From ZeroHedge:
Norway on Monday announced that due to an 'uncertain and demanding situation' over sky-high electricity prices - caused by low water levels at hydroelectric stations (in what they refer to as a "weather-dependent power supply"), as well as the "dramatic situation in Europe" regarding Ukraine, the government will be limiting electricity exports "when the water level in the reservoirs drops to very low levels."
Norway has notably been referred to as the "battery of Europe" thanks to its ability to generate and export massive quantities of hydroelectric power.
So far this year, far less electricity (11.6 TWh) has been produced in southern Norway than at the same time last year - 18 per cent less. In South-West Norway, the total production of adjustable hydropower last week was the lowest we have seen so far this year.
Collectively, this results in historically high electricity prices and a situation where, for the first time in many years, we cannot completely rule out a period of electricity rationing in the spring. But our professional authorities emphasize that the probability of this is low. -Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
"This is not something people can afford to pay," said Morten Frisch, a Norwegian energy consultant based in the United Kingdom, in a statement to the Daily Telegraph, adding that the cost of energy in Norway has already risen between 10 and 20 times the price people were paying last year.....
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