But the people of Trondheim are probably not completely relaxed yet. In the afternoon, the electricity price in Trondheim was actually the same as in Germany, and people in this part of the country are by no means surprised. In autumn, for example, the spot price was four times higher in Austlandet than it was north of Dovre. But now the “søringsprisane” have come over the mountain and got the trønders in tight couple mode. The prices above do not include online rent, taxes and value added tax. Don’t wash clothes every day – We light candles instead to turn on all the lights. We no longer wash clothes every day. The dishes are only run with a full machine, says Gunn Anita Vennatrø from Hegra in Stjørdal. She is one of those who has really noticed how the rise in the price of both electricity and other things affects our lives. Three children aged 16, 13 and 9 live with her. Power saving then becomes important to reduce costs. But it must also be saved in other areas. Six saving tips Check the indoor temperature in the house. Set it two degrees lower and you save ten percent of your energy use. Take short showers. Have timer switches on the ovens instead of having a smart home system. The timer switch allows you to control when the contact releases power. Use a drying rack instead of a tumble dryer. If it is dry in the house, you can ventilate inwards, instead of outwards. Leave the bathroom door open after you have used the dryer or showered. It may pay to talk to the elderly in the family, to hear how they did it. They didn’t waste like we do now. Source: Energy consultant Hans-Jacob Guldberg – We think more about what we buy. If the children need clothes, we have to think a little more about what we invest in it, she says. There will also be some action in the fifty percent counter at the grocery store. – It becomes noticeable when interest rates go up and food prices shoot through the roof, when you are alone with a mortgage and three kids. On an income, says Vennatrø. At Grong Ski Centre, they don’t have the money to run the snow cannons, and had to stop after producing a third of the snow they were supposed to make, according to operations manager Tor Jørgen Heggum. Photo: Randi Wilsgård / news Stopping the snow cannons Elsewhere, too, the sky-high electricity price has consequences. At the alpine resort in Grong, the snow is neatly packed by the ski lift. But further up the slope there is still little snow and not suitable for skiing. When the price of electricity went up, the operations manager at Grong ski center had no other choice but to stop all snow production. The snow cannons draw 800 kilowatts of current per hour, which corresponds to 400 solar panels. And then it becomes far too expensive. – Now it’s gotten so bad that it doesn’t work. With electricity prices that are ten to 15 times higher than normal, it is no longer economically sound to produce snow, says operations manager Tor Jørgen Heggum. It will be possible to ski a little in the facility, but they have only been able to produce a third of the snow they need to make in order to achieve full operation. Now the operations manager is crossing his fingers that there will be natural snow in the future. Prices will fall But there will be better times for both the mother of small children in Hegra and the operations manager in Grong. And it will be quite quickly, we believe power analyst Tor Reier Lilleholt at the analysis company Volue Insight. – Now these are extreme prices, there is no doubt about that. But in Central Norway, they quickly fell back down when we get normal temperatures and the wind comes back again. And it’s actually already happening at the weekend, says Lilleholt. A quarter of the electricity produced in Northern and Central Norway is exported to Sweden and Europe. The high prices in those areas spread to Norway, according to energy analyst Tor Reier Lilleholt. Photo: news The main reasons for the high electricity price are that there has been freezing weather and little wind. It affects the production of electricity by wind and hydropower plants. At the same time, Sweden has had reduced nuclear power production. This has led to a lot of Norwegian electricity being exported both there and to other countries in Europe. – This means that the price is linked to the prices in this area, which are very high, and we get price contagion, according to Lilleholt. Cheapest in Europe But both the weather, wind and the nuclear power situation in Sweden are about to change, and the situation will normalize. According to the power analyst, the market expects a price of three kroner per kilowatt in southern Norway and down to one kroner in central Norway. – Northern and Central Norway will continue to be the places where you get Europe’s cheapest electricity. They will still also have a lower average price for electricity than in southern Norway, states Lilleholt. The high price means that the people of Trønder will benefit from the electricity subsidy for the first time. It will vary according to how high your consumption is. According to Lilleholt, a smart method to find out how big the bill will be is to multiply the kilowatt hours you expect to use in a month by NOK 2.50. The sum you then receive will be the maximum you have to pay, according to the power analyst.
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Mid-Norway currently has Europe’s highest electricity price – news Trøndelag
