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At this time FI zone electricity price €19/MWh and FI zone net power -1004 MW, according to svk.se Kontrolrummet. The latter is instantaneous power but reflects hourly energy balance. Decades ago my college teacher pointed out in his lecture supply & demand in energy pricing. Does this pricing reflect anymore local supply? In national grids the main issue was high network stability. That way you had stable grid and pricing. According to the lecture "Så här uppstod elkrisen i Sverige" by prof. Blomgren (only in Swedish) the reliable supply and pricing issues cannot be repaired in years. It'll take decades of investments. According to Blomgren long haul transmission capacities cannot be fully utilized with present model of production. You can increase small scale production but you can transfer only limited amount of energy from multiple generators. My private Gedankenversuch, electricity runs our modern high speed digital trunks essential for any industry in Europe. Are we going to see Lebanon style rotating blackouts and occasionally diesel genset run businesses. However, without reliable communications lines. In late 60's and early 70's Lebanon was relatively advanced industrial and financial hub with working infrastructure. BR JKi

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