Ei Regleringsbrev 2026

Type: Regleringsbrev (appropriations directive from government to agency) Reference: Regeringsbeslut I:4, 2025-12-18, KN2025/02354 (partial) + KN2025/02401 Budget year: 2026 Recipient: Energimarknadsinspektionen (Ei)

Annual instruction from the Swedish government to Ei setting its budget, mandates, and reporting requirements for 2026. Signed by Ebba Busch and Linnéa Carlén. Also reports the 2026 forecast dates (Hermes: 2 Feb, 22 Apr, 24 Jul, 9 Nov) and other non-flexibility items not summarised here.

Key mandates

1. Non-fossil flexibility target (Art. 19f EU 2024/1747)

Ei is assigned to propose Sweden’s national indicative target for non-fossil flexibility, as required by Article 19f of Regulation (EU) 2024/1747 (the EMD Reform). The proposal must include specific contributions from:

• Demand response (efterfrågeflexibilitet)
• Energy storage (energilagring)
• Non-fossil electricity production (elproduktion)

Deadline: September 15, 2026, report to Klimat- och näringslivsdepartementet.

The regleringsbrev itself only assigns the proposal; it does not set out the Art. 19f timeline or link it to the FNA.

2. Regulatory sandboxes for net-zero technology

Ei is assigned to identify which net-zero technologies under EU Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 (Net Zero Industry Act / nettonollförordningen) fall within Ei’s responsibility area.

Specifically, Ei must:

• Identify policy areas and regulations within its mandate suitable for a regulatory sandbox
• Note absent regulations and potential exemption needs
• Analyse possible experimental clauses (försöksklausuler)
• Gather views from affected actors while carrying out the assignment
• Propose how Ei’s role as a competent authority (behörig myndighet) for regulatory sandboxes should be designed

Deadline: May 20, 2026 (already passed as of this ingest date).

Context: Vinnova published a parallel report (2024-03522, 21 Feb 2025) proposing Vinnova as the lead agency for a national regulatory sandbox contact point, with Ei as one of several competent authorities in the energy domain (Raw/sandlador-nettonollteknik-2024-extracted.txt: Vinnova proposes an inter-agency secretariat with Vinnova as the main responsible authority, and lists Ei among the initially relevant competent authorities).

3. Grid expansion annual reporting + map service

Ei is assigned to develop the necessary legislative proposals (nödvändiga författningsförslag) enabling it to annually compile and report data on Swedish grid expansion and its costs.

Ei’s report on this assignment is Source - Ei R2026-09 Redovisning av Elnätsutbyggnad (2026).

Within the scope of the assignment, Ei must also develop a map service presenting annual grid expansion and costs.

Deadline: December 15, 2026.

4. Bottleneck revenues analysis (flaskhalsinkomster)

Ei is assigned to clarify how bottleneck revenues (flaskhalsinkomster) may be used under current rules, and to analyze whether there are other socioeconomically efficient uses not permitted by current regulation.

Deadline: October 30, 2026.

5. Shorter permitting times for grid (ongoing)

Ei must continue to develop methods and working approaches to shorten permitting timelines (ledtider) for grid construction, together with Lantmäteriet and affected county administrative boards (länsstyrelser). Priority:

• Projects improving transmission in the north-south direction, between electricity areas, and to growth areas
• Projects for end customers judged to bring large societal and/or climate benefit

Work should be carried out within the framework of actual applications; the report must specifically address the conditions for implementing the methods in ordinary operations.

Deadline: February 1, 2027.

6. Flexibility dialogue in key regions

Building on the Norra Sverige pilot (KN2023/04607), Ei is assigned to conduct a dialogue on grid connection rules, subscription increases (abonnemangsökning), and flexibility with actors in:

• Norrbotten, Västerbotten (north)
• Västra Götaland, Skåne, Gotland (south/west)

Goal: facilitate integration of flexibility into relevant projects for the green industrial transformation.

Deadline: February 1, 2027.

7. Crisis/war preparedness

Ei must ensure proactive crisis and war-readiness capability. Report to Regeringskansliet (KN + Försvarsdepartementet) by February 22, 2027.

8. Nuclear power state aid support

Ei is authorized to use up to 1.5 MSEK from budget year 2026 to assist Regeringskansliet on state aid work for investments in new nuclear power. Funds disbursed via Statens energimyndighet (requisition by March 31, 2026).

9. Network-monitoring cost reporting

Ei must report costs (equivalent to the nätövervakningsavgift) for 2025 plus a forecast for the next three years, for activities under ellagen ch. 5 and supervision under ch. 12 § 1. Deadline: March 1, 2026.

10. Ongoing assignments (from earlier separate government decisions)

Budget

Total appropriation 2026: 234,451 kkr (approximately 234.5 MSEK)

• Disbursed monthly: ~19,538 kkr/month (final month: 19,533 kkr); the tables are stated in tkr (thousand SEK)
• Loan frame for operational investments: 27,000 kkr
• Interest account credit: 11,000 kkr
• Estimated fee revenues disposable by Ei (fees under förordning 2014:1059, registration and supervision of the wholesale energy market): 11,300 kkr

Relevance to wiki

• Ei: Adds 2026 mandates and budget. Key new mandate: non-fossil flexibility target proposal (Art. 19f) by September 2026; bottleneck revenues analysis by October 2026; grid expansion reporting + map (December 2026).
• Electricity Market Design Reform 2024: The non-fossil flexibility target mandate (Art. 19f) is part of the EMD Reform implementation package. The regleringsbrev assigns the proposal to Ei.
• Network Code on Demand Response: Ei’s role in regulatory sandbox assessment overlaps with the NC DR T&C development workload — both are active in 2026.
• Flexibility Need Assessment: Art. 19f target proposal (due September 2026) falls after the first FNA report (July 2026); the regleringsbrev does not itself link the two.
• Congestion Management: Bottleneck revenues analysis directly concerns how flaskhalsinkomster can be used — the assignment asks Ei to explain use under current rules and analyse other socioeconomically efficient uses beyond what current rules allow.