This way, people can get a share of the benefits of high power prices, not just the cost

Photo: Pexels v. Pok Rie / Marit Hommedal
Photo: Pexels v. Pok Rie / Marit Hommedal

7 December 2021 12:28

This way, people can get a share of the benefits of high power prices, not just the cost

Gunnar S. Eskeland: Households and companies should get a share of the increase in value of Norwegian hydropower. Here is a suggestion for calculating the amount we should all get transferred to our accounts in winters like this.

It would be strange if voters and businesses in Norway did not demand part of the increase in value of power as compensation, and it would be strange if politicians did not demand compensation, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.

His feature article Slik kan folk få del i gevinsten fra høye kraftpriser, ikke bare få kostnaden (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 5 December, 2021.