Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices and grid rent in the end-user market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2003 Electricity price excl. taxes2
  Electricity price incl. taxes1 Electricity price excl. taxes2 Change in electricity price excl. taxes (per cent) Change in electricity price incl. taxes (per cent) 2nd quarter 2003 3rd quarter 2002 19983 19993 20003 20013 20023
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
$Households 44.3 27.1 -2.9 70.5 -2.2 45.6 28.0 15.9 16.2 15.2 14.1 20.6 20.3
1-year fixed-price contracts 44.8 27.6 5.9 45.1 4.4 31.2 26.0 19.0 .. 15.2 14.4 18.9 19.5
Other fixed price contracts 41.7 25.0 4.6 36.2 3.3 24.9 23.9 18.4 .. 16.9 16.5 19.3 19.3
Contracts tied to spot price 49.5 31.5 13.1  101.6 9.8 65.0 27.8 15.6 .. 13.1 12.3 19.3 19.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 43.5 26.5 -7.3 69.7 -5.5 44.8 28.6 15.6 16.0 15.1 14.1 21.0 20.5
                           
$Services . 27.0 5.5 72.1 . . 25.6 15.7 16.5 14.8 13.3 19.4 19.4
New fixed-price contacts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 25.6 2.2 49.7 . . 25.1 17.1 17.5 14.9 13.9 18.5 18.6
Old fixed-price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 19.9 -3.0 14.0 . . 20.5 17.5 17.8 15.7 14.4 15.7 17.8
Contracts tied to spot price . 29.8 10.0  102.7 . . 27.1 14.7 12.1 12.5 10.7 20.3 19.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 26.8 -3.4 79.1 . . 27.8 15.0 15.2 14.9 14.0 20.9 20.5
                           
$Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry . 23.6 2.8 29.0 . . 23.0 18.3 16.3 15.1 13.9 18.4 19.8
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) . 25.0 -5.3 35.4 . . 26.4 18.5 16.8 14.7 14.2 19.3 18.9
Old fixed price contracts (entered into before last 3 mos.) . 20.6 2.9 4.4 . . 20.0 19.7 17.4 16.8 15.4 16.9 19.3
Contracts tied to spot price . 28.3 6.6 91.6 . . 26.6 14.8 12.8 12.1 10.7 19.6 20.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 26.1 -10.5 74.0 . . 29.2 15.0 15.1 14.2 14.2 19.6 21.5
                           
$Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry4 . 10.9 -2.2 -31.0 . . 11.2 15.9 12.0 13.1 12.2 14.7 15.7
Old fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market . 10.9 -1.3 -31.2 . . 11.1 15.9 12.1 13.5 12.4 14.6 15.6
Contracts tied to spot price . : : : . . 26.8 14.6 9.6 10.8 10.1 21.1 19.3
1  Tax on consumption is 9.5 øre/kWh in 2003 and was 9.3 øre/kWh in 2002, VAT is 24 per cent in 2003 and was 24 per cent in 2002. 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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