3   Range of electricity prices in end-user market and distribution of sold quantity in the sample
  3rd quarter 2000 2nd quarter 2000 3rd quarter 1999
  Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Minimum price2 Maximum price2 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent
Households       42,7   49,9   42,8
1-year fixed-price contracts 1,5 9,7 17,1 8,9 1,3 6,4 1,8 9,0
Other fixed-price contracts 2,7 10,1 22,0 2,4 2,7 2,0 3,9 4,9
Contracts tied to spot price 1,1 7,1 11,5 4,2 1,8 2,7 2,3 1,4
Variable price (spot price not included) 0,9 8,3 12,2 84,5 1,3 88,8 0,9 84,8
                 
Services       28,3   27,5   27,8
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.) 1,1 11,5 15,7 11,6 0,7 12,8 1,3 11,2
Old fixed-price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) 1,5 10,0 17,2 44,9 1,0 44,6 1,6 51,1
Contracts tied to spot price 1,0 7,0 11,0 28,0 1,7 29,0 1,8 17,8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 1,4 8,3 15,8 15,5 1,3 13,6 1,7 19,8
                 
Manufacturing, excl. energy-intensive manufacturing       11,8   8,1   12,4
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last three months) 1,3 11,5 16,9 20,9 0,8 13,1 1,2 11,2
Old fixed-price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) 3,1 4,4 21,5 48,2 2,8 56,9 2,5 57,6
Contracts tied to spot price 0,8 7,2 10,5 24,5 1,6 24,1 1,7 19,2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 0,8 8,9 11,5 6,4 1,0 5,9 1,4 12,0
                 
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry       17,2   14,5   17,0
Old fixed-price contracts not entered in the market 5,7 3,4 21,4 90,3 4,7 84,3 4,8 84,5
Contracts tied to spot price 1,0 8,0 9,8 9,2 2,6 14,9 1,3 15,5
1  Standard deviation is a measure of range. Higher numbers indicate a greater range of prices.
2  VAT and tax on consumption are not included.

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