Sampo Kaulanen gave his wife a ban, Aki Manninen roared about the prices

Today, Friday, the price of exchange electricity is extremely high, more than 200 cents, i.e. about two euros per kilowatt hour. Fingrid has urged all consumers to save electricity, regardless of the electricity contract.

Welfare influencer Aki from Mann the price of electricity is very high. The family has exchange electricity in a detached house in Lempäälä.

– I couldn’t take a fixed two-year electricity contract for the Lempäälä apartment, because the apartment will be sold in the spring.

– Now we have to suffer the cost that comes from it, he says.

The apartment has a water-to-air heat pump, which, according to Mannen, stops working at temperatures above 25 degrees below zero. In this case, the house completely switches to using electric resistors. Even the solar panels on the roof of the building are not useful at the moment because of the snow and the dark season.

– Yes, this may cost several hundred euros per day, Manninen estimates for Iltalehti.

Manninen is also confused by how, for example, electricity is currently considerably cheaper in Sweden.

– Completely arbitrary pricing. Why exactly at this time? People are strict anyway, Manninen reflects in general.

Despite the price increase, Manninen does not plan to save on electricity consumption.

– Fortunately, there is a wood sauna in the yard, so you can warm up there, he continues.

– I don’t start lowering my standard of living by trying to live in a dark place. Let’s work so much more that we can offset the expenses.

One lamp on

Liike Nyt’s presidential candidate Harry “Hjallis” Harkimo said a good year ago in Iltalehti’s survey about his large electricity bills of around 700 euros.

Harkimo has exchange electricity in its Sipoon building. He tells Iltalehte that he has taken off the underfloor heating and only keeps one lamp on at a time.

Downstairs, the temperature has dropped considerably.

Harkimo does not charge the car, but tries to keep driving to a minimum.

– The electricity bills have not been terribly big during the winter. Now they are increasing enormously, Harkimo estimates.

Sunneva Sjögren could have a huge electricity bill

Entrepreneur Sunneva Sjögrenin is careful about her electricity consumption.

– If I didn’t pay attention, the electricity bill could be 4,000 euros per month, says Sjögren.

Sjögren says that he started observing the rise in electricity prices a couple of years ago, when electricity became more expensive.

– My husband has an electricity monitor, so it will have to be looked at.

Sjögren lives in a 450 square meter house built at the end of the 19th century and then renovated. The house is electrically heated and there are four spare fireplaces.

Sjögren wasn’t going to do laundry or dishes on Friday. Electric radiators and underfloor heating are switched off.

– There have been expensive electricity bills here in the winter, up to a thousand euros. It evens out in the summer, when the bill is only 100 euros per month, says Sjögren.

Sjögren says that even though the radiators and underfloor heating are off, the house is not cold thanks to the heating stoves.

– I am grateful for them.

Sampo Kaulanen’s fireplace is glowing

Entrepreneur Sampo Kaulanen is a user of exchange electricity. Kaulanen says that his family prepared for the high price in advance.

– I’m pretty picky, so you have to think in advance which devices are consuming electricity.

This means that as little electricity as possible is consumed at Kaulas on Friday.

– The wife is forbidden to use the washing machine, and the dishwasher is not started. And I have to skip the sauna. I told the children to wear woolen socks, Kaulanen says.

Kaulas has a spare fireplace.

– I bought an awful lot of wood for it in advance and now the fireplace glows bright red. We try to do as many things as possible in advance.

The Kaulasets live in Äkäslompolo, where there are freezing temperatures of up to 40 degrees. Kaulas has electric cars.

– No cars today. Cars have poured into that yard. Likewise, the animals’ drinking bowls have frozen because of the frost. Technology is quite vulnerable to natural phenomena. When there is a week of severe frost, everything goes to hell. It’s pretty scary.

Mari Valosaari received a gigantic electricity bill

Radio presenter Mari Valosaari received a gigantic electricity bill of 2,245 euros two years ago. Valosaari had exchange electricity. He doesn’t have it anymore.

– I was just talking to my neighbor. They have a house and a stable. Said that if they didn’t make any changes, the electricity bill would be around 150 euros, says Valosaari.

– I am now in a happy position, but electricity in general is expensive. All winter, you think that you don’t wear anything extra.

Valosaari says in his radio program that he went through his best electricity saving tips with the listeners.

– Food if you can make a bigger batch the day before, which you can then heat up in the microwave. If you keep the floor heating on high at night, when electricity is cheaper, you can keep it low the next day, says Valosaari.

A cold gym

Congressman Kike Elomaa (ps) used to have exchange electricity for a while, but he changed it to a fixed electricity contract.

– Exchange electricity is a bit more uncertain, and some people know how to play with these. I like something more stable myself, says Elomaa.

Even though Elomaa does not have stock exchange electricity, he tries to keep electricity consumption low.

– I don’t turn on the washing machine, and I don’t run hot water unnecessarily. I have a pretty big garage where I have my gym. I keep it cold. Jumansuikka, when I hold the iron, it’s cold. Sometimes you need to warm your hands.

Elomaa emphasizes how self-sufficiency is extremely important when it comes to energy.

– Turf back. It would not be worthwhile to make sudden transfers.

– And the kind of advice that if there are dogs, they get two radiators for the bed, Elomaa smiles.

Elomaa has two dogs; Akita Marski and golden retriever Hero.