Förordning (2022:585) om elnätsverksamhet

Reference: SFS 2022:585 Last amended: t.o.m. SFS 2026:711 (the earlier clipping in Raw/ runs only to SFS 2025:1319 and lacks 27 a-27 c §§; the Riksdagen version fetched 2026-10-07 includes them) Language: Swedish

Repealed (2026-09-24 note): förordning (2022:585) is repealed by the elsystemförordning (2026:1522) with effect from 2027-01-01, together with 2023:241, 2023:242, 2018:1520, 1999:716, 1995:1145 and 2011:931. Until then the text summarised here remains the law in force; its rules on flexibility products, DNDP contents and Art. 20a data publication move to the new ordinance.

The Swedish government ordinance on grid operations — the intermediate implementing regulation that sits between ellagen (1997:857) and Ei’s own regulations (such as EIFS 2024:1). It implements ellagen’s delegations to government and further delegates to Ei. Governs DSO flexibility service procurement, DNDP requirements, information for demand flexibility, energy storage exceptions, and consumer information obligations.

Structure overview (relevant to wiki)

Key claims

Ancillary services (§§ 5–8)

§ 5: TSOs must, after consulting DSOs and other market participants, develop specifications for non-frequency ancillary services and standardized market products, and submit them to Ei for approval.

§ 6: Ei shall approve these if they ensure genuine, non-discriminatory participation by relevant market participants.

§ 7: DSO guidelines for procuring products and services needed for the distribution grid must be objective, non-discriminatory and transparent. DSOs must consult TSOs and other relevant participants when developing these guidelines.

Flexibility in distribution networks (§§ 10–12)

§ 10: A distribution network company shall:

1. After consulting TSOs and other relevant market participants, develop specifications for the flexibility services it procures and standardized market products for such services
2. Submit specifications and products to Ei for approval
3. After Ei approval, publish a list of the market products

§ 11: Ei shall approve specifications and products if they ensure genuine, non-discriminatory participation by relevant market participants.

§ 12: Ei may issue regulations on how the list of market products shall be published.

These three sections implement ellagen 3 kap. 15 § and form the statutory basis for Ei’s approval authority over DSO flexibility market products. The product approval requirement here is distinct from the method pre-approval requirement in ellagen 4 kap. 46 § (which applies to individual contract terms).

First exercise of §10 authority (not in the ordinance text — sourced only through the linked Ei/Energiföretagen source pages): In December 2025, Ei approved the LFM-h/p/e standardized product set submitted by Energiföretagen Sverige — case 2025-102414, seven nätföretag approved. This was the first time Ei exercised the §10–12 approval pathway. The approved products are documented in Source - Energiföretagen Förteckning Standardiserade Marknadsprodukter (2025); the approval decision is summarized in Source - Ei Godkänner Marknadsprodukter Flexibilitetstjänster (2026).

DNDP requirements (§§ 13–15)

§ 13: A DNDP developed under ellagen 3 kap. 16 § shall:

1. “redogöra för behovet av flexibilitetstjänster på medellång och lång sikt” (describe the need for flexibility services at medium and long term)
2. State planned investments for the coming 5–10 years, with emphasis on main distribution infrastructure required to connect new production capacity and new loads
3. Describe the resources to be used as alternatives to grid expansion

These are the three substantive content requirements at government ordinance level, which EIFS 2024:1 then specifies in full procedural detail.

§ 14: The company shall consult the TSO and relevant system users when developing a DNDP. The consultation result must be published alongside the plan and submitted to Ei.

§ 14a (added by Förordning 2025:272): “Energimarknadsinspektionen ska sammanställa innehållet i nätutvecklingsplanerna och göra det tillgängligt på sin webbplats.” — Ei has a statutory obligation to compile DNDP content and make it available on its website. This is the legal basis for Ei’s DNDP map tool/web portal and for the aggregate data published in Ei PM2025:03. (The ordinance text shows only that § 14a carries the tag Förordning 2025:272; the rationale that it mandates an existing practice, and the link to the Ei map tool/PM2025:03, are wiki inference, not in the raw.)

§ 15 (3 kap. 17 § ellagen supports §§ 13, 14 and 15(1); § 15(2) rests on 8 kap. 11 § regeringsformen): Ei may issue further regulations on:

1. (a) what a DNDP must contain and how it must be developed, and (b) publication requirements
2. How the DNDP shall be submitted to Ei

This is the direct delegation basis for EIFS 2024:1.

Energy storage dispensation (§§ 18–22)

§ 18: Ei may grant case-by-case dispensation from the storage ownership ban (ellagen 3 kap. 39 §) if the installation is a “helt integrerad nätkomponent” or if all of the following (cumulative) hold: (1) after a tender that is non-discriminatory, open to scrutiny and approved by Ei, other actors have neither (a) been granted the right to own, develop, manage or operate such a facility nor (b) been able to provide a corresponding storage service at reasonable cost or within reasonable time; (2) the installation is needed to fulfill grid obligations; (3) it is not used to buy or sell electricity on end-customer, wholesale and balancing markets; and (4) Ei has assessed the need and reviewed the tender.

§§ 19–21: If dispensation is granted, Ei must conduct a public consultation on existing storage installations at least every 5 years (at the earliest two years after a dispensation was granted or a previous consultation ended). If the consultation shows third parties can own/operate storage cost-effectively, Ei must decide the dispensation expires 18 months after the consultation. § 21 disapplies §§ 19–20 for fully integrated network components, or for storage that meets all of: owned/run by a DSO with FID before 4 July 2019 and connected by 3 July 2021, or by a TSO with FID before 1 January 2025 and connected by 31 December 2026; integrated in the grid; used only for immediate restoration of grid security after unplanned events; not used to buy or sell electricity on end-customer, wholesale and balancing markets. § 22: if Ei grants a TSO dispensation under § 18 it must notify the Commission and ACER with the application and reasons.

Information for demand flexibility (§§ 26a–26c, added by SFS 2025:1319)

§ 26a: TSOs must make available: (1) the share of electricity delivered that is renewable per bidding area, and (2) greenhouse gas emissions from electricity production. Must include forecasts.

§ 26b: DSOs must make this TSO information available and also publish anonymized/aggregated data on installations with potential for demand flexibility within their own grid.

§ 26c: This data must be available digitally in a standardized format readable by smart metering systems, EV charging points, heat/cooling systems, and building energy management systems.

Information on available capacity for new connections (§§ 27a-27c, added by SFS 2026:711)

In force 1 July 2026 (the heading in the ordinance is Information om tillgänglig kapacitet för nya anslutningar), read from the Riksdagen version of the ordinance:

• 27 a §: a distribution company must publish information on available capacity for new connections to its local or regional grid. The information must be published on the company’s website, updated at least once a quarter, be transparent, clear and geographically detailed, and include (a) the capacity that is the subject of requests for connection to the local or regional grid, (b) what possibility may exist of connection under an agreement with conditions to limit and control feed-in or withdrawal of electricity, and (c) the basis for calculating available capacity for new connections.
• 27 b §: before publishing under 27 a §, the company must investigate what measures may be required to protect information it may not disclose under law or other regulation.
• 27 c §: Ei may issue further regulations on the companies’ duty to publish information under 27 a §.

The Riksdagen page also shows the ordinance as repealed from 1 January 2027 by SFS 2026:1522 (Source - Elsystemförordning (2026-1522)). See Capacity Maps for how companies have implemented the duty.

Legal chain for DNDP obligations

The complete Swedish legal chain for the DNDP requirement:

Directive 2019/944 Art. 32(3)
    ↓ implemented by
Ellag (1997:857) 3 kap. 16 §
  (biennial DNDP obligation: develop, publish, submit)
    ↓ delegation under 3 kap. 17 §
Förordning (2022:585) om elnätsverksamhet §§ 13–15
  (content requirements: flex needs, investments, alternatives;
   consultation requirement; Ei's prescribing authority)
    ↓ delegation under § 15
EIFS 2024:1
  (detailed content template, MW quantification, process rules)
    ↓ delegation under EIFS 2024:1 § 4.1
Ei's DNDP template
  (the actual form DSOs fill in)

Relationship to existing wiki topics