Energiföretagen Sverige

Energiföretagen Sverige is the Swedish energy industry association, representing companies across electricity production, transmission, distribution, and heat. Members include DSOs (elnätsföretag), electricity producers, and energy retailers. Based in Stockholm.

Role in flexibility

Energiföretagen coordinates industry positions on flexibility market development, with a particular focus on the forthcoming Network Code on Demand Response and how it will be implemented in Sweden.

AG Helhet Flex (Arbetsgruppen Helhet Flex) is the main working group on flexibility, with three subgroups:

These subgroups map directly onto the main structural challenges in Swedish flexibility market development: lowering participation barriers, standardizing products and data exchange, and coordinating between system operators. (Source - Flexibilitet Energiföretagen Sverige (web, 2025))

Collaboration with regulators

Energiföretagen works jointly with Ei and Svenska kraftnät on sector coordination generally. Svk’s 2026–2035 Network Development Plan documents four LMA2024 demand scenarios (135 TWh baseline, 210–365 TWh by 2050; a separately stated 2045-horizon range of 200–343 TWh is not the same per-scenario figures and shouldn’t be read as one range) — but the source does not state that Energiföretagen or Ei were involved in developing these scenarios; that collaboration claim is not supported by this citation. (Source - Svk Network Development Plan 2026-2035)

FNA coordination

Energiföretagen’s AG Helhet Flex task force took the lead on coordinating the Swedish DSO community through the first Flexibility Need Assessment (FNA) cycle. Activities included:

• Seven webinars (June 2025 – March 2026) open to all Swedish DSOs
• Developing the national implementation proposal in dialogue with Svenska kraftnät and Ei
• Providing a representative body for the tripartite agreement (signed 2025-11-25 by Svk + DSO representatives via Energiföretagen + Ei)
• Continuing to run the FNA process to its conclusion; an eighth webinar is planned for August 2026 to review results

DSOs participating in the core working group: Vattenfall Eldistribution, E.ON Energidistribution, Göteborg Energi, Ellevio, Kraftringen Nät. (Source - FNA Överenskommelse Svenskt genomförande 2026 (2025), Source - Flexibilitetsbehov FNA Energiföretagen Sverige (web, 2026))

National conditions governance — NC DR

The NC DR requires all DSOs and Svenska kraftnät to jointly develop nationella villkor (national terms and conditions) — the cited webinar source enumerates 9 coverage items (market design/business models; coordination between markets; coordination between grid levels; aggregation/imbalance correction; prequalification processes; national flexibility register; procurement rules for congestion management; local market operator rules; data exchange/communication protocols), while the NC DR text’s own Title VII spans 8 articles (Art. 70–77) — a previously stated “~7 domains” figure matched neither count and has been corrected. The regulation gives DSOs a formal role in developing binding sector regulation — a first in Sweden.

Energiföretagen’s Eldistributionsrådet (DSO governance council) and AG Flex Elnät (network flexibility working group) proposed a hybrid governance model in April 2024:

• A formal decision process hosted within Energiföretagen but open to all 168 Swedish DSOs, including non-members
• Separate formalized joint process with Svk (who is not an Energiföretagen member)
• A stakeholder committee modeled on the EU Drafting Committee approach
• Earmarked financing as a “myndighetsuppgift” (public authority task)

The statutory timeline is not fully reconciled across the vault’s two cited sources: a 2024 industry webinar states 3 months (joint proposal) + 2 months (Ei approval) after NC DR entry into force, while Ei’s own more recent (November 2025) statement instead gives a single 12-month deadline for the process to be ready. Whether these refer to the same deadline under different draft/final regulation text, or two different milestones, is unresolved here — treat the specific figure with caution until reconciled against the final adopted NC DR text. The national conditions themselves then have the legal status of national föreskrifter.

Key challenge: Sweden’s 168 DSOs (mostly small/medium) and Svk have no existing joint body. Energiföretagen covers most but not all DSOs; Svk is not a member. Ei R2023:18 (a joint Ei + Svk report; Swedac appears only in the related, separate report Ei2025:03, not as a co-author of R2023:18) recommended studying a nationally legislated organization as an alternative, which would give the process a firmer legal basis.

(Source - Energiföretagen NC DR National Conditions Webinar (2024), Source - Ei NC DR Förberedelser (2025))

Position on NC DR

Energiföretagen expects the Network Code on Demand Response to enter into force in 2026 and is preparing members for implementation. Their stated requirements for successful implementation: predictable rules, better data management, clear actor roles, and proportionate requirements that support both small and large flexibility solutions. The primary driver they emphasize is enabling faster customer connections — aligning with the congestion and Villkorade Avtal context. (Source - Flexibilitet Energiföretagen Sverige (web, 2025))

Data gaps

• Specific Energiföretagen positions on contested NC DR issues (minimum bid size, derogation procedures)
• AG Helhet Flex publications, reports, or consultation responses