Seems to be a recent thing, as I was looking at data from Feb 2023, and unrelated to Norway’s use of renewables.

Interesting article nonetheless.
They should definitely cone to a different pricing agreement with Norway as to not negatively affect them.
And it will be even less of a problem once those countries properly ramp up their installation of more renewables and storage.

Iowa and South Dakota rely mostly on wind and are amongst the states that have the cheapest electricity in the USA - https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others/24-08-Letter-Vance.pdf

List of countries and states and their % of renewables: https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSBook/Countries100Pct.pdf

It’s certainly true it’s easier when you have hydro though.

https://archive.md/MueQc

Norway has one of the lowest. And they don’t have only 62.7%.
99% of their energy comes from renewables.

And in the USA, some of the states with lowest prices have the highest % of renewables.

Send the DOI to a science nexus search bot on Telegram and you’ll get the paper.