– We take care to bathe the children when there are reasonable electricity prices. In addition, there will be a bit more “cat washing”, says Julianne Gravdal. With three children, she noticed well on her finances that the price of electricity suddenly fell in the weather almost two years ago. In recent months, prices have fallen and everything indicates that there will not be extreme electricity prices in the future. Nevertheless, Gravdal does not change his habits again. – It started with small, simple measures to reduce electricity costs, but now we have got used to it. Then I simply see no reason to stop, she says. The mother of three is concerned that the children, Marthe (7) and Petter (1), should learn not to waste electricity. Photo: Tobias Hovland / news Norwegians have cut electricity consumption The family at Sola in Rogaland is not alone in using less electricity. news has been in contact with electricity companies throughout the country. All report a marked decrease in electricity use. – If someone had told us this a couple of years ago, we would have looked at them a little strangely, says communications manager at the energy company Lyse, Atle Simonsen. In the last three years, electricity consumption has been reduced by 20 per cent among Lyse’s 150,000 customers. – Although electricity prices are 30 per cent cheaper than last year, we see that the decline continues, says Simonsen. The electricity company Tibber has customers all over the country. They also see that people are more focused on saving electricity. – We see exactly the same tendencies. People have become more concerned with electricity and they have reduced their consumption, says Gaute Haaversen-Westhassel, press contact in Tibber. The power company Klarkraft also confirms permanent changes. – People have simply become more aware of their own electricity consumption, which is very positive, says the daily manager of Klarkraft, Haakon Dyrnes. Thinks there is more to save Savings and consumer economist at Storebrand, Cecilie Tvetenstrand, says that the focus on saving has increased in recent years. She believes this is a lifestyle change among Norwegians. – The fact that the current has become expensive has given us good habits. In addition, many other things have increased in price. This means that people have to save where they can, says Tvetenstrand. Cecilie Tvetenstrand in Storebrand has noticed a clear change in the saving habits of Norwegians. Photo: Lise Eide Risanger Haaversen-Westhassel in Tibber still believes that many people still have a lot to do when it comes to saving electricity. – If you want to make full use of the spot prices, you can move the use of electricity to other times of the day, where the electricity is cheaper. With today’s technology, you can set this to almost go off by itself, he says. These changes are already happening for many electricity users. The statistics show that electricity consumption has been greatly reduced in the morning. At the same time, consumption has increased at night. – We think the reason is that electric cars are charged at night when the electricity price is lowest, says Atle Simonsen in Lyse. Marthe (7) receives training on how to check the electricity price, on Fjordkraft’s app. Photo: Tobias Hovland / news Three-child mother Julianne Gravdal is among those who pay close attention to the electricity price every single day. – We monitor the app, so that the washing machine runs when the electricity is cheapest. We also don’t need to wash clothes every day. We use the clothes until they get dirty, she says.
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