Statnett lowers tariff to zero

High congestion income from foreign interconnectors allows the Norwegian TSO to cut the network tariff by around NOK 4bn this year.
Photo: Statnett
Photo: Statnett
BY MAZ PLECHINGER, TRANSLATED BY DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN

Cable connection to other countries is a scorchingly hot topic in Norway, many residents of which are of the opinion that interconnectors abroad merely drain the nation’s cheap hydroelectric power to the sole benefit of commercial power generators – a perspective that has not abated in popularity after record-high electricity fares of recent years.

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