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STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish government on Wednesday passed legislation that would force the country's public transmission network operators to alleviate the high electricity bills expected for Swedish homes and businesses this winter. I said I would like to
Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson, whose Social Democratic minority government faces parliamentary elections next month, said the proposal would cost her at least 30 billion kroner ($2.9 billion), she said. told Svenska kraftnat.
She said the utilities responsible for securing Sweden's transmission system will be financed from her 60 billion kroner received from revenues from grid congestion. Details will be provided to her by Svenska kraftnat, she said.
"Both homeowners and business her owners feel sick when they think about their electric bills in the winter," says Anderson.
Mr. Anderson said the measure was necessary given the high energy costs of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin "will take Swedish homes and Swedish industries hostage." It added that it does not allow “to do”.
"When it comes to the energy sector, there is something very similar to the war economy," she said.
Anderson's Social Democrats now hold the 349-seat Riksdag, or her 100 seats in Parliament.
Recent polls show that Anderson's party and its centre-left allies are her third largest party in Sweden, a right-wing opposition that includes the populist Swedish Democratic Party rooted in new factions. has been shown to be comparable with Nazi movement.
