This is what it looks like in the water magazine. This means that many people have to pay a few thousand more for the electricity this year than last year.

Even the energy producer Lyse Production believes that it is a crisis.

– We have large water reservoirs, so it's a good way to start talking about a difficult situation. We are not close to a power crisis, says director Bjørn Honningsvåg.

In Suldal, northeast of Rogaland, Blåsjø is the largest water reservoir in Norway. When it is full, it has enough water to provide Oslo with electricity for one year.

– Blåsjø is a large multi-year magazine and does not have a particularly demanding or stressed situation ", said Knut Fjerdingstad, press officer in Statkraft.

The energy company Sira-Kvina uses Gravatn in Sirdal as a so-called medium magazine. It is drained up and down if necessary. The degree of filling here does not tell you much about how much water it is in the water reservoirs of Sira-Woman. But on Friday the water level in Gravatn was 13.5 meters lower than the highest regulated water level (HRV) limit, but there is still much to do.

Although large magazines such as Svartevatn and Rosekreppfjorden have dropped part, it is even worse.

– In these two journals the fill level was much lower in 2010 and 2011, and at that time we were in the vicinity of energy plantation in Norway. Today we are far away from such circumstances. I started in the industry in the early 1980s and never experienced rationing, says Sira-Kvina director Gaute Tjørhom to Aftenbladet.

He also emphasizes that Norway is part of a European electricity market, where Norway benefits from wind energy from countries such as Denmark and Germany when there is a need. Likewise, power from Norway goes the other way.

– It is an important point that we are part of a larger market, "says Bjørn Honningsvåg in Light Production.

– But how are we going to notice the dry summer? ?

– People probably have to invest in higher electricity bills than last year, says Honningsvåg.

Calculations from the Norwegian Water Management and Energy Directorate (NVE) show that Norwegian households may have around 3000 kronor more for electricity pay this year than last year The calculation is based on an annual consumption of 20,000 kilowatt hours

NVE is not concerned

Can it still be an electricity crisis in Norway?

According to NVE, the reservoir filling can the winter of 1990 to reach a basic level – 2017. A crushing autumn and ice cold winter with a bit of snow is the worst scenario.

The NVE is nevertheless uncomfortable for security of supply and states these reasons on its websites:

• Despite lower filling rates than normal, a lot of water is still stored in the trays.
• Norway has a power surplus of around 5 TWh in normal rainfall. This means that we can have a fill rate that is lower than normal, but still in balance.
• Norway can import electricity via connections with Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
• Last year's investments in larger domestic network capacity contribute to reducing the risk of regional strained energy situations.

– The most probable thing now is that we get a normal harvest with some rainfall, Bjørn Honningsvåg believes in light production.