73 öre in Norrland and 1:26 kroner per kWh in the southern half of the country will be the electricity price on Christmas Eve. It can be compared with 88 öre and 1:86 respectively on Friday, and is also the lowest price so far in December.
The average price so far in December is approximately SEK 2:60 and SEK 3:40 per kWh.
One reason is that electricity consumption is going down now during the Christmas holidays, and decent wind conditions with wind power forecasts of between 3,600 and 4,700 MW, according to Svenska kraftnät, which can be compared with nuclear power production of currently 5,800 MW.
On top of the market price, the electricity company’s mark-up, electricity tax, VAT and grid fee are added, in the order of SEK 1:50–2 per kWh.