Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2007 Change in per cent 4th quarter 2006 1st quarter 2006
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 29.3 -43.1 -16.8 51.5 35.2
1-year fixed-price contracts 34.2 -20.3 7.9 42.9 31.7
Other fixed-price contracts 34.0 -5.0 14.6 35.8 29.7
Contracts tied to spot price 25.7 -43.8 -28.6 45.7 36.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 30.1 -48.1 -16.7 57.9 36.1
           
Services 27.9 -34.8 -17.3 42.8 33.7
New fixed-price contracts1 32.5 -10.0 5.5 36.1 30.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 32.0 10.1 2.9 29.1 31.1
Contracts tied to spot price 26.0 -41.3 -24.8 44.3 34.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 29.6 -47.0 -16.6 55.8 35.5
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 23.5 -19.5 -14.9 29.2 27.6
New fixed-price contracts1 29.0 -26.6 -3.0 39.5 29.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 23.3 3.8 2.1 22.5 22.8
Contracts tied to spot price 23.3 -45.7 -31.3 42.8 33.9
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 29.2 -47.8 -20.3 56.1 36.7
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 16.9 19.7 30.9 14.1 12.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 16.5 23.6 40.6 13.4 11.8
Contracts tied to spot price 28.9 -33.2 54.2 43.3 18.8
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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