Energy Communities

The plan explicitly wants to encourage ownership forms that strengthen democratic structures and public benefit, such as cooperatives and user-controlled management, alongside public ownership. Energy communities are just such a form, and the plan also wants a radical expansion of renewable electricity and lower grid charges for households. A statutory definition, tax incentives for power sharing and network tariffs that reflect benefits therefore follow from the plan's direction.

• democratic ownership formsdecisive»Förutom det gemensamma ägandet vill vi också uppmuntra andra« (party programme ↗)“Besides public ownership we also want to encourage other”
• lower grid charges 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.”
• radical renewable expansion»En radikal utbyggnad av den förnybara elproduktionen är avgörande« (party programme ↗)“A radical expansion of renewable electricity production is crucial”

The plan wants to see more solar panels and to make it easier for households and property owners to participate in the transition, and requires that everyone must have economic and practical opportunities to transition regardless of their own resources. A statutory definition of energy communities, tax-free virtual electricity sharing and grid tariffs that reflect their benefit are tools for precisely that. However, the plan does not mention energy communities, so the conclusion is inferred.

• more solar panelsdecisive»Vi behöver också värna vattenkraften och se till att solpanelerna blir fler, bland annat på offentliga och kommersiella byggnader.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We also need to protect hydropower and ensure that solar panels become more numerous, including on public and commercial buildings.”
• 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.”
• functioning electrification»Elektrifiering som fungerar för människor, industri och samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Electrification that works for people, industry and society.”
• low energy prices»Låga och rättvisa energipriser i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Low and fair energy prices throughout the country.”

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 define energy communities in law and provide tax incentives for electricity sharing and grid tariffs reflecting the benefit to the electricity system. The plan wants to completely remove the energy tax for those who produce electricity for own use, make a major push for solar panels and highlight the sharing economy as an important part of a resource-efficient economy. It also wants local communities to share in the value of energy production.

• tax relief for self-produced electricitydecisive»helt ta bort energiskatten för företag som producerar el för eget bruk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“completely remove the energy tax for enterprises that produce electricity for own use.”
• major push for solar power»storsatsa på solceller och solvärme.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major push for solar panels and solar heating.”
• sharing economy»Delningsekonomin där man delar på varor och tjänster spelar en viktig roll i en« (party programme ↗)“The sharing economy where people share goods and services plays an important role in a”
• local benefit from energy production»Vi vill se ett system där lokala samhällen får återbäring vid energi- och resursutvinning.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a system where local communities get returns from energy and resource extraction.”

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The election manifesto commits that it shall be easy and cheap to install solar panels and easier to produce more of your own electricity, regardless of whether you live in a house or flat, and that the value of local power production in greater measure shall stay in the community. A statutory definition of energy communities, tax-free virtual electricity sharing and grid tariffs that reflect benefit are means for exactly this. The counter-proposal's demands therefore align with the plan.

• easy to produce your own electricitydecisive»Det ska vara enkelt och billigt att installera solpaneler, bygga laddning till elbilar och minska energianvändningen hemma — vare sig man bor i hus eller lägenhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be easy and cheap to install solar panels, build charging for electric cars and reduce energy consumption at home — whether you live in a house or flat.”
• own electricity production in cities»Det ska bli enklare att producera mer av sin egen el, med bland annat solpaneler och bättre elförsörjning inne i tätorter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall become easier to produce more of your own electricity, with among other things solar panels and better electricity supply in urban areas.”
• local benefit from power production»Vinsterna från lokal kraftproduktion — som vind och vatten — ska i större utsträckning stanna kvar i bygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Profits from local power production — such as wind and water — shall to a greater extent stay in the community.”
• one hundred per cent renewable»Sverige har både möjlighet och skyldighet att inom mindre än en generation bli ett samhälle med hundra procent förnybar energi« (party programme ↗)“Sweden has both the ability and the duty within less than a generation to become a society with one hundred per cent renewable energy”

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 sees great potential in continued expansion of renewable energy, among other things solar energy, and wants to quickly remove obstacles for people and companies to benefit from new technology. It also wants to lower electricity tax. A legislated definition, tax-free electricity sharing and grid tariffs that reflect benefit are in line with this, but the plan does not address energy cooperatives as a phenomenon.

• expanded renewable energydecisive»Det finns en stor potential att fortsätta bygga ut förnybara energislag, bland annat vindkraft, solenergi, biogas och vågkraft.« (party programme ↗)“There is great potential to continue expanding renewable energy sources, among other things wind power, solar energy, biogas and wave power.”
• lower electricity tax»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 ease the electricity price crisis here and now.”
• remove obstacles»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder för att underlätta för företag och människor att ta vara på de möjligheter som den tekniska utvecklingen skapar.« (party programme ↗)“Policy's task must be to quickly remove obstacles to facilitate for companies and people to benefit from the opportunities that technical development creates.”
• civil society's role»Det civila samhället ökar det demokratiska deltagandet och människors inflytande i samhälleliga processer.« (party programme ↗)“Civil society increases democratic participation and people's influence in social processes.”

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.

Energy communities are small, natural communities that according to the principle of subsidiarity shall be allowed to manage what they are capable of. The plan wants conscious consumers to have greater opportunity to choose climate-friendly electricity and drive development forward, and that technology for storage and flexibility is encouraged. The requirement for an equitable electricity market does however make targeted tax incentives questionable, which is why the assessment is uncertain.

• subsidiarity for small communitiesdecisive»Det en gemenskap på ett ändamålsenligt sätt kan sköta ska den också få sköta.« (party programme ↗)“What a community can appropriately manage, it shall also be allowed to manage.”
• conscious consumers' choice»välja klimatvänlig energi och el och kan på så sätt driva utvecklingen framåt.« (party programme ↗)“choose climate-friendly energy and electricity and can thereby drive development forward.”
• storage and flexibility encouraged»Teknikutvecklingen för lagring av energi ska uppmuntras för att förnybara« (party programme ↗)“Technology development for energy storage shall be encouraged to enable renewable”
• equitable electricity market»konkurrera självständigt på en jämlik elmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“compete independently on an equitable electricity market.”

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 address energy communities, but it promises to make it cheaper for individuals to reduce electricity consumption through a strengthened and expanded green tax deduction and for electricity prices to return to households. Clear rules and tax incentives for shared electricity are in that direction and are based on voluntary market solutions. Support is inferred and uncertain.

• tax deduction for own electricity measuresdecisive»Göra det billigare för privatpersoner att minska sin elkonsumtion genom att förstärka och utvidga det gröna skatteavdraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it cheaper for individuals to reduce electricity consumption by strengthening and expanding the green tax deduction”
• electricity costs back to households»Dessutom vill vi se till att de höga elpriserna som drivits fram av nedlagd kärnkraft går tillbaka till hushållen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Furthermore, we want to ensure that the high electricity prices driven by the closure of nuclear power go back to households.”
• voluntary market solutions»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The basis for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”

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.

Energy communities are not mentioned in the plan. The energy policy line is, however, to invest in predictable and fossil-free electricity production and to stop symbol politics, and it explicitly criticizes targeted subsidies paid by those who cannot benefit from them. Targeted tax incentives and reduced grid tariffs for a limited group thus lie wrong in relation to the plan's requirement for most impact per invested krona.

• predictable electricity firstdecisive»Sverige behöver satsa på planerbar och fossilfri elproduktion.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs to invest in predictable and fossil-free electricity production.”
• stop symbol politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that comes at the expense of the possibility to conduct industry and commerce.”
• criticism of targeted subsidies»Subventioner av dyra elbilar som främst används av människor i större städer som dessutom har goda inkomster får i praktiken betalas av de som saknar förutsättningar att själva ta del av förmånerna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Subsidies for expensive electric cars primarily used by people in larger cities and who also have good incomes end up being paid in practice by those who lack the prerequisites to themselves benefit from the benefits.”
• cost-effectiveness before targeted support»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 invested krona such as international climate investments.”