Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices and grid rent in the end-user market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2004 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) 4th quarter 2003 1st quarter 2003 19983 19993 20003 20013 20023 20033
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
$Households 46.7 29.0 -8.8 -53.6 -6.4 -46.4 31.8 62.4 16.2 15.2 14.1 20.6 20.3 41.4
1-year fixed-price contracts 45.6 28.0 0.6 -14.4 0.9 -10.8 27.9 32.7 .. 15.2 14.4 18.9 19.5 28.7
Other fixed price contracts 43.2 26.1 1.7 -14.2 1.7 -10.4 25.6 30.4 .. 16.9 16.5 19.3 19.3 25.5
Contracts tied to spot price 43.3 26.2 -19.1 -30.2 -14.4 -23.9 32.4 37.5 .. 13.1 12.3 19.3 19.3 32.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 47.9 30.0 -10.7 -55.4 -8.0 -48.5 33.6 67.3 16.0 15.1 14.1 21.0 20.5 45.4
                             
$Services . 25.5 -11.0 -35.4 . . 28.6 39.4 16.5 14.8 13.3 19.4 19.4 31.1
New fixed-price contacts5 . 26.0 -9.5 9.3 . . 28.8 23.8 17.5 14.9 13.9 18.5 18.6 26.3
Old fixed-price contracts5 . 23.9 7.9 17.8 . . 22.2 20.3 17.8 15.7 14.4 15.7 17.8 20.8
Contracts tied to spot price . 25.1 -20.0 -29.6 . . 31.4 35.7 12.1 12.5 10.7 20.3 19.6 31.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 29.8 -8.1 -53.8 . . 32.4 64.5 15.2 14.9 14.0 20.9 20.5 44.1
                             
$Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry . 24.5 -5.7 -21.9 . . 26.0 31.4 16.3 15.1 13.9 18.4 19.8 26.3
New fixed-price contacts5 . 26.4 -9.0 0.6 . . 29.0 26.2 16.8 14.7 14.2 19.3 18.9 27.2
Old fixed-price contracts5 . 23.3 6.5 7.0 . . 21.9 21.8 17.4 16.8 15.4 16.9 19.3 21.1
Contracts tied to spot price . 25.1 -18.3 -29.5 . . 30.7 35.5 12.8 12.1 10.7 19.6 20.2 30.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) . 27.6 -18.0 -59.2 . . 33.7 67.8 15.1 14.2 14.2 19.6 21.5 45.0
                             
$Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry4 . 12.9 16.6 13.3 . . 11.0 11.3 12.0 13.1 12.2 14.7 15.7 11.1
Old fixed-price contracts5 and contracts not entered in the market . 12.5 14.2 11.6 . . 11.0 11.2 12.1 13.5 12.4 14.6 15.6 11.1
Contracts tied to spot price . : : : . . : 35.6 9.6 10.8 10.1 21.1 19.3 31.7
1  Tax on consumption is 9.67 øre/kWh in 2004 and was 9.5 øre/kWh in 2003. VAT is 24 per cent in 2004 and was 24 per cent in 2003. See table 5 for taxes further back in time. Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. 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).
5  New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contacts are entered earlier.

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