Prop. 2025-26-16 Forbattrad utformning av EUs elmarknad (2025)

Prop. 2025/26:16 — Förbättrad utformning av EU:s elmarknad. Swedish government bill submitted 18 September 2025; in force 1 January 2026. Transposes Directive 2024/1711 (the Electricity Market Design Reform Directive) into Swedish law by amending ellagen (1997:857). Does not include energy sharing (Art. 15a transposition) — that is handled separately in Source - Prop. 2025-26-240 Nya lagar om elsystemet (2026).

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• Formal title: Regeringens proposition 2025/26:16 — Förbättrad utformning av EU:s elmarknad
• Submitted: 18 September 2025, Klimat- och näringslivsdepartementet (Minister: Ebba Busch)
• In force: 1 January 2026
• Amends: ellagen (1997:857); lagen (2011:1200) om elcertifikat
• EU basis: Directive 2024/1711 amending Dir. 2019/944 and RED II 2018/2001

Key provisions

1. Flexible network connection framework (Art. 6a) — section 5

The government or an authority designated by the government may issue regulations on:

• Requirements for installing a power management system (effektregleringssystem) certified to connect under a flexible connection agreement
• Technical requirements for flexible connections
• Certification criteria for effektregleringssystem

Ei’s role: Prop. 2025/26:16 (section 5) confirms that Ei is tasked with developing the framework enabling TSOs and DSOs to offer flexible connection agreements in capacity-constrained areas, consistent with Art. 6a.1–6a.2 of the revised Electricity Market Directive. No definition of “flexible connection” was added to ellagen (Energiföretagen Sverige AB and Vattenfall AB requested this; government declined). Ei’s framework had not been published as of the bill’s submission date.

Why this matters: Flexible connection agreements are the mechanism for connecting new loads/generators in constrained areas on terms that allow curtailment or control — unlocking queue positions that would otherwise require full grid reinforcement. See Electricity Market Design Reform 2024 › Flexible connection agreements (Directive Art. 6a) and Villkorade Avtal.

2. Fixed-price supply contracts (Art. 11) — section 6.1

Suppliers with >200,000 customers (elanvändare) must offer fixed-duration, fixed-price contracts (leveransavtal med fast löptid och pris) with a minimum duration of one year. Exceptions may be allowed by regulation. Suppliers may not unilaterally amend or terminate such contracts before expiry.

3. Pre-contract information (Art. 11.1a) — section 6.2

Before concluding or renewing a supply contract, the supplier must provide a concise summary of key terms. Before concluding a fixed-price contract, the supplier must inform the customer of opportunities, costs, and risks.

4. Supplier risk management strategies (Art. 18a) — section 7

Suppliers must have strategies for managing the risk of non-delivery. Regulation may specify requirements.

5. Last-resort supplier selection process (Art. 27a.1) — section 8

A network company (nätföretag) selecting a sistahandsleverantör (last-resort supplier, the successor concept to anvisad elavtal) must do so in a fair, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner. Note: full sistahandsleverantör framework is in Source - Prop. 2025-26-240 Nya lagar om elsystemet (2026).

6. Disconnection protection (Art. 28a) — section 9

A supplier may not terminate a supply contract or request disconnection if the underlying issue is subject to either an unanswered complaint lodged with the supplier itself or out-of-court dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings — the raw text covers both prongs, not ADR alone. This protection does not apply if the customer lodged the complaint or requested the ADR proceeding for an improper purpose (i otillbörligt syfte), e.g. purely to block a termination.

7. DSO connection information (Art. 31.3, 31.3a, 31.3b) — section 10

Network companies’ obligation to provide information to facilitate connections is extended. DSOs must have standardised connection procedures for all electrical installations (not just generation and storage — now also demand and transmission).

DSOs must publish their connection procedures and, on request, provide a handling timeline (tidsplan för handläggning) and a connection timeline. Previously this was only required for production connections.

8. Electricity price crisis mechanism (Art. 66a) — section 11

The Council of the EU may declare a regional or EU-wide electricity price crisis. During such a crisis, member states may intervene in retail electricity pricing. Swedish legislation is updated to enable this; the Council trigger mechanism itself is EU-level.

9. Demand flexibility information (Art. 20a RED II) — section 12

Authorisation for the government or designated authority to issue regulations requiring network companies to make available:

• Share of renewable electricity and GHG emissions in delivered power (by bidding zone)
• Forecasts of upcoming deliveries
• Renewable electricity from prosumers and renewable energy communities fed into the grid
• Potential for demand flexibility (aggregated, anonymised)

Key limitation, corrected (2026-09-22, against the now-ingested Source - Ei R2025-08 Klimatprestanda och Flexibla Resurser (2025)): Ei’s technical-infeasibility finding applies only to publishing renewable electricity fed in by prosumers/energy communities, not to demand-flexibility-potential data — Ei found the latter feasible (DSOs can compile it from installation records they already hold) and proposes an active requirement for it. Only the prosumer/community-injection piece is deferred pending technical feasibility (e.g. a future national metering data hub). The bemyndigande (delegation) is inserted into ellagen now regardless; detailed föreskrifter for the feasible pieces follow separately. This is Art. 20a of the revised RED II (Renewable Energy Directive), not of the EMD.

10. Feed-in obligation (mottagningsplikt) — section 14

A supplier delivering electricity to a customer who also feeds in from their own generation or storage must accept that feed-in on reasonable terms (skäliga villkor). Expanded from previous scope (which covered only renewable generation) to include all own generation and storage output.

What is NOT in this bill

Energy sharing (Art. 15a of the revised EMD) is expressly not transposed here. The government notes that energy sharing has a separate 17 July 2026 transposition deadline and is handled in the comprehensive new electricity legislation (Prop. 2025/26:240). See Source - Prop. 2025-26-240 Nya lagar om elsystemet (2026) and Energy Communities.

Elcertifikat amendments

The bill also amends lagen (2011:1200) om elcertifikat to:

• Reduce the number of quota-obligated actors
• Enable the account management authority to charge certain fees

These changes are peripheral to flexibility/grid topics.

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