Access to measurement and consumption data in the electricity market
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V views the possibility of shared electricity subscriptions with sub-metering and energy communities positively 1. V considers it contradictory, however, that the government claims that no additional costs may be charged when the consequence of the proposal is nevertheless judged to be that electricity users will bear other costs via the grid fee 1. V expresses concern that costs for tasks that the grid companies are to cover in the end will be shifted onto the consumers 1. V considers it unreasonable to place additional costs on the consumers and calls for approval of reservation 2 1. M calls for approval of the proposal in the report and rejection of the reservation 2.
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Birger Lahti (V)
Madam Speaker! The bill concerns amendments to the Electricity Act. The legislative changes aim to complement the Commission's implementing regulation on requirements for interoperability and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to metering and consumption data.
I, or rather the Left Party, stand behind the bill and view the possibility of shared electricity subscriptions with sub-metering and energy communities, and all that it can entail in a positive direction, positively.
In the proposition, the government however explicitly states that no additional costs may be charged to electricity users, but that instead it is the entitled parties that the grid companies shall charge. At the same time, it is stated in the section on consequences for electricity users that the grid companies will charge special fees to finance a part of the new tasks they are assigned, and that other costs will be charged by the entire customer collective via the grid fee. In the same section, the government argues that since the costs are spread over a large number of customers, it can be expected to have a very limited impact on the fee level.
I find it somewhat contradictory to state that individual consumers shall not be charged any additional costs while the consequence of the proposal is nevertheless judged to be that electricity users will bear other costs as part of a customer collective.
My fear is that the costs for the tasks that the network companies are to bear as a result of the bill will, in the end, be passed on to the consumers.
Against the background of the already high electricity and grid prices, and the limited possibilities to change grid provider, I consider it unreasonable to place additional costs on consumers. The Government should therefore ensure that electricity users are not affected by direct or indirect additional costs when the proposals in the bill are implemented.
I firmly assert that the benefit of the grid usage and consumption as a consequence of the legislative change will ultimately fall most on the entire electricity system in Sweden, but once again, it is the consumers who will have to pay the bill. Grid owners, electricity producers, Svenska kraftnät, and the Ministry of Finance have recently taken a huge bite out of the electricity consumers. I think that is enough now.
Therefore, Madam Speaker, I move for approval of reservation 2 in the committee report.
Access to measurement and consumption data on the electricity market
Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson (M)
Madam Speaker! I vote in favor of the proposal in the report and against the reservation.
The deliberation was hereby concluded.
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