Now it happens: Electric prices fall markedly

Future with markedly increasing electricity consumption

The electricity grid company N1 works- like most other electricity grid companies- with both a summer and winter tariff. It is very closely related to the consumption of Danes.

When there is cold, wet and windy, we look for more indoors, which gives greater electricity consumption, while we stay outdoors when the weather is good and the sun is shining. In short, consumption is affected by whether we make dinner in the oven or turn on the grill and how much is turned on for the heat and light.

This also means that the load of the electricity grid peaks in winter-especially in the so-called boiling tip from 17-21.

It is also for the same reason that the tariffs are divided into time zones. The most expensive hours are where consumption is highest.

– The tariffs give consumers an incentive to spread their consumption more beyond the day, so that we make the best use of the electricity grid. And we can clearly see that it works. Last year, when electricity consumption in N1’s network was record high, total consumption rose by 6 percent compared to 2023, but in the boiling tip it only rose by 1 percent and it is good news. In the coming years, electricity consumption will continue to rise, which is why we need to expand and expand the electricity grid, but if consumers spread their consumption wider, we can make significantly cheaper and more efficient, says Lise Bering.

By 2024, 20.4 percent of electricity consumption was in the cheapest tariff period from 00-06, while it was 19.54 and 18.5 percent respectively. 2023 and 2022.

At the same time, the proportion of consumption in the boiling tip fell by 5 percent compared to 2023.