Electric energy prices

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2002 4th Q 2001 1st Q 2001 19983 19993 20003 20013
  Electricity price incl. taxes1 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Change in electricity price excl. taxes (per cent) Change in electricity price incl. taxes (per cent) Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Electricity price excl. taxes2
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 37,6 21,9 4,5 19,0 -3,2 5,2 20,9 18,4 16,2 15,2 14,1 20,6
1-year fixed-price contracts 35,5 20,1 5,2 26,2 -3,2 8,3 19,1 15,9 .. 15,2 14,4 18,9
Other fixed price contracts 34,9 19,6 0,9 9,4 -5,8 -0,9 19,4 17,9 .. 16,9 16,5 19,3
Contracts tied to spot price 32,1 17,3 -4,6 -29,6 -9,5 -25,9 18,2 24,6 .. 13,1 12,3 19,3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 38,9 22,9 5,1 24,6 -2,5 8,8 21,8 18,4 16,0 15,1 14,1 21,0
                         
Services . 18,7 -1,6 -3,9 . . 19,0 19,5 16,5 14,8 13,3 19,4
New fixed-price contacts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 18,7 -4,3 15,0 . . 19,5 16,3 17,5 14,9 13,9 18,5
Old fixed-price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 17,9 7,6 21,2 . . 16,6 14,7 17,8 15,7 14,4 15,7
Contracts tied to spot price . 17,2 -3,5 -30,0 . . 17,8 24,5 12,1 12,5 10,7 20,3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 22,5 2,5 22,7 . . 21,9 18,3 15,2 14,9 14,0 20,9
                         
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry . 18,1 -3,6 2,8 . . 18,8 17,6 16,3 15,1 13,9 18,4
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 18,6 -6,6 17,1 . . 20,0 15,9 16,8 14,7 14,2 19,3
Old fixed price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 18,5 0,4 21,3 . . 18,4 15,2 17,4 16,8 15,4 16,9
Contracts tied to spot price . 17,1 -6,0 -24,9 . . 18,2 22,8 12,8 12,1 10,7 19,6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 22,9 2,8 28,2 . . 22,3 17,8 15,1 14,2 14,2 19,6
                         
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry4 . 16,8 -8,1 19,9 . . 18,3 14,0 12,0 13,1 12,2 14,7
Old fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market . 16,8 -8,3 21,0 . . 18,3 13,9 12,1 13,5 12,4 14,6
Contracts tied to spot price . 16,8 1,8 -33,0 . . 16,5 25,1 9,6 10,8 10,1 21,1
1  Tax on consumption is 9.3 øre/kWh in 2002 and was 11.3 øre/kWh in 2001, VAT is 24 per cent in 2002 and was 24 per cent in 2001. See table 5 for taxes further back in time. Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. Manufacturing, mining and greenhouses are also exempt, from 2001 this only holds for electric energy used in the production prosess. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. The price in this column is the average for the entire country. To find the average price including taxes for areas not exempted from taxes, add the consumption tax to the average price. Subsequently add VAT to this total.
2  VAT and tax on consumption are not included.
3  Preliminary estimate.
4  Average for all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).

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