How much you pay in grid rent depends on:
How much power you use
How much power you use at the same time
What time of the day you use the electricity
See your consumption in the Elvia app and on My page, both are available in English. You can influence your grid rent by shifting some of your power consumption to times of the day when there is less of a load on the power grid.
Grid rent consist of three components
The grid operator sets the network tariff, but the Norwegian Energy Regulatory Authority (NVE-RME) ensures that the company does not collect higher revenues than allowed by law.
Your grid rent include several components:
The fixed fee is what you pay to have access to electricity. One new feature from July 2022 is that the fixed fee consists of different tiers, determined by the three hours when you used the most electricity on average the previous month. The fixed fee covers the costs associated with operating the power grid, as well as costs for metering, settlement and invoicing.
The variable cost is related to your electricity consumption and is called the energy charge. You pay a small amount for the use of the power grid for each kilowatt-hour you consume.
The public taxes include a statutory contribution to the Enova energy fund, electricity tax and value-added tax. If your consumption is 20,000 kWh, state taxes make up more than half of what you pay in grid rent.
1. Fixed fee
The fixed fee is determined by categorizing your electrical consumption in to usage tiers. These tiers are based on your own electrical consumption, and are calculated by using the average of the three highest hours you used electricity the most (spread across three different days) during the course of a month. You can see this in the Elvia app.
Prices/network tariffs apply to all private customers, including all types of residences and holiday homes. You can find historical price information here (Norwegian only).
Fixed fee | |
|---|---|
Tier 1 | |
Daily maximum | 0-2 |
NOK/month | 140 |
Tier 2 | |
Daily maximum | 2-5 |
NOK/month | 230 |
Tier 3 | |
Daily maximum | 5-10 |
NOK/month | 375 |
Tier 4 | |
Daily maximum | 10-15 |
NOK/month | 525 |
Tier 5 | |
Daily maximum | 15-20 |
NOK/month | 675 |
Our calculations show that most private customers never go beyond Tier 5.
(If the average of three daily maximums is 2 kWh, you fall into Tier 2. For example: Fixed fee tier 2: 2–4.9 kWh. Fixed fee tier 3: 5–9.9 kWh)
Price list for households with a higher daily maximum:
Trinn 6
Daily maximum 20–25 kWh per hour – NOK 820 per monthTrinn 7
Daily maximum 25–50 kWh per hour – NOK 1,560 per monthTrinn 8
Daily maximum 50–75 kWh per hour – NOK 2,300 per monthTrinn 9
Daily maximum 75–100 kWh per hour – NOK 3,030 per monthTrinn 10
Daily maximum over 100 kWh per hour – NOK 6,050 per month
2. The energy component
The energy component is determined based on your electricity consumption in kilowatt hours (kWh). This is also based on the time of day when you use electricity.
Energy component, NOK/kWh | |
|---|---|
Energy component | |
Day* | 0.5250 |
Night/weekend* | 0.4500 |
Energy component before taxes | |
Day* | 0.2456 |
Night/weekend* | 0.1856 |
*Periods
Day: Weekdays from 06:00 to 22:00
Night: Weekdays from 22:00 to 06:00
Weekends: Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
Network tariff brochure for Plus Customers/surplus production (only in Norwegian)
3. Prices include all taxes:
Statutory payment to the Energy Fund (Enova) of NOK 0.01 per kWh
Electricity tax (Elavgift) NOK 0.1644 per kWh
25 percent value-added tax (VAT)
Public taxes are subject to change.
Definitions/terms:
Daily maximum: The hour of the day with the highest kWh consumption within 24 hours.
Unit of measurement for energy: Kilowatt-hours (kWh).
Energy is the ongoing electricity consumption measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh).
Wondering how much electricity you use?
If you are unsure about your typical electricity consumption, we recommend you download the Elvia app. There, you can find your consumption per hour, per day and per month.