How do I set up home charging reimbursement with Strømstøtte (Norway)?

Strømstøtte is a Norwegian government electricity subsidy that reduces household electricity costs. The government reimburses 90% of electricity costs above 0.77 NOK/kWh (excluding VAT) for employees on spot price contracts charging at their primary residence. The government revises this threshold from time to time, so double-check the current rate if this figure looks out of date.

Without Strømstøtte reflected in the calculation, you would reimburse the full electricity cost — including the portion already covered by the government. Monta calculates and applies the deduction automatically to every session on the Employee's cost electricity cost type in Norway, so you reimburse only the net cost your employee actually paid. There's no separate setup step or toggle to turn this on.

A few things to know about how the subsidy applies:

• Strømstøtte support doesn't extend to consumption above 5,000 kWh/month at a metering point. Monta's deduction is based purely on the government's per-kWh threshold and percentage — it doesn't separately track or cap monthly consumption, so flag this with high-usage employees approaching that limit.
• Strømstøtte is not offered as a selectable Regulated rate the way the CREG tariff is for Belgium. It's applied automatically in the background to spot price sessions rather than chosen at invite time.
• Employees who've opted into the fixed-price Norgespris scheme instead of a spot price contract don't get this deduction — Monta applies Strømstøtte only to spot price charges.

How do I set up reimbursement for a Norwegian employee?

Set the employee's electricity cost type to Employee's cost when you invite them — that's the cost type Strømstøtte applies to. The rest of the invite, auto-approval, and payout steps are the same as for any other country; see How do I set up reimbursements? for the full walkthrough (invite dialog, member groups, payouts, and more). In short:

1. Open your account and go to the Reimbursements tab.
2. Select Add employee.
3. Enter the employee's email and select Continue.
4. In Step 2 — Settings, under Electricity cost, select Employee's cost.
5. Select Add employee to finish.

The employee then submits their spot price rate from Monta Charge, and Strømstøtte is deducted automatically once they do.

How do I review a Strømstøtte cost submission?

When an employee submits or updates their electricity cost and auto-approval is off, a banner reading "There are N reimbursement costs submitted for approval" appears above the employees table in the Reimbursements tab.

1. Select Review costs, or open the employee's row directly from the Employees tab.
2. On the employee's sponsorship page, review the submitted rate. The reimbursed amount works out to: Spot price (incl. VAT) − Strømstøtte deduction + additional costs.
3. Select Apply and approve to accept the rate, or Reject to decline it.

For the general review flow and auto-approval options, see How do I set up reimbursements?.

How do I view charge session details with Strømstøtte?

1. Open your account and go to the Reimbursements tab.
2. Open the Charge sessions sub-tab.
3. Select a session to open its charge detail page.
4. Check the Price breakdown card for the itemised cost.

The breakdown shows:

• kWh charged
• Strømstøtte — deduction applied if the spot price (excl. VAT) exceeded 0.77 NOK/kWh
• Additional costs — any per-kWh fees added by the employee
• Total price — the final reimbursement amount after all deductions

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