Norgespris Payouts Reached NOK 19.7 Billion in the Scheme's First Year as Norway Proposes 45 Øre for 2027

Norway's fixed household power price, Norgespris, cost the state NOK 19.67 billion including VAT in its first year, according to TEI's sum of the four quarterly payout releases from Energidepartementet covering October 2025 to September 2026. The regulator RME puts its preliminary first-year figure at about NOK 19.8 billion. Households on the older strømstønad scheme received NOK 4.86 billion over the same quarters.

The three southern bidding zones took 96.6% of Norgespris payouts, and NO1 around Oslo alone took half. In the north the scheme ran at a small net gain to the state from April, because spot prices there were below the 40 øre fixed price in 76.8% of hours.

Using hourly Nord Pool prices, TEI estimates that a kilowatt-hour consumed evenly through the year in NO2 drew 86.9 øre of Norgespris support, against 42.9 øre under strømstønad. Third-quarter averages in the price data match NVE's published figures to within one øre.

The 2027 budget proposes raising the fixed price to 45 øre and appropriates NOK 12 billion for Norgespris on electricity, based on July forward prices. October day-ahead prices in the south have averaged 133 to 146 øre.

The full analysis, with zone-by-zone figures and the budget record, is in TEI's research piece.