Those who save electricity not only reduce their own electricity bill, reduced consumption also keeps electricity prices down in general.

However, the differences in the country are quite large.

SVT has received figures for household consumption via Vattenfall.

It clearly shows that households in the north have saved less electricity than households in the south.

In the north, in electricity areas 1 and 2, consumption decreased in the last three months by 10 and 7 percent, respectively.

The consumption is then corrected for temperature differences between years.

In the south, in electricity areas 3 and 4, consumption decreased by 19 and 21 percent respectively.

In November, households in electricity area 2 made no savings at all, compared to the year before.

Vattenfall believes that an important difference concerns the price:

- We see a greater potential to save in southern Sweden where electricity prices have been higher, says climate coach Lars Ejeklint at Vattenfall.

He also points out that households in the north during the autumn months of September to November are more dependent on heating, which can make greater electricity savings difficult.

Vattenfall also believes that households in the north more often have fixed electricity prices, and therefore have less incentive to save.

Chopped tops

According to figures from Svenska Kraftnät, the total electricity consumption in southern Sweden, electricity areas 3 and 4, has decreased by 7 to 10 percent in recent months.

Also this temperature corrected.

Further north, in electricity areas 1 and 2, electricity consumption has increased.

It is also due to the fact that in Norrland the proportion of electricity used in industry is much higher, and industry seems rather to have increased its electricity consumption since last autumn.

Households in the south save the most

Svenska Kraftnät's statistics show that we have partly reduced electricity consumption, and more than once succeeded in cutting peaks by "moving" some electricity consumption to less loaded times, something that contributes to stabilizing the electricity system, and keeping price peaks down.

- The Swedes have generally been good at saving, thinks Lars Ejeklint.

Vattenfall has conducted a survey in which 9 out of 10 respondents say that they are set on reducing their electricity consumption this winter.

Overall, it is mainly households that have managed to save.

Svenska Kraftnät's figures from September showed that households saved 18 percent, but industry increased consumption by 1 percent.

- Industries may find it more difficult to reduce their consumption, this may also apply to companies such as pizzerias, but in households there are more simple measures we can take that reduce electricity, such as taking shorter showers or reducing the temperature slightly if you have an electrically heated home, says Lars Ejeklint.