If Energy policy (or rather, electricity) comes back as a political priority for the election in September, we will likely see less of the export-friendly, pro-market and renewables-only Norway that has in many ways inspired EU power market reforms over the last decades.

Meanwhile, the AP gov proclaims no new interconnectors until 2029, fixed power prices to households, and a possible opening for nuclear. They can count on some to large support from other parties, including now a majority for assessing nuclear in Norway (H, SP, KrF, MDG).

Støre’s AP up ~9 pp two weeks after its decision to implement (relatively minor) EU energy directives, leading to SP’s exit from government – and Jens Stoltenberg’s comeback as finance minister.

EU-NO relations remain political dynamite within the EU’s biggest energy import partner