"Norwegian price" and electricity wastage - because the state has become too powerful and complacent?

11 February 2025 15:06

"Norwegian price" and electricity wastage - because the state has become too powerful and complacent?

Gunnar S. Eskeland: To compensate people only with money - through tax relief or a dividend check - would cost far less than the waste that the government is planning to do now, writes Gunnar S. Eskeland in DN.

The politicians find it easy not only to take money from power-owning companies. They will also decide that large groups and large power buyers should get power cheaply rather than others, proportionally with ownership of large houses, cabins and cars, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.

His feature article «Norgespris» og strømsløsing – fordi staten er blitt for mektig og selvtilfreds? (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 4 February, 2025.