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Norwegians guard themselves against high electricity rates

More than 700,000 Norwegians have already signed up for a new government program aimed at warding off electricity rate shocks this fall and winter,...

Norway hit by new electricity shock

Low alternative energy production and high demand for electricity in Europe were sending electricity rates in Norway to record-high levels this week. The sudden...

Heavy rain may lower electricity rates

It may be small comfort for all the Norwegians dealing with flood damage from heavy rain over the past few weeks, but the downpours may...

‘Bonus bonanza’ behind major strike

Norwegian labour leaders and employers' representatives fundamentally disagree over whether a 5.2 percent wage increase would have given workers the "real pay growth" they...

Taxes add to electricity bill shocks

High electricity rates in December have resulted in huge new bills landing in Norwegians' mailboxes this month, made worse by the state's 25 percent...

Offshore wind power starts to blow

Norway's long-anticipated launch of major offshore wind power projects officially took off on Tuesday, when Oil & Energy Minister Terje Aasland announced plans to...

Electricity consumption dives

Norwegians have responded to their much-higher electricity rates by dramatically cutting consumption. New figures show double-digit declines in usage so far this autumn. NVE, the...

Rain cuts electricity rates

Unusually heavy rain, falling for days on end over the past week, is finally filling up reservoirs in southern Norway at a relatively rapid...

Some good news about electricity

High electricity rates have prompted Norwegians to cut their consumption by as much as 15 percent so far this year, and then electricity rates...

Energy crisis plan fails to spark support

There was "no reason to smile" after the government presented its plan to ease the shock of record-high electricity rates for businesses just before...
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