2025-05-212024/25:NU20 · p.3NUBusiness & energy
Parliament review of potential agreements
Should parliament need to approve future nuclear-power-support agreements before they take effect?
What's at stake: Parliamentary review of each agreement would give an extra democratic check before the state commits to financial obligations spanning many years, while a model without such review makes the process faster but places more of the responsibility for the agreements' content and risks with the government.
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 individual agreements the state enters into with nuclear power companies on loans and price hedging should be approved by parliament before they take effect, or whether it is enough that parliament has already decided the law's framework and leaves the details of the agreements to the government.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee stands by its fundamental assessment that the framework for state support to new nuclear power is already well founded through the inquiries and the regulatory framework that have been developed, therefore sees no reason to additionally require that each individual agreement between the state and a nuclear power company be separately approved by parliament, and rejects the motion.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (V, MP)
The reservation (V, MP) wants parliament to require that any agreements entered into under the new law be approved by parliament, arguing that the Council on Legislation was not given the opportunity to review the bill even though it may, among other things, involve a new electricity tax affecting people's finances differently, that it is the agreements between the state and the nuclear power company that will determine most of the factors governing the outcome and the state's financial commitments, and that the many remaining uncertainties about costs and risks make parliamentary review necessary.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by V, MP.
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 | – | No 0/21/0/3 | |||
| S | – | Yes 80/0/13/13 | |||
| MP | – | No 0/15/0/3 | |||
| C | – | Yes 21/0/0/3 | |||
| L | – | Yes 14/0/0/2 | |||
| KD | – | Yes 16/0/0/3 | |||
| M | – | Yes 60/0/0/8 | |||
| SD | – | Yes 63/0/0/9 |
Broke with the party line
| SAlexandra Völker (S, Stockholms län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SAnnika Strandhäll (S, Stockholms kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SAzadeh Rojhan (S, Stockholms län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SBlåvitt Elofsson (S, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SFredrik Lundh Sammeli (S, Norrbottens län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SKarin Sundin (S, Örebro län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SKenneth G Forslund (S, Västra Götalands läns västra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SLars Mejern Larsson (S, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SLouise Thunström (S, Västra Götalands läns norra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMagnus Manhammar (S, Blekinge län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMats Wiking (S, Västra Götalands läns norra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SPer-Arne Håkansson (S, Skåne läns norra och östra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SSofia Amloh (S, Södermanlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motion 2024/25:3395 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) point 5.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2024/25:3395 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkande 5.
Riksdag decision: Parliament approved the government's proposal on state support for investments in new nuclear power. The new law regulates the basic conditions and forms of state support to companies that invest in new nuclear reactors in Sweden. The support should be designed so that risks and profits are distributed in a well-balanced manner between the state and the company receiving support. The proposal means that state support may be provided in the form of state loans bilateral difference contracts, a model for electricity price hedging that constitutes an agreement between the operator of the reactor facility and the state covering both a minimum price guarantee and a cap on excess compensation. State loans may be granted for construction and trial operation of new nuclear reactors as well as for design and other preparatory measures before construction. Bilateral difference contracts may be entered into for routine operation of new nuclear reactors. The law enters into force on August 1, 2025.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants parliament to reject the government's proposal for financing new nuclear power. (V, MP) — Reservation 5
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:NU20)
- Committee report full text (HC01NU20)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:2954 — En folkrörelse för klimatet av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:3134 — Utgiftsområde 21 Energi av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3389 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:150 Finansiering och riskdelning vid investeringar i ny kärnkraft av Birger Lahti m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:3392 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:150 Finansiering och riskdelning vid investeringar i ny kärnkraft av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:3394 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:150 Finansiering och riskdelning vid investeringar i ny kärnkraft av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3395 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:150 Finansiering och riskdelning vid investeringar i ny kärnkraft av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2024/25:150 — Finansiering och riskdelning vid investeringar i ny kärnkraft
Source: The Swedish Parliament