Table 2 Electricity prices and grid rent for households, quarterly

2	Electricity prices and grid rent for households, quarterly

	Prices in øre/kWh	Change in per cent		Prices in øre/kWh

	3rd quarter 2003	Last 3 mos.	Last 12 mos.	2nd quarter 2003	3rd quarter 2002

Electricity price excl. taxes	27.1	-2.9	70.5	28.0	15.9
Electricity price incl. taxes¹	44.3	-2.2	45.6	45.3	30.4
Grid rent excl. taxes	23.8	2.8	9.1	23.2	21.8
Grid rent incl. VAT²	28.8	2.8	9.1	28.0	26.4

Total price of electricity and grid ren excl. taxes	51.0	-0.4	35.0	51.1	37.8
Total price of electricity and grid ren incl. taxes	73.0	-0.3	28.6	73.3	56.8

¹	Tax on consumption of electricity and VAT are included. 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. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. This price 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	Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. This price is the average for the entire country. To find the average price including VAT for areas not exempted from taxes, add VAT to the average price exclusive of taxes. See table 5 for taxes further back in time.
Source: Statistisk sentralbyrå og Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat.