In connection with already increased expenses when it comes to food and fuel, businesses that use a lot of electricity are now at risk of overturning the economy.
The municipality was able to state at the end of August that electricity prices had doubled against their budget of 50 öre per KWh.
But it doesn't look like it will end there - now the municipality's forecasts fear an electricity price increase from 50 öre to 450 öre per KWh in the autumn, an increase of 900 percent.
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- As a colleague told me that idling is something we can look at.
Things that stand draw power that may not need to be plugged in.
Now the municipality is looking at measures to bring costs down, says Jonas Arpzell, financial manager at Ydre municipality.
Among other things, they review the possibilities of lowering the temperature indoors and operating hours for the ventilation.
Jonas Arpzell cannot go into what could happen if the expenses become too high for Yyre municipality.
What does a worst-case scenario look like for the municipality?
- I can't think about it.
I think we are already in a worst-case scenario, says Jonas Arpzell at Ydre municipality.
Hear the financial manager in Ydre municipality describe the energy situation in the clip above.