– This overview shows what we use in electricity right here and now, and then we can compare it with how much we used yesterday. Magnus Ognedal is above average fond of technology. Pretty much his entire house at Tasta in Stavanger is automated. – I have both an interest in it and an ability to do it. Besides, I think it’s fun. Ognedal downloads electricity prices from the electricity supplier and loads them into its smart house programme. Tomorrow’s prices will mostly be available between 13 and 14. Photo: Marte Skodje / news Smart use of electricity In 2016, Ognedal’s house was voted Norway’s smartest by Teknisk Ukeblad. For a long time, the focus of the civil engineer has been linked to comfort. Now he is most concerned about the smart house using electricity wisely. – It is only recently that it has become relevant to actually save money, because now the price of electricity is starting to get quite crazy. Ognedal says that he does not use significantly less electricity than he did before, but that he now chooses himself when he wants to use the electricity. Instead of watching the time and turning down the power when it is at its highest, his house is so smart that it does the work for him. Magnus Ognedal’s house is programmed to only use electricity when the average price is at its lowest. Photo: Marte Skodje / news With the ability to control the heating cables, ovens, heat pump and water heater etc. in detail, he believes there is an opportunity to extract profit. The graph below shows Ognedal’s effective electricity price including VAT, network rental and compensation. – The house has become increasingly smarter in terms of shifting electricity consumption to cheaper hours from and including December/January, says Ognedal. At the same time that Ognedal’s smart house does the electricity assessments for him, he sometimes gets very curious about how high the electricity prices are. – The electricity supplier sends out notices when electricity prices are very high, and then I go in and see what they actually are. And sometimes it’s really wrong, he says. – We probably wash as much clothes as before, but now we may wash at a different time, says Ognedal. Photo: Marte Skodje / news – Still expensive The 41-year-old and his family have taken several measures to reduce the electricity bill. Despite the efforts, the invoice for July shows an average price of almost two kroner, after online rent, VAT and government compensation are included. – Even when I have done what I can to avoid the most expensive classes, it has become expensive. It also means that even the cheap classes are quite expensive. But still. Ognedal has managed to save some money in his method. For example, in June his consumption was 1704 kWh. The average price for him was NOK 1.69 per kWh. This resulted in an electricity bill of NOK 2,879. Had he been on the same average price as a regular electricity customer with Lyse, the bill would have been NOK 3,493. So he saved almost NOK 600 in one month. Summer temperatures have been so-so in Rogaland. Nevertheless, the weather is gray, Ognedal hopes that autumn has something to offer. – Those of us who live in Stavanger are used to a lot of rain, but I hope there will be more rain in view of the electricity price. It’s a shame to say that.
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Magnus (41) does not need to think about electricity – his house does it automatically – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
