In April 2022, the Energy Market Inspectorate tasked all Swedish grid companies with introducing power fees by January 1, 2027 at the latest. The purpose of the power tariff is to incentivize spreading electricity usage throughout the day, according to official sources. From January 1, 2027, all grid companies must have a power tariff, as mandated by the regulator.
After design, modeling, and pilot projects, Ellevio introduced a new pricing model on January 1, 2025 for villa, row house, and holiday home customers as well as business customers up to 63A, where power was a part, but power fees were not introduced for apartment customers, and customers over 63A had long had power fees. In Ellevio's case, the fee consisted of three parts: a fixed fee depending on the customer's main fuse, a transmission fee based on electricity usage in kWh during the month, and a power fee based on the average of the customer's three highest power peaks (over an hour) during the month, accounting for 40% of the total grid fee, with nighttime (22-06) counting only half the power peak, according to official sources.
Major media reports indicate that Ellevio is now choosing to remove its power fee and instead reintroduce a two-part pricing model based on a fixed fee linked to fuse size and a variable transmission fee. Some grid companies have already introduced the power tariff, according to official sources. Grid companies that already have a power tariff have different ways of implementing it, but essentially the customer pays partly for individual power peaks during a month, official sources state. The background is uncertainty about future regulation, with proposals from the Energy Market Inspectorate for a new common pricing model expected by April 2027 at the latest, according to major media reports.