Lise Marie Shcei in Ålesund comes out of the shower with wet hair. She has been on a jogging trip and had to wash herself from head to toe. If she had waited until Sunday with the trip, the shower would have been cheaper. Nord Pool’s figures for tomorrow show that electricity prices fell considerably on Sunday. It happens all over the country. – It is very practical for us, so we avoid it being so expensive. We have planned certain days when we can put the dishwasher on, says Lise Marie Schei. – We should probably wait to do the laundry until tomorrow, says Sofie Helen Landøy Bordvik. The two are students at NTNU in Ålesund, and share a roommate with a third woman. All three are concerned about the electricity price, and are happy that it is cheaper on Sunday than it has been for a long time. In the south, according to E24, you have to go all the way back to June to find lower prices than tomorrow. This is happening in a period where electricity has become so expensive that the government is introducing electricity subsidies. The municipality wants to lower the temperature to 19 degrees indoors and experts believe the electricity price could reach six kroner. Students Lise Maria Schei and Sofie Helen Landøy try to follow the current price and plan the housework accordingly. But it doesn’t always work out. Photo: Synnøve Hole / news Here is the electricity price where you live Here you can see exactly how cheap the electricity will be in your area on Sunday: More than halving: In south-east, south-west and west Norway the average price will be NOK 1.14 per kWh on Sunday. This is less than half the average price on Saturday. Then the maximum price was up to NOK 3.62 A few øre to save: Residents in central Norway get an average price of 28.5 øre per kWh on Sunday. This is 4.2 øre less than on Saturday. A few pennies in the North too: Northern Norway gets an average price of 20.9 øre per kWh on Sunday, 6.1 øre lower than on Saturday. Wind turbines at full throttle + weekend Arndt von Schemde, who is a partner in the consulting company Therma, explains the sharp price drop with two main factors: Surplus electricity from renewable energy sources Weekend and lower electricity use in the country – Then you get a surplus of electricity with a lot of renewable and low demand. Then you get a short period of low electricity prices, he explains. Arndt von Schemde says that the prices will vary a good deal throughout the day, even if the average price is lower than for a long time. And already after the weekend, he thinks the prices will go up again. Hoping for equal prices throughout the country The Women’s Collective in Ålesund thinks it’s good to have low electricity prices on Sunday, but is fully aware that electricity prices have varied greatly from region to region. Two of the women are from Bømlo and one from Øygarden in Hordaland. The electricity price there has been far higher than in central Norway where they now live. It was a theme when they were home on holiday this summer. – I hope it will be cheaper there too. It has been more than 200 per cent more expensive in Bømlo than here, it is quite extreme with such differences. It’s the big talking point at home, you have to plan properly when you’re going to do things, says Lise Marie Schei. On Sunday, prices in Bømlo – and large parts of the south and south-west are on average lower than for a long time. Lise Marie Schei and Sofie Helen Landøy sympathize with the residents further south in the country. Recently, prices have been much higher than in central Norway. Photo: Synnøve Hole / news
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