According to Vattenfall, a kilowatt hour on the Nordpool power exchange is around 100 öre for residents in the south on Thursday evening, and just under 50 öre for residents in the north.
Thus, electricity prices for the southern parts of Sweden are the highest in nine years, according to Dagens industri.
Cooling and nuclear power
Prices have been driven up by the strong cold that has strained the electricity market in large parts of the country.
The cold has led to high electricity prices and that a couple of factories have chosen to take a break or go down in production.
The situation has also brought to life discussions about the closure of the Ringhals 1 and 2 nuclear power reactors, and whether people should refrain from vacuuming in the near future.
Reduced need for imported electricity
In the Riksdag, the opposition has criticized the current electricity policy and believes that the closure of the nuclear power reactors has led to a shortage of electricity.
Something Energy Minister Anders Ygeman (S) rejects.
- We would have imported even if we had had more nuclear power.
In fact, we had a greater need for imports in 2010 when we had ten reactors than we have today with six reactors, he says in SVT's program 30 minutes.
See the full interview with Anders Ygeman (S) for 30 minutes here!