Energimyndigheten ER 2026:22 Stärkt Leveranssäkerhet Fjärrvärme (2026)

Energimyndigheten’s final report (slutredovisning) on the security of supply (leveranssäkerhet) and preparedness of the district heating and CHP sector, ER 2026:22 Stärkt leveranssäkerhet i ett föränderligt energisystem (October 2026, published together with Source - Energimyndigheten ER 2026-23 Fjärr- och Kraftvärmens Roll (2026) on 1 Oct 2026). It answers an assignment in the agency’s 2025 appropriation letter to propose state measures that strengthen civil defence and total defence; an interim report followed in October 2025.

Reading scope: the foreword, summary and conclusions (pp. 6-12) and the introduction’s assignment text were read in full. Chapters 2-7, the references and the annex on consequences (pp. 16-78) were not read.

Key findings

• Two main proposals. (1) A national security-of-supply target for district heating and district cooling; (2) an amendment to the district heating act (fjärrvärmelag, SFS 2008:263) so suppliers can adjust and prioritise deliveries during disruptions.
• The target. Suppliers of district heating and cooling should be able, for at least three months, in peacetime disruptions and crises as well as under heightened alert or war, to maintain deliveries in their distribution network at a level corresponding to total defence’s needs for the function, and for at least two weeks mainly with their own resources. It builds on Utgångspunkter för totalförsvaret 2025-2030 (Försvarsmakten and MCF) and on the government memo Mål för trygg energiförsörjning (KN2026/01473).
• Why a target. Unlike electricity, district heating has no designated security-of-supply target; it is up to each company to set its ambition. Energimyndigheten proposes to follow the target, and the government’s proposed energy-security objective, with indicators within its existing follow-up of Sweden’s energy policy goals, and to take a coordinating and driving role.
• Prioritisation of deliveries. The agency judges that supply cannot economically or commercially be sized to keep the same service level in all circumstances, so suppliers need a legal possibility to adjust deliveries “in a consumption-dampening purpose” and prioritise between users. The report notes that electricity has established structures for prioritisation, while the corresponding district-heating capabilities are less developed and several legal and practical questions remain.
• Reserve and peak boilers. The interim report’s idea of investigating a general protection for older reserve and peak-load plants using non-renewable fuels is dropped: a general protection against decommissioning could hinder different local preparedness solutions. Their readiness value should instead be kept through support from Energiberedskapsklivet.
• Funding. Energiberedskapsklivet and Kraftlyftet are said to need clearer multi-year funding. If experience shows the support regulations limit what can be financed, the agency would investigate changes, including a model like the elberedskapsmedel that Svenska kraftnät pays to electricity companies.
• Dependencies. Electrification, heat pumps, waste heat (including from industry and data centres) and heat storage create new dependencies on the electricity system and on external actors. Reserve and peak capacity, heat storage, backup power and robust supply chains are named as key components.
• Wider framework. The CER directive and NIS2 (implemented through the cybersecurity act SFS 2025:1506, in force 15 January 2026) will raise risk-management and continuity requirements on many sector actors. Work on civil conscription, fuel supply and repair preparedness is ongoing. An industry cooperation group was set up during the assignment.

Relevance to existing wiki topics

• Beredskapsflexibilitet — a heat-sector counterpart to the crisis-capability framing, with a quantified delivery target and prioritisation rules
• Island Operation — the companion report’s function-based view of CHP and ö-drift
• Demand Response — the same release as the proposed district-heating electricity tax cut