There have been many tours regarding the electricity support for companies in recent months.

In November, SVT was able to reveal that large industries would receive hundreds of millions in compensation, even though they did not have such large cost increases.

The Electricity Market Inspectorate said no to this and came up with a new proposal.

The government, in turn, said no to that, because it was against the EU's state aid rules.

Just before Christmas, word came that the proposal needed to be redone once more. 

- I was very worried and disappointed when I heard that.

I don't know what to do, said patisserie owner Muttalip Okur when SVT interviewed him in connection with the announcement.

In January, Svenska kraftnät submitted a new proposal: a maximum of 22 million in electricity subsidies for companies.

It is precisely this maximum ceiling that will now cause problems for the companies that rent their premises. 

Property owners stand on the electricity contract

Many properties only have one electricity contract, even if several companies sit in the building.

Then the property owner himself can stand on the electricity contract, but additionally charge the tenants (companies) for the electricity they have consumed.

The property owner has the agreement, but the companies are responsible for the cost. 

- This situation is common in Sweden.

The problem is primarily linked to the larger real estate companies that are affected by the maximum ceiling, says Anders Björling, technical manager at Castellum. 

Large property companies, such as Castellum, will hit the maximum ceiling for the electricity subsidy.

This despite the fact that the support for Castellum is actually support for several smaller companies.

Without a maximum ceiling, Castellum and their tenants would have to share at least SEK 150 million in electricity subsidies, now it will be SEK 22 million instead.

According to Castellum's own calculation, this means that 3,800 companies that rent their premises receive an average of SEK 5,800.

Had these companies stood on their own electricity contracts instead, they could have gotten more. 

- The problem is the limitation of how much money can be paid out.

The property owners will not be able to pay out as much money as the companies are entitled to, says Johan Grip, chief economist at the industry organization Företagarna. 

Hear the industry's proposed solution in the clip above.