Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2004 Change in per cent 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2003
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 27.3 2.1 0.5 26.7 27.1
1-year fixed-price contracts 27.9 0.7 1.1 27.7 27.6
Other fixed price contracts 26.0 1.3 4.1 25.7 25.0
Contracts tied to spot price 24.9 6.2 -20.8 23.5 31.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.9 1.6 5.0 27.4 26.5
           
Services 24.8 6.2 -8.0 23.4 27.0
New fixed-price contacts1 27.6 12.6 7.8 24.6 25.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 24.2 2.1 21.6 23.7 19.9
Contracts tied to spot price 24.4 8.9 -18.0 22.4 29.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.3 4.2 1.7 26.2 26.8
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 23.3 3.7 -1.4 22.4 23.6
New fixed-price contacts1 27.6 5.5 10.2 26.1 25.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 21.6 -7.2 5.0 23.3 20.6
Contracts tied to spot price 25.1 18.7 -11.3 21.2 28.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.7 7.2 6.2 25.9 26.1
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 10.8 -6.4 -1.0 11.6 10.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 10.8 -6.4 -1.0 11.6 10.9
Contracts tied to spot price 26.1 24.2 -14.4 21.0 30.5
1  New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contacts are entered earlier.
2  Average for all types of contracts, inclusive new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).

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