Lundteigen against his own government: – Simply too bad
– There is no denying that there is great grassroots frustration in our party over the lack of initiative to solve the electricity price crisis. It is expected that the government will finally take the driver’s seat to show the way out of that crisis. Then it won’t do to come up with new studies, says Lundteigen VG.
He points out that the government will appoint a new committee which will give advice on how to bring down the price of electricity. It doesn’t measure up, according to Lundteingen.
– People expect the government to come up with new solutions to the electricity price crisis. Then they get a new selection. It’s just too badhe says to VG.
He believes that this is precisely what the energy commission should investigate. The government-appointed energy commission must deliver its recommendation on 1 February.
– We need more handling
He gets support from several in his own party about the outcome. Among other things from the party’s candidate for county mayor in the restored Buskerud county, Magnus Weggesrud.
– I agree with Per Olaf. We need more action now, we can’t just set up a committee and figure it out forever. The government must take more control over power and the market to keep prices lower, says Weggesrud to VG.
Advocating to refuse export
In a chronicle for the same newspaper writes Lundteigen that the power cables to Denmark, Germany and England should initially provide an exchange of power, but that this is not the case today.
– The figures from the last two years reveal that the exchange has ended up in Norwegian exports. Net export from Norway was 30 terawatt hours. Then, with agreements in hand, we can demand that it no longer accepts that Norway contributes so much power to Europe, without us getting anything in return, he writes in the chronicle.
Lundteigen advocates that net exports should not be allowed when the water reservoirs in this country are below a certain level.
Aasland: Mixes measures for the short and long term
Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) tells VG that he can assure Lundteigen that the government “works every single day to solve the energy crisis and bring electricity prices down”.
He believes that Lundteigen mixes measures in the short and long term and that you need a broader knowledge base to find solutions that can work in the long term.