In an interview with SVT Nyheter goes Jessica Stridhenergy advisor at Energicentrum in Jönköping, through several tricks you can use to lower your electricity bill.
Among other things, she gives a tip to Swedish households regarding the indoor temperature:
– Here you can see that it is over 22 degrees, and if I can lower the heat by one degree, then I save five percent on my electricity bill, Stridh tells SVT.
Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT Average electricity consumption – depending on how big you live
So, how much is five percent of the electricity bill in kroner, if you look over a year?
We have used numbers from Eon to exemplify this.
On its website, the company lists the average electricity cost and electricity consumption, depending on how big you live.
Please note that the estimates in this article are approximate and may vary between different electricity providers.
How much does electricity cost on average?
A normal electricity cost in electricity area 3 averaged 300 öre per kilowatt hour for smaller apartments (which consume up to 2,500 kWh per year) during the first half of 2024, according to Eon.
During the same time period, the price for larger apartments, with an annual consumption of up to 5,000 kWh per year, was 250 öre.
In electricity area 4, the price was another 25 öre more expensive per kilowatt hour during the first half of 2024.
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That’s how much you can save by lowering the temperature at home
In an apartment of 50 square meters in electricity area 3 – with an electricity cost of 300 öre per kWh, and an annual consumption of 3,000 kWh – the electricity bill ended up at an average of around SEK 9,000 per year, according to Eon’s calculation tool on the website.
Five percent of that, the promised reduction on the electricity bill that can be achieved by lowering the interior temperature by one degree, thus landing at SEK 450 in one year.
Instead, if you live larger (at 100 square meters) and in electricity area 4, the annual electricity bill will be around SEK 15,000. Five percent of that is SEK 750, which you can save in a year.
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