The Riksdag’s finance committee decided to say no to the Social Democrats’ proposal to establish an emergency electricity bill at a specially called meeting.
– We see that it does not make sense to proceed further, says the chairman of the finance committee Edward Riedl (M).
The industry organization Energiföretagen was also at the meeting to give their views. The electricity companies do not have the opportunity to get a functioning IT system in place and personnel who could handle it at such short notice. It contributed to the committee ending up with a no.
“Incredibly disappointed”
The promised electricity price subsidy is to be paid at the end of February. Until then, S wants people to be able to postpone or partially pay their electricity bills by the state issuing credit guarantees for the electricity companies. But it won’t be like that.
– I am incredibly disappointed, says Mikael Damberg (S), vice chairman of the committee.
In the player above: The previous government presented proposals for emergency electricity bills