Møsvatn, Henning Johansson | Sturgeon with harvest help
– There is, of course, full agreement that electricity is far too expensive. But from 1 September, we as households will have 90 percent of the price over 70 øre covered. If the electricity price is DKK 4 per kWh, we pay DKK 1.10. Still a lot compared to what we are used to. Reminder that the price in 2020 was 10 øre per kWh on average, writes head of information Henning Johansson in Notodden energi, in a comment on Facebook.
Poor consolation
– Regardless of whether the price is still high – we have the lowest price in Europe. Poor consolation perhaps. The fact that we use 70 percent more electricity than Swedish households and four times as much as Danish households, on average, also belongs to history, says the information manager.
In a reply to Henning Johansson, Dag Smogeli writes the following:
Not comparable
– You cannot compare electricity consumption in Norway with other countries. Norway is probably – as far as I know – the only country that has fully electrified households. Sweden uses district heating for heating, as does Denmark. I myself live in Denmark and have an annual electricity consumption of approx. 1500-2000kwh – in a villa!! If you look at mine and the average Danish family’s energy consumption, it is actually quite similar to Norwegians, and it is in a country with a much milder climate. The latter shows that electricity is a more efficient heating source.
In his reply to Smogeli, Johansson recommends: – Sweden and Denmark use, use a lot of district heating in large cities, the right thing. In Norway we also use district heating, even in Notodden. The same applies to a number of other places in the country. And it is definitely not an insignificant consumption. Remember that district heating is only heat and it also requires electricity.
Torrential rain didn’t help much
We have assumed a small informal calculation when it comes to the degree of filling and when magazines can be expected to be at their peak.
If the electricity prices are linked to the degree of filling in the water reservoirs, then it may take time before the electricity price is back at the old level.
On Monday, the water level in Møsvatn was 914.06 metres. After the torrential rain the next day, the water level had increased by 2 millimeters – to 914.08. At this rate, it will take six years of torrential rain to fill this magazine.
4 meters below the top
When Møsvatn is full, the water level here is 918.50 m, we read in the Østtelemarken Brukseierforening’s water level measurement. In other words, it lacks 4 meters and 42 centimeters before it “overflows” into Møsvatn. With 2 millimeters increased per day, it will be 2210 days before Møsvatn is full – or six years if you like.