Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

6   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2004
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2003
Wholesales of electricity 19.2     -9.1 -7.1 21.2 20.7
Fixed-price contracts, full time 10.9 8.9 20.8 -38.8 2.3 17.8 10.7
Fixed-price contracts, free time 21.5 16.6 29.7 3.6 -2.9 20.7 22.1
Contracts not entered in the market 12.5 5.9 23.6 -1.5 -9.6 12.7 13.8
Spot price and regulation electricity 22.5 16.7 26.2 -5.8 -12.9 23.9 25.9
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 17.7 13.5 28.5 -6.4 -3.4 18.9 18.3
               
Electricity access 17.3     -11.6 -18.0 19.6 21.1
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) : : : : : : :
All other fixed-price contracts 19.5 8.8 24.5 -6.6 -4.9 20.9 20.5
Contracts not entered in the market 10.5 8.5 21.4 5.1 7.2 10.0 9.8
Spot price and regulation electricity 21.3 8.7 24.1 -10.3 -17.4 23.7 25.7
Average unit cost of electricity production 14.2 7.0 23.2 -16.0 -30.7 16.9 20.5
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.

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