Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2007 Change in per cent 2nd quarter 2007 3rd quarter 2006
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 17.6 -23.3 -59.7 22.9 43.6
1-year fixed-price contracts 36.5 4.2 -1.9 35.0 37.2
Other fixed-price contracts 37.6 3.1 23.4 36.4 30.5
Contracts tied to spot price 9.1 -55.5 -81.2 20.6 48.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 19.5 -10.6 -54.9 21.8 43.2
           
Services 16.3 -29.4 -61.2 23.1 42.1
New fixed-price contracts1 33.4 15.4 -11.3 28.9 37.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 33.0 -0.3 19.2 33.1 27.7
Contracts tied to spot price 9.3 -52.3 -79.4 19.5 45.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 19.8 -7.6 -53.0 21.5 42.2
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 16.7 -19.7 -45.2 20.9 30.6
New fixed-price contracts1 32.1 14.1 -24.8 28.1 42.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 22.4 -1.4 3.4 22.7 21.6
Contracts tied to spot price 5.3 -70.3 -89.5 18.0 50.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 19.3 -6.7 -56.9 20.7 44.7
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 15.8 0.8 28.6 15.7 12.3
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 16.5 5.5 36.0 15.6 12.1
Contracts tied to spot price 6.4 -65.0 -84.7 18.4 42.2
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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