Electricity agreement when you move: electricity network, electricity trade and electricity meter

Step by step

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   Step 1: Cancel the grid contract at the old address, no later than a month before you move out unless otherwise agreed.

   Email: Cancelling a grid contract when moving To: The grid company at the address you are moving from (in Gothenburg, Göteborg Energi)

   The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.

   Ämne: Uppsägning av elnätsavtal vid flytt Hej. Jag flyttar från [gamla adressen] den [flyttdatum] och säger upp mitt elnätsavtal för den adressen från det datumet. Mitt kundnummer är [kundnummer]. Bekräfta gärna uppsägningen. Vänliga hälsningar [ditt namn]

   • Energimarknadsinspektionen: cancel the grid contract no later than a month before you move out unless otherwise agreed.
   • Göteborg Energi has its own form for cancelling and signing grid contracts. Use it if you are moving within Gothenburg.

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   Step 2: Sign a grid contract for the new address with the grid owner there. In Gothenburg that is Göteborg Energi, which recommends that you apply no later than a week before you move in.

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   Step 3: Tell your electricity supplier that you are moving and ask whether the contract follows you or can be ended.

   Email: Telling your electricity supplier about the move To: Your electricity supplier

   The template is in Swedish because it goes to a Swedish recipient.

   Ämne: Flytt och mitt elavtal Hej. Jag flyttar från [gamla adressen] till [nya adressen] den [flyttdatum]. Följer mitt elavtal med till den nya adressen, eller kan det avslutas vid flytten? Mitt kundnummer är [kundnummer]. Vänliga hälsningar [ditt namn]

   • The same person should be named on the grid contract and the supply contract (Göteborg Energi; compare 9 kap. 1 § ellagen).
   • If you do not choose an electricity supplier, you are today given a default contract with a notice period of at most 14 days (9 kap. 3 and 8 §§ ellagen). From 1 July 2027 default contracts are being abolished, according to Energimarknadsinspektionen.

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   Step 4: Make sure the same person is named on the grid contract and the supply contract.

   § 9 kap. 1 § ellag (1997:857), checked 3 October 2026

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   Step 5: Choose an electricity supplier for the new address if you are not taking the old contract with you.

   § 9 kap. 3 and 8 §§ ellag (1997:857), checked 3 October 2026

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument, Göteborg Energi: Teckna och säg upp elnät, Göteborg Energi: Flytta.

What is the difference between an electricity network agreement and an electricity trade agreement?

The electricity grid is the cables up to your home, and it is run as a natural monopoly: you cannot choose your grid company. You buy the electricity itself from an electricity supply company, and there you can choose any one in Sweden, with a few exceptions, wherever you live.

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Elnätsavtal.

How do I sign an electricity agreement for a new apartment?

First, the electricity network agreement, with the electricity network company that owns the network where the home is located. You cannot choose another one. Then, the electricity trade agreement, with any electricity trade company you want. Only the person who is listed on the electricity network agreement can sign an electricity trade agreement for the home, so the same person must be listed on both. If you do not choose an electricity supplier, you will be assigned one. The assigned price is often higher than if you had chosen one yourself, but an assigned agreement may not have a notice period longer than 14 days, so you can switch quickly.

Changing your electricity supplier should not cost anything. If you have a time-limited agreement, you may have to pay a cancellation fee if you cancel it prematurely, but it must not be greater than the direct loss caused by the cancellation. If you sign an agreement at a distance, you have a 14-day right of withdrawal, and when an agreement has been cancelled, you will receive the final invoice within six weeks.

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Elnätsavtal, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Olika avtalstyper.

Variable or fixed electricity agreement?

With a fixed price, you pay the same price per kilowatt hour throughout the contract period. A variable price, or monthly price, is a volume-weighted average of the spot price for the previous month plus the electricity supplier's surcharge, and such a contract must not have a longer binding or notice period than three months. With an hourly or quarterly price, the price follows the spot price, which is determined at 13:00 for the next day, so you can see when electricity is most expensive. A mixed price combines the forms. Energimarknadsinspektionen does not indicate which form is best: it depends on how much you can move your electricity usage.

Source: Energy Market Inspection: Different types of contracts.

What is the electricity meter, HAN-port, and P1-port?

The electricity meter is managed by the electricity grid company, which is responsible for measuring how much electricity you use. You do not choose the meter yourself. Since 1 October 2025, electricity meters in Sweden must meet seven functional requirements. They must measure consumption and input in each phase, record energy per quarter and have a customer interface with an open standard where you can read your meter values in near real-time. It is the port that is searched as a HAN or P1 port. At Vattenfall Eldistribution, it is called a P1 port (RJ12), and you activate it on Mina sidor before connecting equipment. Other grid companies have their own routines, so ask yours.

You have the right to have your electricity usage measured per quarter without extra cost. If you think the meter is incorrect, you can request that it be tested. If it is incorrect, the grid company pays for the test, if it is correct, you pay. When you move, write down the meter reading on the moving-in and moving-out days (our advice).

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Electricity meters and measurement of your electricity consumption, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Functional requirements for electricity meters, Vattenfall Eldistribution: New electricity meter, Energimarknadsbyrån: The electricity meter shows incorrect values.

Who owns the electricity grid in Gothenburg?

Göteborg Energi, through its subsidiary Göteborg Energi Nät AB. You cannot choose another grid company. Göteborg Energi only has grid in the Gothenburg area, so if you move outside it, contact the local grid owner where you are moving in.

Source: Göteborg Energi: Skillnaden mellan elnät och elhandel, Göteborg Energi: Dotterbolag, Göteborg Energi: Flytta.

Do I have to cancel my electricity when I move?

Yes, the grid contract. Energimarknadsinspektionen says you should cancel it with the grid company no later than a month before you move out unless otherwise agreed. The supply contract does not end automatically, according to Hallå konsument. You tell your electricity supplier that you are moving, and some contracts can be ended while others follow you to the new address.

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument, Konsumentverket (the Swedish Consumer Agency): Ditt elavtal.

What happens if I do not choose an electricity supplier?

If you do not choose an electricity supplier, the grid company chooses one for you, a so-called default contract. The notice period for a default contract may be at most 14 days. From 1 July 2027 default contracts are being abolished, according to Energimarknadsinspektionen (news of 25 June 2026). You will then have to sign an electricity contract yourself to get electricity, for example when you move into a new apartment.

Source: Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Två nya lagar ersätter ellagen (nyhet 25 juni 2026).

If I move within Gothenburg, can the contract follow me?

Not the grid contract. Göteborg Energi says you cannot take the grid contract with you between addresses, but end it and sign a new one for the address you are moving to. It recommends that you report the move no later than a week before you move in. The supply contract can in some cases follow you, so ask your electricity supplier.

Source: Göteborg Energi: Teckna och säg upp elnät, Energimarknadsinspektionen: Frågor och svar för dig som är elkonsument.

Where can I compare electricity contracts?

We do not recommend any electricity companies. You compare electricity contracts with a comparison service, and we have checked these three. Our favourite comes first, the others in alphabetical order. Nobody pays to be listed. How each one makes its own money is stated in its box.