Statistics Norway

6   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2004
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 4th quarter 2003 1st quarter 2003 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022 20032
Wholesales of electricity 21.2     -16.9 -27.7 25.4 29.2 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1 25.5
Fixed-price contracts, full time 17.8 15.7 20.8 61.2 -24.7 11.1 23.7 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3 17.0
Fixed-price contracts, free time 20.7 13.4 29.3 -15.0 -20.8 24.4 26.1 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3 25.0
Contracts not entered in the market 12.7 5.4 23.7 15.8 -14.3 10.9 14.8 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5 13.1
Spot price and regulation electricity 23.9 21.1 25.4 -21.9 -34.2 30.6 36.4 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2 31.7
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 18.9 14.8 24.6 -11.6 -22.1 21.4 24.3 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5 21.0
                           
Electricity access 19.6     -10.4 -30.7 21.9 28.3 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8 15.7 23.7
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) : : : : : : : 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0 13.2 32.1
All other fixed-price contracts 20.9 8.8 27.3 -7.1 -5.9 22.5 22.2 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8 21.7
Contracts not entered in the market 10.0 8.1 23.8 -1.8 -17.8 10.2 12.1 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9 10.6
Spot price and regulation electricity 23.7 20.6 27.9 -21.2 -33.1 30.1 35.5 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7 30.9
Average unit cost of electricity production 16.9 7.0 25.2 -5.3 -27.3 17.9 23.3 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5 15.2 20.7
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  Preliminary figures.

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