Electric energy prices, quarterly

2   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2003
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 1st Q 2003 2nd Q 2002 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022
Wholesales of electricity 20.7     -29.2 59.0 29.2 13.0 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1
Fixed-price contracts, full time 10.7 8.5 21.3 -55.0 -27.3 23.7 14.6 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3
Fixed-price contracts, free time 22.1 16.3 34.8 -15.5 39.1 26.1 15.9 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3
Contracts not entered in the market 13.8 4.6 27.8 -6.7 13.6 14.8 12.1 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5
Spot price and regulation electricity 25.9 22.0 27.7 -28.9  124.3 36.4 11.5 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 18.3 13.3 27.3 -24.5 28.6 24.3 14.3 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5
                         
$Electricity access 21.1     -25.3 84.0 28.3 11.5 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 20.5 9.4 47.1 -7.6 39.3 22.2 14.8 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8
Contracts not entered in the market 9.8 6.5 26.0 -19.4 -16.7 12.1 11.7 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9
Spot price and regulation electricity 25.7 20.1 27.3 -27.4  133.8 35.5 11.0 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7
Average unit cost of electricity production 20.5 7.0 27.5 -11.9 88.0 23.3 10.9 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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