[2] Following Hadia Tajik's resignation after controversy regarding the use of a government apartment and fringe benefit; Marte Mjøs Persen was appointed her successor on 7 March 2022.

There he announced the government's intention to set "qualitative criteria" for floating offshore wind and not just look at which bidder can give the best bid financially.

[6] During a debate on Debatten on 19 April, Aasland was asked by host Fredrik Solvang if he agreed with his predecessor's statement about it being "unfortunate to place restrictions on the export of electricity and Norwegian hydropower".

[8] On 6 July, Aasland stated that he wouldn't rule out rationing and limiting electricity imports if the power shortages worsened.

[10] In response to a question from Progress Party MP Marius Arion Nilsen on 2 September; Aasland stated that there hadn't been any new estimates of how much the electricity bill would effect individual households as a consequence of electrifying the petroleum shelves since 2020.

Nilsen in turn called it "irresponsible" of the government to go ahead with electrifying the shelves without estimating the effects of electricity prices.

[11] In October, after President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen expressed interest in negotiating with Norway over price corridors for gas, Aasland rejected the idea.

[16] On 2 March, after a crisis meeting with agriculture minister Sandra Borch and President of the Norwegian Sami Parliament Silje Karine Muotka regarding the Fosen wind farms, Aasland issued an apology to the Sami people on behalf of the government and recognised that human rights had been violated.

[17] In June, Aasland announced that the government would be sending a proposal for hearing in the Storting, where they would suggest limitation or halts in electricity export in extreme circumstances.

[19] In December, his ministry announced that they had granted permission for development plans and concessions to be given for the Draugen and Njord platforms to be electrified.

[20] In January, he announced that the government would be approving a further 62 exploration permits in the Barents Sea, which would be distributed among 24 oil companies.

Instead he testified that the apology came independently of the protests and work on the wind farms' legality had started right after the Norwegian Supreme Court ruling in 2021.

[23] Aasland and digitalisation minister Karianne Tung announced in April that the government would be working on legislation to limit crypto mining.

The legislation would also include limiting data centres around the country, which will be obliged to register and inform what services they provide.

[24] In early June, he admitted during a question time in parliament that current figures for energy production would make it unlikely for Norway to achieve their climate goal for 2030.

[26] Aasland and the Labour Party announced their intention in January to implement three directives in the EU's fourth energy package, which was strongly opposed by coalition partner the Centre Party, citing concerns over it potentially violating Norwegian sovereignty and lack of national control over Norwegian energy.