Statistics Norway

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2006 Change in per cent 2nd quarter 2006 3rd quarter 2005
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 43.6 9.9 58.8 39.7 27.4
1-year fixed-price contracts 37.2 9.7 30.9 33.9 28.4
Other fixed-price contracts 30.5 1.9 9.5 29.9 27.8
Contracts tied to spot price 48.7 48.8 79.7 32.7 27.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 43.2 -3.9 57.8 45.0 27.4
           
Services 42.1 29.8 65.7 32.4 25.4
New fixed-price contracts1 37.6 2.0 22.1 36.9 30.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 27.7 -7.2 8.5 29.8 25.5
Contracts tied to spot price 45.3 46.3 81.5 31.0 25.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.2 -2.5 58.0 43.3 26.7
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 30.6 19.2 36.4 25.7 22.4
New fixed-price contracts1 42.6 22.8 45.9 34.7 29.2
Old fixed-price contracts1 21.6 -5.1 1.1 22.8 21.4
Contracts tied to spot price 50.7 65.5  106.6 30.7 24.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 44.7 4.5 61.8 42.8 27.6
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 12.3 -4.2 -0.3 12.9 12.3
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 12.1 -3.5 -1.4 12.6 12.3
Contracts tied to spot price 42.2 37.1 98.9 30.8 21.2
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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