The rising electricity price is something that affects the economy of many.
Now it turns out that many Swedes could reduce their electricity bill by thousands of kronor per year.
Thanks to a simple trick.
– Many people simply do not know how it works, says Vetle Haugen, energy adviser at Jämtkraft.
Mikael and Eva Liljeros live in a villa in Ångsta just outside Östersund. As for many others, the electricity cost in the wallet burns.
The total electricity cost consists of simplified two parts, the electricity consumption itself and fixed costs, for example the electricity supply itself from the company that owns the lines in your area.
Many have the wrong level of fuses
Depending on how much electricity you need for, you choose the level of the fuse in the plug cabinet. But many homeowners have a higher level of their fuse than they need. And thus you also pay a higher monthly cost than you would need.
– It is probably because many simply do not know how it works. You may have just bought a house and have a consumption pattern where you are simply overall, says Vetle Haugen, energy adviser at Jämtkraft.
Check if the home is over -secured
You can then contact your electricity grid company and find out what level the electricity consumption in the household is at. If it turns out that the home is oversured, there is the opportunity to save money by going down at the hedge level. For example, by going down from 35 amperes plugs to 25 amps or even 16, according to energy experts.
This is exactly what Mikael and Eva Liljeros did. They live in a villa in Ångsta just outside Östersund and have gone down at the hedging level from 35 amps to 25 amps and saving in a set of SEK 4,000 per year.
– This was great for us. To reduce the electricity bill in this simple way, says Mikael Liljeros.