Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

3   Range of electricity prices in end-user market and distribution of sold quantity in the sample
  3rd quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2003
  Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Minimum price2 Maximum price2 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent Standard deviation for electricity prices1 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent
Households       41.3   34.7   26.2
1-year fixed-price contracts 3.7 13.9 32.4 10.0 3.6 10.1 5.5 7.2
Other fixed-price contracts 3.3 17.9 34.8 10.0 2.5 11.7 4.3 7.8
Contracts tied to spot price 2.3 22.3 30.8 14.2 2.1 13.6 2.1 13.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 2.3 18.6 33.5 65.8 1.7 64.6 3.3 71.9
                 
Services       27.9   22.3   20.1
New fixed-price contracts4 2.8 21.5 31.1 5.5 1.9 7.1 3.6 9.5
Old fixed-price contracts4 2.8 17.9 32.3 17.3 3.0 24.2 4.1 19.7
Contracts tied to spot price 1.9 21.9 29.9 67.9 2.3 55.3 3.6 55.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 2.3 18.6 32.2 9.3 1.9 13.4 3.7 15.5
                 
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry       14.6   11.8   11.0
New fixed-price contracts4 3.5 20.3 29.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 1.7 2.9
Old fixed-price contracts4 5.4 4.4 31.3 56.3 4.9 36.8 4.4 58.4
Contracts tied to spot price 3.4 13.7 29.0 38.4 2.9 52.7 4.3 34.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 1.3 25.0 30.4 1.8 1.0 7.2 3.8 4.4
                 
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry3       16.2   31.1   42.8
Old fixed-price contracts4 and contracts not entered in the market 6.5 4.5 22.4 : 7.6 : 5.5 :
Contracts tied to spot price : : : : : : : :
1  Standard deviation is a measure of range. Higher numbers indicate a greater range of prices.
2  VAT and tax on consumption are not included.
3  All types of contract, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).
4  New fixed-price contracts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contracts are entered earlier.

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