John Hassler, former chairman of the Fiscal Policy Council, believes that the politicians are wrong when they think that with the stroke of a pen they can change the market and bring down the prices of energy produced by means other than gas.
– It’s an impossible trick. The only thing that can bring electricity prices down is to reduce use – either through voluntary or rationing.
LO’s chief economist Laura Hartman believes that there is a crying need to do something, although she also does not believe that separate prices are a long-term solution.
– Some form of central control is required, for example that the electricity exchange Nordpol buys in this electricity at two different prices and then sets an average price to the consumers. But the need is dire because the energy market is currently a broken patchwork.