Over the years, Elering has collected more than €600 million in congestion fees, about half of which remains unused.However, using that money to lower network charges would only temporarily ease the burden on electricity consumers, Elering CEO Kalle Kilk said.
Each year, Estonia’s state-owned electricity system operator Elering collects more than €100 million in congestion fees from electricity flows between Finland and Estonia.Commonly referred to as a “bottleneck fee,” this revenue is being set aside to fund the future construction of a third EstLink cable between Estonia and Finland, as well as a fourth Estonia — Latvia connection — a subsea cable running from Saaremaa to Latvia.
A public debate has emerged over whether these new connections are actually necessary and whether, following Finland’s example, the congestion fee revenue could or should be used elsewhere — such as to reduce network fees.
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