The tax system on company level differs a lot between the Nordic countries and between technologies. In short one may say that Norwegian Hydro Power experiences the highest tax level due to several specific taxes and Denmark the highest consumption based taxes with very high energy taxes. This report focuses on 2012 rates and regulations.
Nordenergi finds it unreasonable not to allow occasional exemptions from the Final Notification deadline of 15:30 CET regardless of the circumstances. Fundamentally, in order to uphold the functioning of the electricity market and it’s credibility, it is critical that the NWE Day Ahead Price Coupling (DA PC) can be carried out without forced decoupling. According to Nordenergi it is crucial to perform DA PC even if the process is prolonged due to technical problems or special market situations. Read the entire response here.