2   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2002
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent)
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 3rd Q 2002 4th Q 2001 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022
Wholesales of electricity 25.6     80.5 59.5 14.2 16.1 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1
Fixed-price contracts, full time 11.2 8.3 23.6 -11.4 -35.5 12.6 17.4 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3
Fixed-price contracts, free time 20.6 12.6 36.3 43.0 15.6 14.4 17.8 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3
Contracts not entered in the market 18.4 6.8 29.6 49.2 41.0 12.3 13.0 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5
Spot price and regulation electricity 29.3 23.9 29.8  109.1 73.3 14.0 16.9 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 22.5 11.8 28.6 50.3 53.8 14.9 14.6 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5
                         
Electricity access 22.6     79.1 50.5 12.6 15.0 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8 15.7
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) : : : : : : : 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0 13.2
All other fixed-price contracts 19.9 10.4 27.6 18.5 17.8 16.8 16.9 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8
Contracts not entered in the market 10.6 5.6 27.8 5.9 -7.5 10.0 11.5 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9
Spot price and regulation electricity 27.8 22.4 29.5  104.7 67.5 13.6 16.6 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7
Average unit cost of electricity production 22.0 7.0 28.5 78.7 55.3 12.3 14.1 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5 15.2
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  Preliminary figures.

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