Electricity statistics

27   Prices of electric energy exclusive of taxes1. Quarter. Øre/kWh
  1st qrt. 2001 2nd qrt. 2001 3rd qrt. 2001 4th qrt. 2001 1st qrt. 2002 2nd qrt. 2002 3rd qrt. 2002 20002 20012
$Households   18,4   21,5   22,1   20,9   21,9   16,0   15,9   14,1   20,6
1 year fixed price contracts 15.9 18.9 20.6 19.1 20.1 18.6 19.0 14.4 18.9
Other fixed price contracts 17.9 18.6 21.9 19.4 19.6 19.0 18.4 16.5 19.3
Contracts attached to spotprice 24.6 20.4 20.0 18.2 17.3 13.8 15.6 12.3 19.3
Variable price (spotprice not included) 18.4 22.1 22.5 21.8 22.9 15.9 15.6 14.1 21.0
                   
Services 19.5 19.3 19.6 19.0 18.7 15.2 15.7 13.3 19.4
New fixed price contracts (Entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week 16.3 16.7 20.3 19.5 18.7 16.5 17.1 13.9 18.5
Old fixed price contracts (Entered into more than 3 months before the measuring week 14.7 15.5 15.7 16.6 17.9 18.0 17.5 14.4 15.7
Contracts attached to the spotprice 24.5 20.8 18.1 17.8 17.2 13.0 14.7 10.7 20.3
Variable price (not attached to the spotprice) 18.3 22.0 22.5 21.9 22.5 16.0 15.0 14.0 20.9
                   
Manufacturing, excl. energy intensive manufacturing 17.6 18.4 18.8 18.8 18.1 17.9 18.3 13.9 18.4
New fixed price contracts (Entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week 15.9 19.0 21.3 20.0 18.6 17.7 18.5 14.2 19.3
Old fixed price contracts (Entered into more than 3 months before the measuring week 15.2 16.4 17.8 18.4 18.5 20.2 19.7 15.4 16.9
Contracts attached to the spotprice 22.8 19.5 17.4 18.2 17.1 12.5 14.8 10.7 19.6
Variable price (not attached to the spotprice) 17.8 21.9 19.0 22.3 22.9 15.3 15.0 14.2 19.6
                   
Energy intensive manufacturing and paper products3 14.0 13.0 14.1 18.3 16.8 15.6 15.9 12.2 14.7
Old fixed price contracts and contracts not entered in the market 13.9 13.0 14.1 18.3 16.8 15.7 15.9 12.4 14.6
Contracts attached to the spotprice : : : 16.5 16.8 : 14.6 10.1 21.1
1  Tax on consumption was 8.56 øre/kWh in 2000, 11.3 øre/kWh in 2001 and 9.3 øre/kWh in 2002. VAT was 23 per cent in 2000 and 24 per cent in 2001 and 2002. Tax on consumption is not payed in Finnmark and some local authorities in North-Troms. Manufacturing, mining and hot-houses do not pay tax on consumption. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. This table is based on data from about 60 electricity plants. About 60 per cent of the total sales to the consumers of electricity is covered by this selection.
2  Preliminary figures.
3  Average of all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).

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