Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

5   Time series covering quarterly prices of electric energy for households, taxes included1. Øre/kWh
  Unit 1st Q 1998 2nd Q 1998 3rd Q 1998 4th Q 1998 1st Q 1999 2nd Q 1999 3rd Q 1999 4th Q 1999 1st Q 2000 2nd Q 2000 3rd Q 2000 4th Q 2000 1st Q 2001 2nd Q 2001 3rd Q 2001 4th Q 2001 1st Q 2002 2nd Q 2002 3rd Q 2002 4th Q 2002 1st Q 2003 2nd Q 2003 3rd Q 2003 4th Q 2003 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022 20032
Households Øre/kWh     29.3     26.1     24.2     24.4     27.7     22.9     20.3     27.1     30.3     24.1     22.9     28.6     35.8     39.6     40.3     38.9     37.6     30.5     30.4     39.8     87.1     45.3     44.3     49.9     26.3     25.3     27.1     38.4     35.7     61.6
1-year fixed-price contracts Øre/kWh .. 28.0 27.4 25.1 26.0 25.2 24.6 25.1 27.5 26.5 27.1 28.5 32.8 36.4 38.5 36.7 35.5 33.6 34.2 34.9 51.1 43.0 44.8 45.2 .. 25.3 27.5 36.3 34.8 46.2
Other fixed price contracts Øre/kWh .. 28.0 29.0 29.3 28.5 26.8 26.1 27.0 29.9 29.6 28.3 31.8 35.2 36.0 40.0 37.1 34.9 34.2 33.4 34.5 48.2 40.4 41.7 42.5 .. 27.4 30.0 36.9 34.5 42.3
Contracts tied to spot price Øre/kWh .. 24.7 15.7 24.9 25.5 21.0 20.2 24.3 24.9 21.5 22.3 28.2 43.4 38.2 37.7 35.5 32.1 27.8 30.0 46.2 56.9 45.1 49.5 50.6 .. 22.9 24.9 36.9 34.6 50.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) Øre/kWh 29.5 25.7 23.7 24.1 27.8 22.6 19.5 27.3 30.6 23.9 22.3 28.6 35.8 40.3 40.7 39.9 38.9 30.4 30.1 40.1 93.1 46.1 43.5 52.1 26.1 25.2 27.1 39.0 36.0 66.5
                                                               
Tax on consumption of electric energy Øre/kWh 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.94 5.94 5.94 5.94 8.56 8.56 8.56 8.56 11.30 11.30 11.30 11.30 9.30 9.30 9.30 9.30 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.50 5.75 5.94 8.56 11.30 9.30 9.50
Value added tax Per cent 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 24 24 24
1  Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. The price in this table is the average for the entire country. To find the average price including taxes for areas not exempted from taxes, add the tax on consumption to the average price without taxes (see table 4). Subsequently add the VAT to this total.
2  Preliminary estimate.

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