Table 1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh

1	Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh

	3rd quarter 2005	Change in per cent		2nd quarter 2005	3rd quarter 2004

	3rd quarter 2005	Last 3 months	Last 12 months	2nd quarter 2005	3rd quarter 2004

Households	27.4	0.9	0.6	27.2	27.3
1-year fixed-price contracts	28.4	2.4	1.9	27.8	27.9
Other fixed price contracts	27.8	2.7	6.8	27.1	26.0
Contracts tied to spot price	27.1	-0.8	8.6	27.3	24.9
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	27.4	1.0	-1.8	27.1	27.9

Services	25.4	-1.1	2.3	25.7	24.8
New fixed-price contacts	30.8	13.9	11.4	27.0	27.6
Old fixed-price contracts	25.5	1.1	5.3	25.2	24.2
Contracts tied to spot price	25.0	-2.6	2.2	25.6	24.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	26.7	1.6	-2.1	26.3	27.3

Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry	22.3	-3.1	-4.0	23.1	23.3
New fixed-price contacts¹	29.2	13.7	6.0	25.7	27.6
Old fixed-price contracts¹	21.4	-1.1	-0.8	21.7	21.6
Contracts tied to spot price	24.1	-3.2	-4.0	24.9	25.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	27.6	2.6	-0.3	26.9	27.7

Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry²	12.3	0.9	13.9	12.2	10.8
Old fixed-price contracts¹ and contracts not entered in the market	12.3	1.8	13.7	12.1	10.8
Contracts tied to spot price	21.2	-19.2	-18.7	26.3	26.1

¹	New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contacts are entered earlier.
²	Average for all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).