According to Olsson, already last winter, electricity prices in Sweden "were at a high level."
Now its cost has not become lower, and the country's authorities claim that this is due to the Russian special operation, which began at the end of February.
However, the tariffs exceeded the usual level for the Swedes long before the events in Ukraine, the deputy stressed.
“According to a report from the research institute Energiforsk, the increase in prices was largely due to the fact that nuclear power, which guarantees stable production, has become less important in Sweden.
This was the result of political decisions such as the increase in energy taxes in 2015,” Olsson added.
In addition, according to Energiforsk, ceteris paribus, prices in the country would be 30-45% lower if the reactors at the Ringhals nuclear power plant continued to operate.
Against this background, Olsson asked Farmanbar: “Does the minister still believe that it was the conflict in Ukraine that caused the price shock in the energy industry this year?”
Back in mid-February, the chairman of the energy committee of the Association of European Businesses, Ernesto Ferlengi, in an interview with Izvestia, said that Europe would feel the consequences of rising energy prices throughout 2022.
He opined that the region is facing its biggest electricity bill in a decade.