Electric energy prices

2   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2002
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent)
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 2nd Q 2002 3rd Q 2001 19982 19992 20002 20012
Wholesales of electricity 14.2     9.1 -9.8 13.0 15.8 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2
Fixed-price contracts, full time 12.6 8.3 23.6 -13.7 -6.8 14.6 13.6 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9
Fixed-price contracts, free time 14.4 10.7 22.0 -9.4 -19.7 15.9 17.9 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5
Contracts not entered in the market 12.3 4.3 15.0 1.4 15.5 12.1 10.7 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7
Spot price and regulation electricity 14.0 12.6 16.5 21.5 -20.4 11.5 17.6 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 14.9 10.9 15.9 4.8 2.1 14.3 14.6 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6
                       
Electricity access 12.6     9.8 -14.5 11.5 14.7 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) : : : : : : 0.0 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0
All other fixed-price contracts 16.8 10.4 20.5 13.8 -3.8 14.8 17.5 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3
Contracts not entered in the market 10.0 5.6 17.6 -14.5 0.1 11.7 10.0 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6
Spot price and regulation electricity 13.6 12.6 15.3 23.3 -17.5 11.0 16.4 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5
Average unit cost of electricity production 12.3 7.0 17.0 12.6 -13.5 10.9 14.2 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  Preliminary figures.

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