The opposition's criticism of the electricity billions: "Amazingly poorly managed"

On March 1, the EU law on surplus profits from electricity companies will come into force in Sweden.

This means that millions or even billions must be given back to electricity customers.

But according to the directive from the EU, the law would come into force as early as December 1, and the Swedish state may thus have missed revenues of between SEK 3 and 10 billion, according to DN's review.

The opposition parties are very critical of the action.

The Green Party has called responsible minister Ebba Busch (KD) to the economic committee to answer why the profit ceiling could not be introduced earlier.

- It is astonishing how badly this has been handled.

For us, it is incomprehensible why Sweden has to wait until March when all other countries in the EU manage to do it all winter, says the Green Party's spokesperson Per Bolund.

The left-wing party has also reported energy and business minister Ebba Busch (KD) and finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) to KU, reports Ekot.

Busch: "Other issues have been more prioritized"

Ebba Busch believes that she was ready to introduce the profit ceiling immediately last fall, but that it was not a priority as, according to the government's documentation, it was calculated to be a significantly lower figure.

- It's about the fact that the information I received when we looked at this issue last fall indicated that it would only be a matter of a few hundred million.

Then you can think only and only, but there other issues have been more prioritized.

Not least to get the electricity support in place, says Ebba Busch in SVT's Morgonstudion.

Bolund: "The question is whether it's managed poorly"

The Green Party says they want answers to why Sweden, as the only country in the EU, has waived several billion kroner.

- The question then is whether it is only because it has been handled poorly on the part of the government or are there some other reasons behind why Swedish electricity customers should be treated worse than electricity customers in other EU countries.

SVT has applied for Ebba Busch and Elisabeth Svantesson.