Finns Achieve 10% Cut in Power Use to Reduce Threat of Blackouts
- Electricity consumption has fallen every month since August
- Finns are saving power even as temperatures plunge below zero
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Finns managed to slash their power consumption by 10% in December to counter the impact of higher prices and to avoid blackouts that have become a real prospect after imports from Russia ended last year.
The 10% drop from year-ago levels comes on top of four straight months of declines, each bigger than the last, according to estimates by the Nordic nation’s grid manager. The data is adjusted for temperature differences, Fingrid Oyj said Monday.