The cost of electricity is as large as district heating for thousands of households

The cost of electricity is as large as district heating for thousands of households

In the rapid electricity trade price that we have, the total electricity cost will be as large as the district heating or higher for many households. This despite the fact that the amount of electricity corresponds to only a quarter of the heat in the house.The difference in average price between the northern and southern parts of the country is almost 110 percent.

Fact: This is how the retail electricity price has been calculated

The electricity price is made up of the electricity grid fee and the electricity trade price (SCB’s statistics for variable electricity contract rolling average value 12 months July-June and average for electricity area 1-4) as well as current electricity tax for the current year and municipality. Read the entire report at nilsholgersson.nu. For this year’s survey, the electricity trade price is according to Statistics Norway’s statistics (see above), but with the difference that the main town in the municipality in question has the electricity trade price that applies to the electricity area in which the main town is located, as opposed to the previously used national average.

When it comes to electricity retail prices, it has a very big impact on which electricity price area you belong to. The average price differs by almost 110 percent between electricity price area 1 and electricity price area 4.

Increased electricity prices also affect charges for water, district heating and waste.