Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2006 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2006 4th quarter 2005
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 51.5 18.1 74.9 43.6 29.4
1-year fixed-price contracts 42.9 15.3 50.9 37.2 28.4
Other fixed-price contracts 35.8 17.5 27.4 30.5 28.1
Contracts tied to spot price 45.7 -6.0 83.3 48.7 24.9
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 57.9 34.0 84.1 43.2 31.4
           
Services 42.8 1.6 73.0 42.1 24.7
New fixed-price contracts1 36.1 -4.0 18.4 37.6 30.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 29.1 5.1 9.1 27.7 26.7
Contracts tied to spot price 44.3 -2.1 97.0 45.3 22.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 55.8 32.1 86.4 42.2 29.9
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 29.2 -4.4 29.3 30.6 22.6
New fixed-price contracts1 39.5 -7.4 38.0 42.6 28.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 22.5 3.9 0.5 21.6 22.3
Contracts tied to spot price 42.8 -15.6 92.9 50.7 22.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 56.1 25.4 78.0 44.7 31.5
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 14.1 14.8 8.5 12.3 13.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 13.4 10.4 3.6 12.1 12.9
Contracts tied to spot price 43.3 2.6  100.6 42.2 21.6
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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