Abbreviated form of legal sources
Act 2008:263
Procedure
A plant operator wishing to connect their plant to a district heating network in order to sell their heat to a district heating operator or use the network to distribute heat has to apply to a district heating company. The company is obliged to negotiate terms with the plant operator prior to the connection of the plant to the network (Art 37, Act 2008:263).
If the agreement concerning connection to the district heating grid is met, the operator of district heating network shall grant a regulated grid access to this heat generation plant (Art 37a Act 2008:263). The plant operator bears the costs of the connection (Art 37c Act 2008:263).
If no agreement on network access can be reached, the district heating company is obliged to give reasons for denying access (Art 37, Act 2008:263).