Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

6   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2003
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 2nd quarter 2003 3rd quarter 2002 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022
Wholesales of electricity 23.8     15.1 67.7 20.7 14.2 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1
Fixed-price contracts, full time 10.9 8.9 21.3 2.7 -13.4 10.7 12.6 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3
Fixed-price contracts, free time 28.1 15.4 38.9 27.2 95.1 22.1 14.4 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3
Contracts not entered in the market 10.4 4.9 27.8 -24.9 -15.9 13.8 12.3 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5
Spot price and regulation electricity 29.7 22.8 31.7 14.9 112.1 25.9 14.0 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 18.8 13.2 34.8 2.6 25.8 18.3 14.9 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5
                         
Electricity access 21.1     -0.1 67.4 21.1 12.6 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 20.9 9.4 31.5 1.8 24.6 20.5 16.8 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8
Contracts not entered in the market 10.0 8.5 28.8 1.8 -0.8 9.8 10.0 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9
Spot price and regulation electricity 29.1 25.5 31.9 13.1 114.5 25.7 13.6 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7
Average unit cost of electricity production 21.8 7.0 31.4 6.0 77.1 20.5 12.3 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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