I have no personal agenda as my electricity consumption is minimal due to the fact that we live in an apartment and do not own a summer house so my increased electricity costs are negligible. I get angry when I think that our previous government, the Social Democrats, chose power over Sweden and Sweden's citizens.
In order for the Social Democrats to take office in 2014 and their party leader to become Sweden's prime minister, they needed the support of the Green Party. The two parties entered into an agreement which stipulated that the Social Democrats received the post of prime minister and power in exchange for nuclear power being phased out. This was done in 2 steps, roughly simplified.
The effect tax on nuclear electricity was raised, when it was at its highest it constituted 1/3 of the operating cost. It made it unprofitable and you could blame the "market".
The government also replaced 2 people in the management of the state-owned company Vattenfall. Along with the management change, a change of course could be implemented, so-called "informal governance". "It means that you tell your state company what you want from them." All according to Lise Nordin, former energy policy spokesperson for the Green Party.
So instead of planable, stable, safe, cheap and clean energy, Sweden is currently burning oil to meet the energy supply. The worst thing is that Sweden is not alone in Europe in this madness. I feel great empathy for all the people who have or will find it difficult to pay their monstrous electricity bills.
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