Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2005 Change in per cent 4th quarter 2004 1st quarter 2004
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 23.9 -13.6 -17.4 27.7 29.0
1-year fixed-price contracts 25.3 -7.4 -9.9 27.3 28.0
Other fixed price contracts 26.6 1.1 2.1 26.3 26.1
Contracts tied to spot price 21.8 -16.1 -16.8 26.0 26.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 23.9 -15.8 -20.4 28.3 30.0
           
Services 22.0 -13.1 -13.8 25.3 25.5
New fixed-price contacts1 24.5 -9.1 -5.8 27.0 26.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 25.5 4.9 5.5 24.3 24.1
Contracts tied to spot price 20.3 -19.2 -19.1 25.2 25.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 22.4 -17.3 -23.7 27.1 29.3
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 21.4 -10.5 -12.5 23.9 24.5
New fixed-price contracts1 25.3 2.5 -3.8 24.7 26.4
Old fixed-price contracts1 21.8 -6.1 -6.5 23.3 23.3
Contracts tied to spot price 19.7 -19.9 -21.2 24.6 25.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 22.6 13.3 -18.1 20.0 27.6
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 11.1 -10.8 -13.5 12.5 12.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 11.0 -11.5 -12.6 12.4 12.5
Contracts tied to spot price 19.9 -16.2 -17.6 23.8 24.2
1  New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contracts are entered earlier.
2  Average for all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).

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