The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment is considering a private member's bill from Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll and Lars Haltbrekken to ensure student housing with shared metering gains access to Norway's price. The committee is split: the majority (Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party) asks the government to study compensation options before the revised national budget for 2026, while the minority from other parties submit separate proposals for either direct access to Norway's price or an evaluation of the scheme.
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The Storting calls on the government, before the revised national budget for 2026, to examine alternatives and cost frameworks so that students renting housing from student housing organizations and foundations can be compensated for increased electricity and district heating costs. The study of compensation alternatives should match what students lose in increased expenses because these organizations and foundations cannot account for the number of units when calculating their consumption cap under Norway's price and electricity support schemes.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that student housing with shared electricity metering is covered by Norway's price as household consumption per unit or an equivalent arrangement that compensates for increased electricity and district heating costs, and to report back to the Storting by the revised national budget for 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to enable student housing with shared electricity metering to use Norway's price scheme, so that those using this housing form are also covered by the government's electricity measures, and to report back to the Storting with a solution by the revised national budget for 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to conduct an evaluation of Norway's price based on experience from the first half of the scheme—that is, the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026—and to report back appropriately by June 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to obtain an external and independent assessment of Norway's price by June 2026, with expert proposals for adjustments and possible alternative schemes that maintain a well-functioning wholesale market and more stable electricity prices for consumers, including both households and businesses.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that student housing with shared electricity metering is covered by Norway's price as household consumption per unit by setting regulations that establish unit-based consumption caps and billing for shared-metered households in student housing, equivalent to the arrangement for shared consumption in housing cooperatives and condominium associations. The arrangement shall apply to both electricity and district heating within the scope and duration of the law.