Energy efficiency

The plan gives the state primary responsibility for strengthening investments in renovation and energy efficiency of housing and points out renovations as one of the measures that gives the greatest climate impact. A long-term system for energy efficiency with strong state support to households, property owners and industry is precisely such an investment. The plan moreover wants electricity and heating costs to be based on socio-economic goals rather than the market's.

• state support for energy efficiencydecisive»investeringarna i byggande, upprustning och energieffektivisering av« (party programme ↗)“investments in building, renovation and energy efficiency of”
• renovations as climate measure»satsa på förnybar energi, järnväg, kollektivtrafik och renoveringar av« (party programme ↗)“invest in renewable energy, railways, public transport and renovations of”
• climate-smart renovations»Vänsterpartiets nästa steg handlar om en politik för massivt bostadsbyggande, klimatsmarta renoveringar och sänkta hyror som går hand i hand med den gröna omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party's next step concerns a policy for massive residential construction, climate-smart renovations and lowered rents that go hand in hand with the green transition.”
• electricity as socially-owned infrastructure»Vi ser el och värme som en del av Sveriges infrastruktur, där« (party programme ↗)“We see electricity and heat as part of Sweden's infrastructure, where”

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 makes energy efficiency into its own commitment: the pace shall increase, families and property owners shall be facilitated and measures in multi-family housing shall become easier. The programme requires that everyone, regardless of their own resources, gets economic and practical opportunities to transition. The counter-proposal's demand for a long-term system, state support to households and property owners and simplified energy management responds to this.

• facilitate energy efficiencydecisive»Underlätta familjers energieffektivisering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Facilitate families' energy efficiency.”
• increased pace in efficiency»Takten behöver därför öka och kunskapen om hur rot-avdraget kan användas för energieffektivisering behöver breddas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The pace therefore needs to increase and knowledge of how the home renovation tax deduction can be used for energy efficiency needs to be broadened.”
• support for multi-family housing»Vi vill underlätta för fastighetsägare att vidta åtgärder för att spara energi i flerfamiljshus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to facilitate property owners to take measures to save energy in multi-family housing.”
• transition for everyone»Ekonomiska och praktiska möjligheter för omställning för alla, oavsett egna resurser.« (party programme ↗)“Economic and practical opportunities for transition for everyone, regardless of their own resources.”

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 election manifesto promises strong support for energy efficiency to both households and industries, and the party programme establishes that the first step in energy transition should be to use energy more efficiently. The plan also wants to combine building refurbishment with energy efficiency without increasing housing costs. The counter-proposal's long-term systems and state support to households, property owners and industry is precisely what the plan requires.

• strong efficiency supportdecisive»införa ett kraftfullt stöd för energieffektivisering till både hushåll och industrier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce strong support for energy efficiency to both households and industries.”
• energy efficiency first»Det första steget i energiomställningen bör alltså vara att använda energin mer effektivt.« (party programme ↗)“The first step in energy transition should therefore be to use energy more efficiently.”
• efficiency releases capacity»Energieffektivisering frigör effekt och sparar pengar för företag och hushåll« (party programme ↗)“Energy efficiency releases capacity and saves money for businesses and households”
• efficiency in renovation»Upprustningen av bostäder ska kombineras med energieffektivisering och social« (party programme ↗)“Building refurbishment shall be combined with energy efficiency and social”

The plan wants it to be easy and cheap to reduce energy use at home, broadens and scales up the green deduction and points out that it lowers household electricity costs. The counter-proposal's requirement for a long-term system for comprehensive energy efficiency improvements, state support for householders' and property owners' measures and targeted support for industry is in line with this and with the goal of the world's most resource-efficient country. Quota obligation and auctions are further from the plan's market perspective.

• support for energy efficiencydecisive»Och med ett grönt avdrag för energieffektiviseringar i hemmet kan vi sänka hushållens elkostnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“And with a green deduction for energy efficiency improvements at home we can lower household electricity costs.”
• broadened green deduction»Det kan vi lösa genom att bredda och skala upp det gröna avdraget och göra det enklare att installera solpaneler på flerfamiljshus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We can solve this by broadening and scaling up the green deduction and making it easier to install solar panels on multi-family houses.”
• resource-efficient Sweden»Sverige ska bli världens mest resurseffektiva land och ekonomin mer cirkulär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should become the world's most resource-efficient country and the economy more circular.”

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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 election manifesto establishes that climate policy shall be based on real climate taxes rather than a competition in highest subsidies, and that subsidies for climate anxiety shall be replaced by new technology and effective steering instruments. A state support covering 60 percent of property owners' efficiency measures is precisely such a subsidy. The plan certainly wants energy use to be made more efficient, but with general and technology-neutral steering instruments.

• climate taxes before subsidiesdecisive»Därför är vi för riktiga klimatskatter i stället för att göra klimatpolitiken till en tävling i högst bidrag och flest symbolskatter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we are for real climate taxes instead of making climate policy a competition in highest subsidies and most symbolic taxes.”
• effective instruments before subsidies»En klimatpolitik som ersätter den symbolpolitik där bidrag betalas ut till klimatångest i stället för det vi vet är allra viktigast: mer ny teknik, mer internationellt samarbete och fler effektiva styrmedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A climate policy that replaces the symbolic politics where subsidies are paid out for climate anxiety instead of what we know is most important: more new technology, more international cooperation and more effective steering instruments.”
• general technology-neutral instruments»Generella och teknikneutrala ekonomiska styrmedel, såsom koldioxidskatt och breda system för handel med utsläppsrätter, är det mest effektiva redskapet.« (party programme ↗)“General and technology-neutral economic steering instruments, such as carbon tax and broad systems for trading emissions rights, are the most effective tool.”
• energy efficiency needed»Energisystemets miljö- och klimateffekter ska minskas genom energieffektivisering och en successiv introduktion av klimatneutrala produktionsformer.« (party programme ↗)“The energy system's environmental and climate effects shall be reduced through energy efficiency and a gradual introduction of climate-neutral production forms.”

The party programme establishes that energy efficiency is a profitable and effective way to secure energy supply and reach environmental goals, and that coordinated measures for better energy management are required. It also points to the socioeconomic benefits in the form of lower costs for households and businesses. The counter-proposal's requirement for a long-term system for energy efficiency is therefore supported, although the plan's rejection of direct subsidies points in the opposite direction for support levels.

• energy efficiency prioritizeddecisive»Energieffektivisering är ett lönsamt och effektivt sätt att trygga energiförsörjningen och nå« (party programme ↗)“Energy efficiency is a profitable and effective way to secure energy supply and reach”
• measures for energy management»bättre energihushållning krävs.« (party programme ↗)“better energy management is required.”
• lower costs for households and businesses»våra miljö- och klimatmål. Det ger stora samhällsekonomiska vinster genom lägre kostnader« (party programme ↗)“our environmental and climate goals. It provides large socioeconomic benefits through lower costs”
• restraint with subsidies»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”

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 counter-proposal wants to build energy policy on a quota obligation or auction system for efficiency and state support covering 60 per cent of households' action costs. The plan's answer to the energy problem is instead new nuclear power and more fossil-free electricity production, and all new reforms must be financed or fit within the surplus target. The plan certainly wants to strengthen and expand the green tax deduction for reduced electricity consumption, but that is a far smaller intervention than a new quota obligation system.

• production instead of quota obligationdecisive»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.”
• financed reforms»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – such as for example our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• support for reduced electricity consumption»Göra det billigare för privatpersoner att minska sin elkonsumtion genom att förstärka och utvidga det gröna skatteavdraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it cheaper for private individuals to reduce their electricity consumption by strengthening and expanding the green tax deduction”

The plan's line for lower energy costs is permanent reduced electricity tax and more predictable fossil-free production, not broad subsidy systems. State support covering 60 percent of households' and property owners' efficiency measures is precisely such a costly subsidy the plan criticizes, and the plan requires that measures be chosen based on most benefit per spent krona. A quota obligation or auction model also adds new regulatory burdens to the energy market.

• lower electricity tax instead of supportdecisive»Sänka skatten på elenergi permanent för att underlätta elektrifieringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower the tax on electricity permanently to facilitate electrification”
• most benefit per krona»Satsa på åtgärder som minskar utsläppen mest per satsad krona som t ex internationella klimatinvesteringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in measures that reduce emissions most per spent krona such as international climate investments”
• no to broad subsidies»Subventioner av anställningar, elcyklar och lyxbilar sker precis som mångmiljardsatsningar i integrationsprojekt helt utan evidensbaserade resultat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Subsidies for employment, electric bikes and luxury cars occur, just like multi-billion investments in integration projects, completely without evidence-based results.”
• predictable electricity production»Sverige behöver satsa på planerbar och fossilfri elproduktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs to invest in predictable and fossil-free electricity production.”