Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2007 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2007 4th quarter 2006
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 34.9 98.8 -32.1 17.6 51.5
1-year fixed-price contracts 39.5 8.3 -7.9 36.5 42.9
Other fixed-price contracts 39.2 4.4 9.6 37.6 35.8
Contracts tied to spot price 37.0  304.5 -19.1 9.1 45.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 32.4 66.3 -44.1 19.5 57.9
           
Services 35.6  117.6 -16.9 16.3 42.8
New fixed-price contracts1 34.0 2.1 -5.7 33.4 36.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 33.9 2.6 16.4 33.0 29.1
Contracts tied to spot price 37.0  296.9 -16.5 9.3 44.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 30.1 51.9 -46.0 19.8 55.8
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 29.1 74.0 -0.3 16.7 29.2
New fixed-price contracts1 32.4 1.2 -17.9 32.1 39.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 23.7 6.0 5.5 22.4 22.5
Contracts tied to spot price 35.4  562.3 -17.3 5.3 42.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 32.4 68.1 -42.2 19.3 56.1
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 18.8 18.7 32.9 15.8 14.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 16.9 2.4 26.2 16.5 13.4
Contracts tied to spot price 34.7  439.0 -19.8 6.4 43.3
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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