The time when Norway was a country where electricity was cheap seems to be over. On Thursday, no one has to pay more than Norwegians for electricity.
Norway has for many decades been a country where electricity has been relatively cheap compared to other countries in Western Europe. This is not least due to the abundance of self-produced, clean and publicly owned Norwegian hydropower.
But in recent years, prices have become more similar to our neighboring countries, as Norway has become more closely linked to the European electricity market.
Thursday, the penultimate day of the year, will still be an anniversary, as electricity in southern Norway is the most expensive of all regions included in Nordpool’s overview of the European electricity market, which stretches from France and the UK in the west to Finland and the Baltics in the east. Electricity prices are, among other things, twice as high in southern Norway as in Germany and Sweden.
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Reactions
One who responds to this a finance nestor Peter Warren. He writes on Twitter:
“Tomorrow will be an anniversary for Norwegian power policy. This is because the price of electricity in southern Norway is the highest in Europe. 98% more expensive than in southern Sweden, 90% higher than in Germany, 32% more expensive than in France and we also managed to beat the UK by 0.9%. Norway: Most expensive when it comes! »
