräkningar genom ett högkostnadsskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect households against winter electricity bills through high-cost protection”

The plan shares the goal of low and stable electricity prices for households, but directs other means: permanently lowered electricity energy tax and new nuclear power that provides reliable and cheap electricity. It simultaneously professes a responsible, regulated market economy. That the state procures and resells electricity to households is another and more interventionist means that the plan does not support.

• lower electricity price through tax reductiondecisive»Sänka skatten på elenergi permanent för att underlätta elektrifieringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower the tax on electricity energy permanently to facilitate electrification”
• cheap electricity through nuclear power»Säkra tillgången till pålitlig och billig el genom satsningar på framtidens kärnkraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure access to reliable and cheap electricity through investments in future nuclear power.”
• regulated market economy»En ansvarsfull, reglerad marknadsekonomi, byggd på långsiktigt tänkande, är för oss självklar.« (party programme ↗)“A responsible, regulated market economy, built on long-term thinking, is self-evident for us.”

Worldstate weighed in: Electricity price in SE3 is low, 0.53 SEK/kWh in April 2026 — Weakens the need for state price intervention beyond the plan's tax reduction