Someone has already received it. Someone will get it sent to them very soon. In any case: The electricity bill that comes in the mail these days is a little different to the one you have received before. Hege Villumstad is section manager for customer service in Arva. They are working on getting the invoices sent out to electricity customers in Nordland and Troms these days. She explains: Hege Villumstad is section manager for customer service in Arva. Photo: private – Previously, the fixed amount was the same whether you lived in a small, energy-efficient apartment or in a large detached house. Now those who live in a larger detached house and who may also have electric car charging will pay a larger fixed amount. Because they use more current at the same time. This is basically what the new model looks like. Many will therefore experience a higher net rent with the new model. In short, because those who burden the power grid the most also have to pay more. – The result is a fairer redistribution, says Villumstad. Okay, so this sounds all well and good. But what concretely is different about the invoice that falls into your letterbox physically or digitally these days? New stair system To explain in more detail, we start with a concrete example. Jon V. Eikeland is a communications advisor at Fjordkraft. He has been so generous that he has shared his own electricity bill with news. – There is a part where it says electricity, and there is a part where it says internet rent, he explains. Some electricity suppliers, such as Fjordkraft, collect electricity and network rent on one invoice. Other electricity suppliers only bill electricity. So that the customer then receives a separate invoice with network rent from their local network owner. – It is under the point for “online rent”, possibly on the invoice you receive directly from your local network company, that you will see that some new points have appeared. The first thing you can look for is where it says “Capacity”. This point is new this year and is based on the effect ladder. Here we see the invoice for Eikeland. Photo: screenshot The effect staircase refers to the step you end up on when the online rent is calculated. The step is determined based on so-called power peaks in the previous month. So: The hours or peaks with the highest consumption in the previous month. How many peaks are to be used is up to the network companies, but several have signaled that they want to use three peaks, according to the National Association of House Owners. Jon V. Eikeland is a communications advisor at Fjordkraft. Photo: Fjordkraft In other words, you are not severely punished if you are a little unlucky and use a lot of electricity in a single hour. It is therefore possible to “catch up”, because it is the average of the power peaks the month before that determines where on the ladder you end up. – Happily, I haven’t used that much electricity at the same time, and I get a relatively low fee there, Eikeland tells Fjordkraft about his invoice. The hours (or times) in which you used the most electricity provide the starting point for calculating what is referred to as the capacity link. That is why it says “capacity” in the invoice. So the capacity link is based on how much electricity you have used at the same time. But here it is also worth noting that the stairs do not look the same at all companies. The homeowners have made a comparison between the largest internet companies in Norway: If we look at Elvia, for example, the first step will amount to NOK 125. Then it is NOK 75 up to step two. And NOK 125 up to step three. If you end up on step four, you have to pay NOK 450, and NOK 575 on step five. Other companies have other amounts. The energy link then, what is it? Ok – so back to the invoice to Eikeland. What more is there to say? Yes – the next two items on the invoice are also related to the new model. We see that it says “Energiledd day” and “Energyled night/weekend”. What we see here is that online rental is slightly more affordable for consumption at night and at the weekend, compared to during the day. In the example, respectively 19.39 øre per night and 29.39 per day (Eikeland lives in Bergen). The invoice also contains double lines for consumption tax and tax to Enova. This is because the network company has two different energy links for each day and night. Photo: screenshot – I had a fairly similar distribution, where I used almost as much power during the day as at night. But where the night current is a bit more affordable. So in other words: The energy component is the part of the net rent that only depends on how many kilowatt hours you use. Here, the new thing is that the time of day comes into play. Because what was found out when discussing the model is that at least half of the online rent should be based on how much electricity you use, according to the Homeowners. They write: “With the new model, consumers can therefore be confident that it will still pay to save on electricity, but at the same time you will also be able to save a little more on the online rental if, for example, you charge your electric car with low power at night”. It is cheaper to use electricity at night, because there is then more free capacity in the grid. By moving more of the consumption to the night, you get a more even distribution throughout the day. At least that’s part of the idea behind it. Splicing team Finally, in the invoice to Eikeland, we also see how the electricity subsidy has taken effect. This is administered by the network companies. – The electricity subsidy we receive from the state is deducted from the online rent. As Fjordkraft has both the electricity part and the network rental part on the same invoice, it is shown this way in this example. As I said, others can get electricity and internet on different invoices. Note, however, that the line for electricity support will not be found on invoices to customers in Northern Norway, because the prices here have not exceeded the average of 70 øre/kWh. The rest of the invoice contains more or less familiar terms. Are you positive about the new model? Yes, great! No, huff Uncertain Show result The purpose of distributing electricity consumption better throughout the day is to reduce the need to build lots of new grids. – Nettleia is a joint venture where everyone who is connected to the grid helps pay for operation, maintenance and investments, explains Villumstad in Arva. A more even power consumption will reduce the load on the network. This prevents consumption from exceeding capacity. – When the need for more power increases, we will be able to keep the network rent as low as possible. You can find more about the new online rental model from the companies, for example Arva.
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