How the Electricity Market Works

As an electricity customer, you can choose your electricity supplier freely, but the actual transmission of the electricity takes place via the electricity network company that owns the electricity network where you live or operate. This means that all electricity users are customers of two companies in the electricity market – an electricity trading company that buys electricity and an electricity network company that distributes the electricity to the customer's home. Sometimes these can be part of the same group, but they are always two different companies.

Ellevio's role as an electricity network company

Ellevio AB owns, operates and develops regional and local networks in eight counties; Halland, Värmland, Örebro, Västra Götaland, Dalarna, Norrbotten, Gävleborg and Stockholm. We are therefore responsible for transferring electricity to customers in these areas. In order for customers to have electricity around the clock, all year round, secure and well-equipped grids are required that also meet the new conditions of the future in the electricity market.

Information from Ellevio AB, 

updated on 7 June 2024

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