MP Lars Haltbrekken (Socialist Left Party) proposed a study of a fair, user-financed equalization scheme for grid tariffs. The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment does not recommend adopting the original proposal, but members from several parties have submitted alternative proposals with different approaches to addressing geographic disparities in grid tariffs.
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The Storting calls on the government to study and report back to the Storting in connection with the 2027 state budget with a proposal for a fair, user-financed equalization scheme for grid tariffs.
The Storting calls on the government to study a new grid tariff model that accounts for upcoming network investments and better ensures appropriate distribution of costs and incentives for investment and efficient use of the power system, including consideration of increased use of congestion revenues, adjustment of industrial discounts and connection fees, and to report back to the Storting by the end of 2026.
The Storting calls on the government to study a fair, user-financed equalization scheme for grid tariffs and report back to the Storting in connection with the 2027 state budget with a proposal on this matter.
Document 8:171 S (2025–2026) – Private member's bill from MP Lars Haltbrekken on a new model for grid tariff equalization – is not adopted.