From 30 May, companies and organisations can apply for electricity support from the Swedish Tax Agency. The EU approved that companies in electricity areas 3 and 4 should be able to apply for money from a pot of around SEK 30 billion.
The money comes from so-called congestion fees that Svenska kraftnät has received as a result of high electricity prices and large price differences between southern and northern Sweden. The European Commission wanted to ensure that only companies and organizations that have been negatively affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine can benefit from the electricity subsidy.