Now it is hydropower's turn to receive a tax package

Photo: flickr (Inge Hovdar)
Photo: flickr (Inge Hovdar)

14 September 2022 17:15

(updated: 26 September 2022 17:15)

Now it is hydropower's turn to receive a tax package

Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: The power producers' description of reality and arguments characterize the government's proposal for changes in power taxation. The proposal may have unintended effects that weaken competition and the power market itself.

People and businesses despair over high electricity prices. With today's power dissatisfaction, political action must be shown, so that people and businesses can be guaranteed predictable electricity bills, Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup write. 

Their feature article Nå er det vannkraften sin tur til å få skattepakke (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 1 September, 2022.