Swedish Smart Grid Policy Analysis on Household Representation

A qualitative analysis of Swedish energy policymaking documents and interviews concerning smart grids and grid tariffs. The dataset, authored by Jenny Palm, examines the representation of households across four dimensions of energy democracy. It was last updated on May 12, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing policy discourse on household roles in smart grids based on the described qualitative documents and interviews.
• Studying actor representation and path dependency in energy policy processes based on the described analysis of two Swedish policy processes.
• Investigating socio-material inequalities in energy transitions based on the described framework of justice and democratic inclusion.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse with attribution.
• Analysis is grounded in a specific energy democracy framework with four described dimensions.

Limitations

• Dataset is a 49.7 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited textual scope.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect the specific temporal and institutional context of the Swedish policy processes studied.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Qualitative analysis of policy documents and interviews with energy sector actors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 15:51:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sweden