Large electricity price differences between the county's electricity areas

Sweden is divided into electricity areas, and prices can vary greatly between them. According to Energimarknadsinspektionen, the government agency that monitors the electricity market, average spot prices for electricity area 3, which includes Gävle, were 157.6 EUR/MWh during week 45. In electricity area 2, which includes the municipalities of Hälsingland, the price was instead 9.6 EUR/MWh.

The spot price is the price before you, as a consumer, also pay surcharges, network charges and VAT. SVT Nyheter Gävleborg has calculated the difference for a house with annual consumption of 20,000 kWh. According to Energimarknadsinspektionen, the difference should be even greater than in the news report's calculations. The advice is to be flexible and shift consumption from the morning and evening to midday or nighttime – then a household in Gävle could potentially save more than a household in Söderhamn. SVT Nyheter Gävleborg