Attorney Björn Öberg argues Sweden is abandoning the free electricity market by subsidizing nuclear power via Vattenfall. He calls for transparency: either recapitalize the state-owned company directly to handle politically driven energy projects or privatize it. Otherwise, hidden subsidies undermine efficiency, taxpayers, and the principle of market competition.
Read MoreWith the simple stroke of a pencil, Svenska Kraftnät (the Swedish National Grid) could create a new electricity area, from which other price areas could transfer energy. Monetary resources is not the factor that is missing, writes Björn Öberg, Advokatfriman Oebergs.
Read MoreThe Swedish government should apply existing structures for the expansion of nuclear power. In this way, new nuclear power can be built in Sweden without burdening the national accounts, writes lawyer Björn Öberg, specialized in infrastructure.
Read MoreBjörn Öberg, attorney focused on large-scale infrastructure, and Nils-Axel Öberg, Graduate Economist, Stockholm School of Economics, highlight how public accountability is lacking when major infrastructure projects are being enacted even though analyses show that other solutions would have been more economically advantageous.
Read MoreVillaägarnas Riksförbund (Swedish Homeowners Association) seems to have launched a campaign without having checked the legal situation, writes lawyer Björn Öberg in a rebuttal in Svenska Dagbladet.
Read MoreVillaägarnas Riksförbund (the Swedish Homeowners Association) seems to want to create a situation where homeowners will forever avoid the cost of investments in district heating. That's not how the market works, writes attorney Björn Öberg.
Read MoreThe proposal for electricity subsidies for companies, which Svenska kraftnät and the Energimarknadsinspektionen have put forth up is not compatible with the EU law, say attorney Björn Öberg and Per Tryding from Sydsvenska Handelskammaren.
Read MoreIn an article, attorney Björn Öberg highlights that the Swedish government need to consider how Sweden's electricity customers can be protected from irresponsible energy policies in our neighboring countries.
Read More“The rampant electricity prices in southern Sweden is a result of a lack of knowledge from the individuals responsible for a functioning market”, writes Björn Öberg in a closing remark in Svenska Dagbladet.
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