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         1st Q 2004         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 46.7 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 45.6 .. 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 43.2 .. 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 43.3 .. 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 47.9 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 9.67 5.75 5.94 8.56 11.3 9.3 9.5
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 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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