Swedish gov't to reform energy policy to prevent power shortage

STORY: Swedish gov't to reform energy policy to prevent power shortage DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference (source: Government offices of Sweden) 2. various of a harbor in Stockholm 3. Stockholm city hall 4. Stockholm street view 5. various of energy company 6. electricity power plant STORYLINE: The Swedish government said on Tuesday that it aims to reform the country's energy policy to ensure that the strained power supply situation of last summer and winter will not be repeated. In order to make the country's electricity transmission system "more reliable and robust to ensure cheap electricity at all times," the government has tasked national power grid operator Svenska Kraftnat with producing a new standard for measuring the reliability of the system to increase transparency and with identifying the transmission grid and electricity production facilities where further investments are needed. Although the coun