• mastertigurius@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hhhhehhhhh…I wish I knew. Maybe the power companies in Norway are buddies with the companies in Sweden, and they’ve got some kind of sweet deal under the table… Unless it goes higher up to the elected officials making deals behind closed doors. But we don’t call it corruption. No, no, no, that’s a naughty word in Scandinavia.

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      Maybe the power companies in Norway are buddies with the companies in Sweden

      Power is almost entirely covered by hydroelectricity in Norway. And 90% of that is held publicly (state, municipalities).

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          There is no trade per se, only transport. The markup is due to limited capacity for this transport and goes into the pockets of the operator of the grid.

          That’s Statnett in Norway (fully state-owned) and Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden (fully state-owned), so no private beneficiaries.