Designated Electricity Agreements

The plan states that the state can play important roles in keeping companies' pricing at a reasonable level and that electricity is infrastructure where prices should be based on socio-economic goals. A regular procurement of assigned electricity trading company that presses prices and guarantees electricity supply addresses that, while a requirement that the customer themselves actively sign contracts affects the most vulnerable. The plan also points out privatization as the cause of higher electricity prices.

• the state keeps prices downdecisive»Staten kan också spela viktiga roller för att hålla företagens« (party programme ↗)“The state can also play important roles in keeping companies'”
• electricity as societally managed infrastructure»investeringar och priser behöver utgå från samhällsekonomiska mål.« (party programme ↗)“investments and prices need to be based on socio-economic goals.”
• privatization brought higher electricity»Privatiseringar har lett till dyrare elpris« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Privatizations have led to higher electricity prices”

The plan requires low and fair energy prices throughout the country and prevention of unfair pricing, and wants to support those most affected by price increases. A procured assignment model that presses down prices and guarantees electricity supply protects precisely those electricity customers who do not actively enter into contracts. The plan also establishes that society shall intervene when the market does not function for households.

• low and fair electricity pricesdecisive»Låga och rättvisa energipriser i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Low and fair energy prices throughout the country.”
• stop to unfair pricing»Förhindrande av priskarteller och oskälig prissättning.« (party programme ↗)“Prevention of price cartels and unfair pricing.”
• support to vulnerable households»Stöd till de som drabbas hårdast av prisökningarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Support for those most affected by price increases.”
• equal conditions for households»Ekonomiska och praktiska möjligheter för omställning för alla, oavsett egna resurser.« (party programme ↗)“Economic and practical possibilities for transition for everyone, regardless of own resources.”

The counter-proposal wants regular procurement of assigned electricity trading companies to drive down prices and guarantee electricity supply to vulnerable customers. The plan states that the state shall ensure regulations that allow markets to function and that insufficient competition hurts ordinary households, and that the energy system shall provide low prices for households. Households with small margins shall be especially supported in the transition.

• regulation protects householdsdecisive»präglas av privata monopol och bristande konkurrens. Det går ut över vanliga hushåll och« (party programme ↗)“characterised by private monopolies and insufficient competition. This hurts ordinary households and”
• the state shapes market rules»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”
• low electricity prices for households»energisystem som kan leverera el dygnet runt, året om – till låga priser för hushåll och« (party programme ↗)“energy system that can deliver electricity day and night, year round – at low prices for households and”
• vulnerable households shall be supported»Alla ska kunna vara med i omställningen. Miljöpartiet vill driva en politik som gör att de« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall be able to take part in the transition. The Greens want to drive a policy that means that”

The plan wants to dampen prices through better competition and particularly highlights the need for measures that mitigate the worst effects for households with small margins. Regular procurement of assigned electricity retail company is a competition mechanism that presses the price while electricity supply is guaranteed for those who do not sign contracts. The plan's strong emphasis on choice pulls the other way, which makes the assessment uncertain.

• competition presses 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 dampen prices further.”
• protect those with small margins»För att möta detta krävs insatser som mildrar inflationens värsta effekter för dem med små marginaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To address this requires measures that mitigate inflation's worst effects for those with small margins.”
• competition as driving force»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for market economy development.”
• choice»Valfriheten är en viktig princip och en nyckel för att förena frihet med rättvisa.« (party programme ↗)“Choice is an important principle and a key to combining freedom with justice.”

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 strengthen the individual's position in everyday contracts through improved consumer and contract legislation and assumes that the consumer shall have knowledge and power to make well-informed decisions. A regularly procured assigned electricity supplier protects precisely those customers who do not make an active choice and simultaneously presses prices, in line with the plan's view of procurement as a way to press costs. The plan, however, does not address assigned electricity contracts.

• strengthened consumer powerdecisive»Den enskildes inflytande över de avtal som ingås i vardagen behöver stärkas genom förbättrad konsument- och avtalslagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“The individual's influence over everyday contracts needs to be strengthened through improved consumer and contract legislation.”
• informed consumers»I en fungerande marknadsekonomi har konsumenten kunskap och makt att fatta välinformerade beslut.« (party programme ↗)“In a functioning market economy, the consumer has knowledge and power to make well-informed decisions.”
• procurement presses costs»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall be conducted in a way that gives taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensures equal treatment, and stimulates competition.”
• lower electricity costs for households»Vi vill både sänka elmomsen och den särskilda extraskatten på el för att mildra elprischocken här och nu.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to both lower the VAT on electricity and the special extra tax on electricity to mitigate the electricity price shock here and now.”

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 protect households against high electricity prices and particularly points to those affected by electricity poverty. A procurement model that presses prices while simultaneously guaranteeing electricity delivery to customers who do not actively enter an agreement serves that purpose, and increased competition is according to the plan to customers' benefit. The documents however say nothing about the design of the assignment model.

• protection against high electricity pricesdecisive»i elskatten så att den sänks om elpriserna ökar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“in the electricity tax so that it is lowered if electricity prices rise.”
• value vulnerable electricity customers»Vi ser den som drabbats av elfattigdom och som tvingades ha ytterjackan på sig hemma i vintras för att uppvärmningen blivit för dyr.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We see those affected by electricity poverty and who were forced to have an outer jacket on at home in winter because heating became too expensive.”
• competition benefits customers»och internationell energimarknad med ökad konkurrens är till nytta för kunderna.« (party programme ↗)“and international energy market with increased competition is to customers' benefit.”
• oversight of price formation»Prisbildningen och marknadens funktionssätt behöver samtidigt hållas under kontinuerlig« (party programme ↗)“Price formation and the market's functioning must meanwhile be kept under continuous”

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 says nothing about how assigned electricity contracts shall be designed. Its closest underlying principle is market economy and freedom of contract, while the chosen method to protect vulnerable electricity customers is targeted high-cost protection and a review of electricity price zones. A state-procured assigned electricity supplier lies outside that line. The position is derived and uncertain.

• market economy and freedom of contractdecisive»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”
• targeted protection for households»Skydda hushållen mot vinterns elräkningar genom ett högkostnadsskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect households against winter electricity bills through a high-cost protection scheme”
• review of electricity price zones»Se över elprisområdenas utformning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Review the design of electricity price zones”

The party programme is pragmatic about the form of delivery and decides the issue based on greatest possible benefit to the lowest possible cost, and wants electricity distribution to be under strong societal control. A procured referral model that presses prices and guarantees electricity supply to vulnerable customers aligns with the requirement for affordable and reliable energy for households. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• benefit at lowest costdecisive»Det viktigaste för oss är i de flesta fall inte vem som utför en specifik uppgift utan att uppgiften utförs på ett sätt som renderar medborgarna största möjliga nytta till lägsta möjliga kostnad.« (party programme ↗)“What is most important to us in most cases is not who performs a specific task but that the task is performed in a way that provides citizens with the greatest possible benefit at the lowest possible cost.”
• affordable and reliable electricity»vill Sverigedemokraterna föra en energipolitik som säkerställer en prisvärd och tillförlitlig energiförsörjning för såväl hushåll som näringsliv« (party programme ↗)“want Sweden-democrats to conduct an energy policy that ensures an affordable and reliable energy supply for both households and businesses”
• societal control over electricity distribution»Även andra sektorer av central strategisk och säkerhetspolitisk betydelse, såsom el- och vattendistributionen, bör stå under stark samhällskontroll.« (party programme ↗)“Other sectors of central strategic and security-political importance, such as electricity and water distribution, should be under strong societal control.”
• lower electricity cost for households»Sänka skatten på elenergi permanent för att underlätta elektrifieringen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lower the tax on electricity permanently to facilitate electrification”

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.