Istuntosali

Government bills19

TopicEnergy Authority19
  1. HE 147/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Competitive tendering for offshore wind power

    Clear rules and a competitive tendering model will be established for the construction of offshore wind power in Finland's exclusive economic zone. The Government will select suitable maritime areas, and the Energy Authority will tender the rights to exploit them to companies.

    16 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  2. HE 107/2025 vpPassed

    Raising electricity grid fees

    Grid fees charged to electricity network companies will be increased from the beginning of 2026. The increase will cover the costs of new supervisory duties assigned to the Energy Authority.

    6 Nov 2025 · passed without a vote
  3. HE 45/2025 vpPassed with amendments

    Streamlining high-voltage grids and electricity connections

    Connecting electricity generation and large industrial consumption sites to the electricity grid will be expedited and clarified. Distribution system operators and electricity producers will also be able to build high-voltage grids and direct lines more flexibly without a separate grid licence.

    9 Oct 2025 · passed without a vote
  4. HE 24/2025 vpPassed

    Clarifying emissions trading and technical amendments

    The Emissions Trading Act will be updated to align more closely with EU legislation, and technical errors identified in the act will be corrected. At the same time, the rules on when installations burning large amounts of biomass must be covered by emissions trading will be clarified.

    22 May 2025 · passed without a vote
  5. HE 170/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Publishing data centre locations

    Large data centres will be required to publish information on the region where they are located on their websites. At the same time, the Energy Authority will receive the right to supervise and inspect data centres.

    11 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote
  6. HE 80/2024 vpPassed with amendments

    Implementing sustainable aviation and ground power

    Lower-emission fuels will be phased into aviation and ground power will be provided to aircraft at airports. Authorities will be granted the power to monitor these obligations and impose penalty payments for non-compliance.

    8 Nov 2024 · passed without a vote
  7. HE 88/2023 vpPassed

    Extending electricity compensation deadlines

    A new deadline is set for error correction applications for electricity compensation, and the processing and payment period for compensation is extended until the summer of 2024. The amendment ensures that all consumers entitled to support receive their compensation and that electricity companies receive the corresponding government reimbursements.

    14 Dec 2023 · 1 vote

    Only vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Lotta Hamari

    101 jaa
    80 ei
  8. HE 26/2023 vpPassed

    Raising electricity and gas network fees

    Network fees charged to electricity and natural gas distribution network operators will be raised from the beginning of 2024. The increase will cover the Energy Authority's share of the costs of the location data service maintained by the authority.

    11 Dec 2023 · passed without a vote
  9. HE 64/2020 vpPassed

    Reforming Energy Authority preparedness and supervision

    The Energy Authority will become the authority responsible for risk preparedness in the electricity sector in Finland. At the same time, the rules on penalties imposed for violations of electricity market rules will be specified.

    24 Jun 2020 · 8 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Ville Vähämäki

    31 jaa
    23 ei
  10. HE 174/2022 vpPassed

    Temporary cut to fuel distribution obligation

    The distribution obligation for the renewable share of transport fuels is temporarily reduced for 2023 to ease fuel price pressures. The emission reductions not achieved will be made up for by raising the distribution obligation between 2024 and 2030.

    12 Dec 2022 · 3 votes

    Closest vote · Lausumaehdotus, mietintö / Mari Rantanen 1

    99 jaa
    72 ei
  11. HE 200/2018 vpPassed

    Banning coal in energy production

    The use of coal in electricity and heat production would be banned in Finland from May 2029. However, the ban would not apply to exceptional security of supply situations or electricity peak-load reserve plants.

    19 Mar 2019 · 4 votes
    170 jaa
    14 ei
  12. HE 150/2021 vpPassed

    Raising electricity and natural gas network fees

    Electricity and natural gas network fees will be increased to cover the growing costs of supervisory work by the Energy Authority. The change would enter into force at the beginning of 2022.

    11 Nov 2021 · passed without a vote
  13. HE 128/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Biomass sustainability criteria in emissions trading

    Solid and gaseous biomass used by installations covered by emissions trading will only be considered zero-emission if it meets sustainability criteria. In addition, the implementation of official decisions related to emissions trading will be expedited and provisions on the recovery of emission allowances will be clarified.

    29 Oct 2021 · passed without a vote
  14. HE 116/2021 vpPassed with amendments

    Securing the electricity datahub rollout

    A centralised information exchange system, the datahub, will be introduced in the electricity market, with temporary obligations and transitional rules laid down for its smooth deployment. The changes ensure that electricity supply to consumers and businesses is not interrupted during the system transition.

    19 Oct 2021 · passed without a vote
  15. HE 134/2020 vpPassed

    Flexibility for the biofuel distribution obligation

    Fuel distributors will be allowed to carry over a larger share of their 2020 biofuel surplus to the following year's obligation. At the same time, supervision of the distribution obligations for biofuels and bio-fuel oil will be transferred from the Finnish Tax Administration to the Energy Authority.

    6 Nov 2020 · passed without a vote
  16. HE 228/2018 vpPassed with amendments

    Updating emissions trading rules for 2021–2030

    Finland's emissions trading rules will be updated for the EU's new emissions trading period 2021–2030. Allocation procedures for emission allowances will be streamlined and authority duties transferred to the Energy Authority.

    27 Feb 2019 · 4 votes

    Closest vote · Mietintö / Lauri Ihalainen, lausumaehdotus 1

    109 jaa
    59 ei
  17. HE 47/2018 vpPassed

    Administering energy and climate subsidies

    The Energy Authority will be able to act as a state grant authority and grant energy and climate policy state aid. The agency will begin managing, in particular, fixed-term support schemes based on competitive tendering.

    25 May 2018 · passed without a vote
  18. HE 17/2017 vpPassed

    Stricter sustainability rules for biofuels

    Sustainability criteria for transport biofuels and calculation rules for the distribution obligation will be clarified in line with an EU directive. Only biofuels produced from specific raw materials will be eligible to be counted twice towards the distribution obligation.

    22 May 2017 · passed without a vote
  19. HE 148/2016 vpPassed

    Raising electricity and gas network fees

    Supervisory fees charged to electricity and natural gas network operators will be increased from the beginning of 2017. The increases will cover the Energy Authority's expanding supervisory duties and the costs of a new centralised single information point.

    11 Nov 2016 · passed without a vote