SVT has previously reported on large price differences for electricity in different parts of the country.

The price differences are partly due to the fact that there are different amounts of electricity in different parts of Sweden.

Svenska kraftnät therefore charges a capacity fee, which in practice should function as a kind of congestion charge for electricity.

Last year, the fee generated SEK 21 billion, which was far above previous records.

This year, revenue of 60 billion is expected.

The money that the capacity fee generates must primarily be used to expand the network and reduce price differences in the country.

Since Svenska kraftnät already has money for all its planned expansions, it now wants - in accordance with the regulations - to return parts of this to the customers by lowering the fees.   

Already this year, network charges have been reduced by 1.6 billion and roughly 5 billion of the capacity charges have been used to cover costs that would otherwise have had to be financed via network charges.

Not a huge reduction for an ordinary household

Although SEK 11 billion sounds like a lot, it will not mean any great relief for ordinary households.

Especially since some network companies, including Ellevio, have announced significant increases in network charges.

- We expect that it may mean some percent of the total electricity bill for an ordinary household, but in some cases it may rather mean that planned increases in network fees will not be that large, says Malin Stridh, head of the electricity market at Svenska kraftnät.

Before the election, both the Social Democrats and right-wing opposition parties promised large compensations for high electricity prices.

They then talked about the 90 billion that are in stored capacity fees at Swedish power grids.

Svenska kraftnät's decision means that parts of that sum are now mortgaged for other purposes.

At the same time, it is still unclear whether the EU will approve the removal of the capacity charges and provide cash subsidies to electricity customers.