Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2008 Change in per cent 4th quarter 2007 1st quarter 2007
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 38.8 10.9 32.3 34.9 29.3
1-year fixed-price contracts 38.4 -3.0 12.1 39.5 34.2
Other fixed-price contracts 40.3 2.8 18.6 39.2 34.0
Contracts tied to spot price 35.0 -5.3 36.2 37.0 25.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.3 30.6 40.6 32.4 30.1
           
Services 34.5 -3.0 23.6 35.6 27.9
New fixed-price contracts1 35.0 2.7 7.6 34.0 32.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 36.6 8.0 14.2 33.9 32.0
Contracts tied to spot price 33.5 -9.4 28.7 37.0 26.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 40.6 34.9 37.3 30.1 29.6
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 27.8 -4.4 18.3 29.1 23.5
New fixed-price contracts1 39.4 21.5 36.0 32.4 29.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 23.7 0.1 1.7 23.7 23.3
Contracts tied to spot price 32.5 -8.2 39.7 35.4 23.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.2 30.0 44.2 32.4 29.2
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 20.0 6.5 18.3 18.8 16.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 18.9 11.9 14.2 16.9 16.5
Contracts tied to spot price 33.1 -4.6 14.5 34.7 28.9
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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