Swedenergy is a non-profit industry and special interest organisation for companies involved in the supply of electricity. As the united voice of the Swedish power industry, the organisation monitors and promotes the interests of its members and the power industry in general.
Swedenergy is representing companies involved in the production, distribution and trading of electricity in Sweden – with a total of 171 member groups. Including subsidiaries within these groups, the organization is made up of 355 individual member companies. These include state-owned, municipal and private sector companies as well as associations of different types.
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Electricity Year 2010
The electricity year 2010 was a dramatic one. Sweden’s electricity consumption increased by 6.3% and both the Nordic region and Sweden were net importers – in Sweden’s case with a net inflow of 2.1 TWh.
A combination of stronger demand and lower production pushed up spot prices on Nord Pool Spot to an all-time high in the winter, and for one hour the cost of electricity spiked at SEK 14 per KWh.
The electricity year 2010 was marked by several important and urgent issues. In June the Swedish parliament passed a historic decision on the future of nuclear power that will make it possible to replace Sweden’s ten existing reactors with new nuclear capacity.
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