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Source - Ei Konsekvensutredning EIFS 2022-1 Upphävande (2026)

Ei konsekvensutredning avseende upphävande av EIFS 2022:1 — Energimarknadsinspektionens (Ei) consequence assessment for the repeal of the effektavgift tariff regulation. Ärendenummer 2026-101721. 30 pages. Contact persons: Karin Edvardsson (enhetschef), Linn Sjöström (projektledare).

Metadata

  • Document type: Konsekvensutredning (regulatory consequence assessment), remissutkast (draft for consultation)
  • Issuer: Energimarknadsinspektionen (Ei)
  • Ärendenummer: 2026-101721
  • Raw file: raw/remissutkast-nattariffer-extracted.txt (PDF extraction)
  • Regulatory context: Government assignment (March 2026) to repeal EIFS 2022:1 by 30 June 2026 and propose a new effektavgift model by 12 April 2027

What this document covers

This konsekvensutredning assesses the consequences of repealing EIFS 2022:1 — Ei’s 2022 regulation on network tariff design for efficient grid use (tarifföreskrifterna). It is a remissutkast (consultation draft), not the final decision document. The assessment is required before Ei can repeal the föreskrift.

The document covers:

  • Background on why EIFS 2022:1 was adopted (2022) and what it required
  • Description of the current state — who has implemented effektavgifter, how they vary
  • Nollalternativet (counterfactual: what if the regulation stays in force)
  • Consequences of repeal for DSOs, customers, and Ei
  • Legal basis for the repeal and EU compatibility
  • Note on consultation: due to tight timelines, no stakeholder consultation before draft; remiss responses will be incorporated before final decision

What EIFS 2022:1 required

The regulation required all Swedish DSOs to introduce tidsdifferentierade effektavgifter (time-differentiated capacity tariffs) by 1 January 2027. The four-part tariff framework:

  1. Energiavgift — short-run variable costs, per kWh, optionally time-differentiated
  2. Kundspecifik avgift — fixed per-customer administrative cost
  3. Effektavgift — forward-looking costs, based on customer peak demand and collective network load; must be time-differentiated
  4. Fast avgift — residual costs, typically tied to subscribed capacity (in bands)

Costs were to be allocated between consumption and injection reflecting actual DSO costs.

State of play at repeal

As of January 2026 (~30 DSOs on household effektavgifter):

  • Around 30 DSOs had introduced effektavgifter for household customers (up to 25A fuses); a larger number had long had effektkomponenter for larger customers, which is not new
  • Specifically: around 20 DSOs had adopted a tariff model following EIFS 2022:1 since the regulation was decided in 2022; others had effektavgifter predating the regulation
  • Göteborg Energi received a formal dispensation from effektavgifter for apartment customers (ärende 2025-104025); other dispensation applications were pending at time of repeal

Heterogeneity in design across implementing DSOs:

  • Different number of peak hours used as the basis for charging (single highest peak vs. mean of N highest)
  • Different time-differentiation approaches: some differentiate summer/winter; others apply same level year-round
  • Different definitions of höglasttid (peak period) — typically weekdays daytime, but boundaries vary
  • Different treatment of off-peak consumption: some allow free consumption; others weight all hours differently
  • Different cost allocation to the effektkomponent: some DSOs use a very narrow forward-looking cost base; others use a broad one

Market reaction to the government assignment (March 2026):

  • Several DSOs paused planned introductions
  • Several DSOs that had already introduced effektavgifter reversed to previous tariff models
  • At time of the konsekvensutredning, not all DSOs had yet decided their course

Customer complaints: Ei received an unusually large number of complaints in February–March 2026 linked to effektavgifter introductions. Tillsyn (supervision) was opened against five DSOs in April 2026.

The repeal: what it does and does not do

What the repeal does:

  • Removes the binding mandatory requirement for DSOs to introduce effektavgifter by 1 January 2027
  • Removes the detailed requirements on tariff design (four-part structure, time-differentiation mandate)

What the repeal does NOT do:

  • It is not a ban on effektavgifter — DSOs may still apply them, subject to ellagen and Art. 18 EMR
  • It does not affect SVK’s transmission tariff reform — Svenska kraftnät’s new four-component tariff model (kundspecifik avgift, energiavgift, effektavgift, fast avgift) is decided by SVK’s own board and will be introduced from 1 January 2027 regardless
  • It does not change DSO total revenue — intäktsramarna continue to govern total allowed revenues; only the distribution between customers changes

After repeal, governing framework:

  • Ellagen (1997:857): tariffer shall be designed compatibly with efficient grid use
  • Art. 18 EMR (Regulation (EU) 2019/943): objective, transparent, non-discriminatory; must reflect costs and system users’ actual use of the distribution network; must promote efficient network use and connection of DER

Assessed consequences

For DSOs:

  • Introduction or development of effektavgifter will slow in the short term; companies awaiting new regulation
  • Companies that invested in tariff development (~2–3 årsarbetskrafter per lokalnätsföretag, ~1–2 per regionnätsföretag, according to the 2022 konsekvensutredning) do not lose this work entirely — knowledge and systems can be reused when a new framework arrives
  • Companies that have already introduced effektavgifter are not required to reverse; those reversing face additional customer communication costs
  • Some DSOs that have implemented effektavgifter find this has smoothed load and they may wish to retain them

For customers:

  • Customers at DSOs that haven’t yet implemented: effektavgifter introduction delayed
  • Customers at DSOs that reverse: redistribution effects (some pay more, some less vs. peak-based model)
  • Short-term: weaker cost-reflective price signals; reduced incentive to shift load
  • Offsetting benefit: simpler, more familiar tariff structures for those reverting; less confusion from heterogeneous designs
  • Long-term consequences assessed as limited, given parallel work on a new regulation (due April 2027)

For Ei:

  • Repeal process estimated at 0.25–0.5 årsarbetskrafter, corresponding to ~300,000–600,000 SEK (based on 2025 annual årsarbetskraft cost of 1,180,000 SEK at Ei)
  • Work includes: repealing the ställningstaganden on effektavgifter, stakeholder dialogue, updating web/communications
  • Separate from and unaffected by: the parallel assignment to propose a new effektavgift model (due April 2027)

Regulatory gap from 1 January 2027: Several provisions of ellagen governing tariff design expire on 1 January 2027 (see prop. 2025/26:26, p. 67). These were intended to be handled by EIFS 2022:1. With the regulation repealed, some areas (particularly fixed-charge design at regionnätsnivå) will lack specific covering rules from January 2027. DSOs will have greater freedom, but also less guidance.

  • Bemyndigande: 31 § Förordning (2022:585) om elnätsverksamhet (power to issue tariff-design föreskrifter)
  • Derives from: 4 kap. 27 § ellagen (1997:857)
  • EU compatibility: The repeal is compatible with EU rules because ellagen still requires efficient-use-compatible tariffer, and Art. 18 EMR still applies. The EU independence requirement for NRAs (Electricity Market Directive) actually requires removing some of the ellagen tariff-design provisions from primary law — which is being done in prop. 2025/26:26.

SVK transmission tariff — separate track

SVK’s new four-component transmission tariff (to be introduced 1 January 2027):

  • Kundspecifik avgift, energiavgift, effektavgift, fast avgift
  • Developed under the existing EIFS 2022:1 framework but decided by SVK’s own board
  • Ei has received no indication SVK plans to delay; the SVK reform proceeds regardless of EIFS 2022:1 repeal
  • The effektavgift for nätutbyggnad will be 0 kr/kW in 2027 (forward-looking costs deemed small in the short term)
  • Introduction is phased to limit large changes for network customers initially

Relevance to wiki

  • Swedish DSO Tariff Reform — Three Parallel Tracks (2025–2027): primary source for Track 2 (effektavgift reform) state-of-play at time of repeal; key data on heterogeneity, market reaction, and cost estimates
  • Ellevio: one of five DSOs under Ei tillsyn for effektavgifter — selected for geographic/size variation and on basis of customer complaints
  • Göteborg Energi Nät: one of five DSOs under Ei tillsyn; received formal dispensation for apartment customers (ärende 2025-104025)
  • Demand Response: effektavgifter as demand response instrument; behavioral complexity (rebound effects) partly explains customer confusion
  • Regulatory Calendar: EIFS 2022:1 repeal deadline 30 June 2026; SVK transmission tariff entry into force 1 January 2027
  • Villkorade Avtal: repeal creates regulatory gap — effektavgifter as passive demand response tool interact with active tools like villkorade avtal and local flex markets

Data gaps

  • Final repeal decision text (this is the remissutkast; final decision pending remiss responses)
  • Remiss responses from DSOs, customer groups, and industry associations
  • Names of the specific five DSOs under tillsyn (Ei tillsyn source names them; this document does not)