There are about 20 properties where people live along railways and get their electricity from the railway's electricity grid, which is now completely without power supply after the Swedish Transport Administration announced that deliveries will cease. Something the newspaper Dagens Nyheter was the first to tell.
Decommissioned
The letter from the Swedish Transport Administration states, among other things, that the cable will be taken out of use on September 30 without further notice.
"I'm absolutely shocked at how you can just send this out and that there's nothing to do anything about, it's not even appealable," says Tore Molin.
"Would cost ten million"
Tore and his twin brother Ture have lived since birth in Annelund, a mile out in the forest from Ånge in Västernorrland. The house has always had power but now the brothers are forced to move.
The Swedish Transport Administration urges them to connect to the public electricity grid, but to draw in electricity for a distance equivalent to one mile would be unreasonably expensive.
"It would cost ten million," says Tore.
"Not compatible with the Electricity Act"
According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the reason for the termination is that the supply of electricity via external connections to the railway's internal electricity network is not compatible with the Electricity Act.
Follow along to Annelund and Tore and Ture's cottage in the video above.