Overall Electricity Market Issues

The party programme sees electricity and heating as part of Sweden's infrastructure where investments and prices shall be based on socio-economic goals rather than market's, and the election manifesto requires that the public takes over the electricity grid precisely to lower household costs. Distinguishing the pricing of domestic consumed electricity from exported electricity is one means for the same goal. The plan also explicitly states that Sweden shall challenge EU rules that put capital's interests before equality and national self-determination, which covers that the issue is being driven towards the EU.

• electricity as social infrastructuredecisive»Vi ser el och värme som en del av Sveriges infrastruktur, där« (party programme ↗)“We see electricity and heating as part of Sweden's infrastructure, where”
• prices based on socio-economic goals»investeringar och priser behöver utgå från samhällsekonomiska mål.« (party programme ↗)“investments and prices need to be based on socio-economic goals.”
• challenge EU supranational rules»Vi vill att Sverige utmanar EU:s överstatliga fördrag och lagar« (party programme ↗)“We want Sweden to challenge the EU's supranational treaties and laws”
• lower electricity costs for households»Det offentliga ska ta över ansvaret för elnätet, vilket kommer leda till minskade avgifter för hushållen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public shall take over responsibility for the electricity grid, which will lead to reduced charges for households.”

The plan's response to high electricity prices is rapid build-out of electricity production and a review of the division of electricity price areas, not separating domestic pricing from exports. The party programme embraces free movement on the internal market and sees EU cooperation as the basis for solving common problems, which speaks against a special Swedish pricing model. The counter-proposal's requirement is thus outside the plan's line.

• expanded production against high pricesdecisive»Minska trycket på elpriserna genom en snabbt utbyggd elproduktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce pressure on electricity prices through rapid build-out of electricity production.”
• review of price areas»En översyn av indelningen av elprisområden ska göras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A review of the division of electricity price areas shall be made.”
• free movement on internal market»Vi bejakar principerna om fri rörlighet för varor, personer, tjänster och kapital.« (party programme ↗)“We embrace the principles of free movement of goods, persons, services and capital.”
• EU cooperation as foundation»Vi är övertygade om att EU-samarbetet är grunden för att lösa många av vår tids svåraste problem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are convinced that EU cooperation is the basis for solving many of our time's most difficult problems.”

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 does not separately address pricing of domestic and exported electricity, but its guiding principle is that real costs shall be reflected in price and that powerful economic policy instruments are needed for the transition. A model that shields domestic electricity prices from the outside world breaks that price signal and against the plan's desire for an economy open to the world. The plan therefore does not support the counter-proposal's requirement.

• costs visible in the pricedecisive»De verkliga kostnaderna för att utvinna råvaror och för att framställa och distribuera produkter ska återspeglas i priset på marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The real costs of extracting raw materials and of producing and distributing products shall be reflected in the market price.”
• economic instruments needed»Kraftfulla ekonomiska styrmedel är nödvändiga.« (party programme ↗)“Powerful economic policy instruments are necessary.”
• open economy»Sverige ska ha en ekonomi som är öppen mot omvärlden och verka för frihandel på rättvisa villkor.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have an economy that is open to the world and work for free trade on fair terms.”

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 election manifesto commits that Sweden shall become Europe's green battery and export electricity to neighboring countries, and that Sweden needs more free trade and international cooperation, not protectionism. The party programme states that trade barriers limit both consumers and producers. A model with separate pricing of domestic electricity and exported electricity is such a trade barrier and is therefore rejected by the plan.

• electricity export to neighboring countriesdecisive»Sverige ska bli Europas gröna batteri och exportera el till grannländer som fasar ut sitt fossilberoende.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become Europe's green battery and export electricity to neighbouring countries phasing out their fossil dependency.”
• free trade not protectionism»Sverige behöver mer frihandel och internationellt samarbete, inte protektionism och stängda gränser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs more free trade and international cooperation, not protectionism and closed borders.”
• against trade barriers»Tullar och handelshinder begränsar konsumenters och producenters val.« (party programme ↗)“Tariffs and trade barriers limit consumers' and producers' choices.”
• common EU tools»EU:s system för handel med utsläppsrätter är bland de mest effektiva verktyg vi har, och vi vill göra det ännu mer ambitiöst och öppna upp det för fler länder som vill ansluta sig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The EU's emissions trading system is among the most effective tools we have, and we want to make it even more ambitious and open it up to more countries that want to join.”

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 deepen the internal market with harmonized regulations and develop the EU's common energy policy, and it establishes that protectionism shall be a thing of the past. A model where domestically consumed electricity is priced separately from exported electricity breaks the common electricity market. The plan's response to high electricity prices is instead more production, investments in the power system and lower electricity tax.

• common European energy policydecisive»EU:s gemensamma energipolitik ska utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“The EU's common energy policy shall be developed.”
• deepened internal market»Den inre marknaden ska utvecklas, regelverk ska harmoniseras och reformtakten för konkurrenskraft och produktivitet vara hög.« (party programme ↗)“The internal market shall be developed, regulations shall be harmonized and the pace of reform for competitiveness and productivity be high.”
• no to protectionism»Nationalism, protektionism och stängda gränser ska höra till historien.« (party programme ↗)“Nationalism, protectionism and closed borders shall be a thing of the past.”
• lower electricity tax against high prices»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 the VAT on electricity and the special extra tax on electricity to mitigate the electricity price shock here and now.”

The plan's core commitment on the electricity market is an open and international energy market with increased competition to the benefit of customers, well-developed transmission also for Swedish exports, and increased coordination of energy policy at EU level. The counter-proposal's requirement for separate pricing of domestically consumed versus exported electricity breaks with that order. The party's own tool against high electricity prices is instead a shock absorber in the electricity tax.

• open international electricity marketdecisive»En öppen och internationell energimarknad med ökad konkurrens är till nytta för kunderna.« (party programme ↗)“An open and international energy market with increased competition benefits customers.”
• export of climate-efficient electricity»är väl utbyggd, också för att möjliggöra svensk export« (party programme ↗)“is well developed, also to enable Swedish exports”
• coordinated energy policy in the EU»Det krävs en ökad samordning av energipolitiken på« (party programme ↗)“Increased coordination of energy policy at”
• shock absorber in electricity tax»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.”

The plan is explicitly EU-focused and wants to deepen the internal market; a model where domestically consumed electricity is priced separately from exported electricity breaks the integrated electricity market the plan is built on. The plan's answer to high electricity prices is instead new nuclear power and that revenues go back to households. The plan wants to review the design of electricity price zones, but without electricity becoming more expensive anywhere, which is not the same as separate export pricing.

• deepened internal marketdecisive»Fördjupa den inre marknaden, inte minst för tjänster och digitala produkter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deepen the internal market, not least for services and digital products”
• EU cooperation at the center»Moderaterna är Europapartiet i svensk politik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party is the Europe Party in Swedish politics”
• nuclear power solves electricity prices»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.”
• review electricity price zones»Se över elprisområdenas utformning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Review the design of electricity price zones”

The election manifesto makes access to reliable and cheap electricity a commitment and states that electricity is needed year-round at reasonable prices for households and business. The party programme emphasizes that a nation must have control over its own energy supply, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen national self-determination against the EU. A model where domestically consumed electricity is priced separately from exported electricity follows from these commitments.

• reliable and cheap electricitydecisive»Säkra tillgången till pålitlig och billig el genom satsningar på framtidens kärnkraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure access to reliable and cheap electricity through investments in the future's nuclear power.”
• national control over energy»Det är viktigt för en nation att ha kontroll över sin egen energiförsörjning« (party programme ↗)“It is important for a nation to have control over its own energy supply”
• reasonable electricity prices»El behövs året runt till rimliga priser.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Electricity is needed year-round at reasonable prices.”
• national self-determination»Stärka det nationella självbestämmandet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen national self-determination”

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.