Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2007 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2007 2nd quarter 2006
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 22.9 -21.8 -42.2 29.3 39.7
1-year fixed-price contracts 35.0 2.4 3.2 34.2 33.9
Other fixed-price contracts 36.4 7.2 21.9 34.0 29.9
Contracts tied to spot price 20.6 -20.1 -37.1 25.7 32.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 21.8 -27.6 -51.6 30.1 45.0
           
Services 23.1 -17.1 -28.7 27.9 32.4
New fixed-price contracts1 28.9 -11.1 -21.6 32.5 36.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 33.1 3.4 11.0 32.0 29.8
Contracts tied to spot price 19.5 -25.0 -36.9 26.0 31.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 21.5 -27.4 -50.4 29.6 43.3
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 20.9 -11.3 -18.7 23.5 25.7
New fixed-price contracts1 28.1 -3.1 -19.1 29.0 34.7
Old fixed-price contracts1 22.7 -2.7 -0.5 23.3 22.8
Contracts tied to spot price 18.0 -22.7 -41.3 23.3 30.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 20.7 -29.4 -51.7 29.2 42.8
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 15.7 -7.1 22.2 16.9 12.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 15.6 -5.5 24.5 16.5 12.6
Contracts tied to spot price 18.4 -36.4 -40.3 28.9 30.8
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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