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TemaNord 2024:517
Policy measures to compensate for increasing costs of energy:
Impacts on equity, climate, and the environment
Policy measures to compensate for increasing costs of energy: Impacts on equity, climate, and the environment
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Preface
Summary for policy makers
Sammanfattning för beslutsfattare
Foreword
1. Introduction
1.1 Background and motivation
1.2 Objective of the project
1.3 Earlier results and lessons from the international literature
1.4 Outline of the report and reader guide
2. Overall methodological approach
2.1 Theoretical framework
2.2 Analytical framework
3. Compensation measures and relevant environmental policies
4. Assessment of selected Swedish measures
4.1 Electricity support for households
4.2 Electricity price support for businesses
4.3 Relaxed reduction mandate for fuels
5. Assessment of selected Danish measures
5.1 Electricity tax reduction
5.2 One-off payment to disadvantaged households
5.3 Increased subsidies for disconnecting from the gas network
6. Assessment of selected Norwegian measures
6.1 Electricity support for households
6.2 Electricity support for businesses
7. Assessment of selected Finnish measures
7.1 Fixed term tax credit
7.2 Extended payment period for electricity bills
8. Synthesis and conclusions
8.1 Overall evaluation of the measures
8.2 Alternative measures
8.3 Conclusions
References
Appendix