Ei Nya Ellagar och Ny Förordning (2026)
Source details
- Type
- Web page
- Publisher
- Ei
- Published
- 2026-09-22
- Link
- ei.se/om-oss/nyheter/2026/2026-09-22-nya-ellagar-och-ny-forordning--sa
Title: Nya ellagar och ny förordning – så här jobbar Ei Language: Swedish
Ei’s own overview of how it is preparing for the new electricity laws and the elsystemförordning. It is a press item, not a legal text: it summarises the primary sources (Source - Elmarknadslag (2026-1281), Source - Lag om Elektriska Ledningar (2026-1283), Source - Elsystemförordning (2026-1522)) and adds Ei’s own workplan and timing statements, which the legal texts do not contain.
Key points
- The legislative package. In mid-June the Riksdag decided three laws replacing the ellag: elmarknadslagen (2026:1281), lagen om införande av elmarknadslagen (2026:1282) and lagen om elektriska ledningar (2026:1283, nätkoncession). All take effect 1 January 2027.
- Ordinances. The elsystemförordning (2026:1522), tied to the elmarknadslag, was published 23 July 2026. A further ordinance, belonging to the lag om elektriska ledningar, is still expected (no date given). The elsystemförordning replaces seven earlier ordinances (1995:1145, 1999:716, 2011:931, 2018:1520, 2022:585, 2023:241, 2023:242); much of its content is carried over, with some new provisions.
- Föreskrift delegations. The ordinances contain bemyndiganden for authorities to issue föreskrifter.
Ei’s stated changes and preparations
| Area | What Ei says | Timing stated |
|---|---|---|
| Operational-security supervision | From 1 January 2027 Ei is responsible for supervising compliance with the elmarknadslag on operational security (driftsäkerhet) of the national electricity system. Previously part of this lay with Svenska kraftnät, while Ei supervised several central EU-based security requirements; now Ei covers all of it | Ei already supervises in the area; supervision “will increase going forward” |
| Available capacity information | New EU requirements: DSOs must inform on available capacity for new connections; Ei may issue further föreskrifter; the aim is easier planning of new connections | Ei has begun work; input call published 2026-09-15 (Source - Ei Inspel Tillgänglig Kapacitet (2026)) |
| Sistahandsleverantör | Anvisade elavtal are removed and the leveransskyldig sistahandsleverantör role is introduced; more users must actively choose a contract | This part in force 1 July 2027 (Source - Ei Förberedelser Sistahandsleverantör (2026)) |
| Energy sharing | New rules let renewable electricity be shared between properties/grid subscriptions (for example rooftop solar used by another property); the law also clarifies who may share, who is balance-responsible and how system operators may charge; new bemyndiganden allow föreskrifter | No date given |
| Other ordinance items | New requirements on cooperation between system operators on nätutvecklingsplaner; provisions on effektregleringssystem to implement the revised Electricity Market Directive | — |
| Connection-charge föreskrifter | A further bemyndigande covers how connection charges are designed; Ei decided these föreskrifter as soon as the ordinance existed and published them in early August (Source - EIFS 2026-10 Anslutningsavgifter för Elektriska Anläggningar (2026)) | Published early August 2026 |
| Revision of existing föreskrifter | About 15 föreskrifter need only new law references and terminology; about 10 need changes in substance; new bemyndiganden allow wholly new föreskrifter | Reference-only changes expected done in early 2027; substantive ones taken in priority order; Ei decides project directives successively and will announce when work on each starts |
| Ei website | Many references to laws and ordinances must be updated | First weeks of January 2027, after entry into force |
New terminology (as Ei describes it)
- Nätföretag → systemansvarig, making explicit that a company running nätverksamhet also has a system responsibility. Distribution companies (region- and local-grid) become systemansvariga för distributionssystem; exception: companies with only a linjekoncession and one connected customer within the same group.
- Transmission → överföring: transmission companies such as Svenska kraftnät become systemansvariga för överföringssystem. Baltic Cable AB is also classed as one. What was called överföring av el is now transport av el.
- New roles: balansansvarig part and leverantör av balanstjänster together replace the current balansansvarig (affecting wording in some Ei föreskrifter); also leveransskyldig sistahandsleverantör and organisatör av energidelning.
- Decisions taken after entry into force will use the new terms where there are no transitional provisions.
Relevance to wiki topics
- Elmarknadslagen — Ei’s readiness workplan for the law; second ordinance still pending; terminology
- Ei — new operational-security supervision task; föreskrift revision programme
- Source - Elsystemförordning (2026-1522) — the ordinance itself; its 15 kap. 1 § gives Ei the driftsäkerhet supervision described here, and 3 kap. 23–24 § give Ei and Svk föreskrift powers on operational-security requirements
- Balancing Markets and BSP and BRP Roles — Ei notes that the BRP/BSP split replaces the single balansansvarig role and so affects wording in some of its föreskrifter
- Systemansvarig — terminology detail (see the Glossary entry)