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– We have raised the so-called capital base requirements and we have raised the self-financing requirements, Anders Ygeman tells TT.
In October, he was forced to withdraw a bill on the same issue when it was obvious that there was no majority in the Riksdag.
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The opposition, led by the bourgeois parties, thought that the demands on the electricity grid companies were too low. In the ministry’s memo, which now refers to the second week of January, the proposals have been tailored to the objections Ygeman encountered in the Riksdag.
The plan is then draft a new bill over the winter with a view to a Riksdag decision, which takes effect on May 1 next year, four months later than planned.
– We made sure to stop a proposal that was bad, now the requirements have been tightened so that proposals can go through the Riksdag, says Lars Hjälmered, moderate and chairman of the Riksdag Business Committee.
He and representatives of the other parties have argued with Ygeman about the proposal that is now under consultation.
– We will listen to the consultation bodies and the Legal Council, but I hope we can guide this in the port, says Hjälmered.
Very simple, it’s all about how power grid companies will be allowed to collect and use money that customers pay in tariffs. The bill would establish, among other things, how the electricity grid companies could in the future charge customers rates that they did not collect in full, due to legal proceedings, during the 2012-2015 period. The consideration would be to invest in networks.
The opposition claimed that investment demands were too low in the proposal that the government withdrew. Now, among other things, the requirement is raised on how large the share of investments companies must finance on their own, from 25 to 35 percent.
Investments must, according to the new government proposal, a follow-up was also carried out so that it is possible to know if the investment requirements have been fulfilled.
The government has warned that the delays may lead to new calls from companies for the right to use what is spoken of as unused space to collect fees in previous years.
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