Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

2   Electricity prices and grid rent for households, quarterly
  1st quarter 2005 Change in per cent 4th quarter 2004 1st quarter 2004 20032 20042
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Electricity price excl. taxes 23.9 -13.6 -17.4 27.7 29.0 41.4 27.9
Electricity price incl. taxes1 29.3 -12.9 -16.8 33.6 35.2 61.6 33.8
Grid rent excl. taxes 24.9 -1.3 -2.2 25.2 25.5 23.5 25.3
Grid rent incl. taxes1 42.1 0.4 -0.3 41.9 42.2 28.4 42.0
               
Total price of electricity and grid rent excl. taxes 48.8 -7.7 -10.3 52.9 54.4 64.9 53.1
Total price of electricity and grid ren incl. taxes 71.4 -5.5 -7.8 75.6 77.4 90.0 75.8
1  VAT is included. Tax on consumption of electricity has been collected by the grid rent company from January 1st in 2004. Before that this tax was collected by the company selling the electricity. Therefore the tax on consumption of electricity is included in the electricity price before 2004 and included in the grid rent after that. Total price of electricity and grid rent incl. taxes is not influenced by this.
2  Preliminary estimate.
Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Administration.

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