Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2008 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2008 4rd quarter 2007
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 50.0 30.6 43.1 38.3 34.9
1-year fixed-price contracts 44.5 0.9 12.5 44.1 39.5
Other fixed-price contracts 44.2 1.3 12.8 43.7 39.2
Contracts tied to spot price 47.4 18.7 28.2 40.0 37.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 54.1 52.1 67.1 35.6 32.4
           
Services 46.3 13.8 30.2 40.7 35.6
New fixed-price contracts1 43.2 5.6 26.8 40.9 34.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 41.8 5.3 23.5 39.7 33.9
Contracts tied to spot price 46.4 12.6 25.3 41.2 37.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 49.7 33.7 65.0 37.2 30.1
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 34.4 18.2 18.0 29.1 29.1
New fixed-price contracts1 43.9 -5.7 35.2 46.5 32.4
Old fixed-price contracts1 24.4 1.8 2.9 24.0 23.7
Contracts tied to spot price 46.0 24.8 29.9 36.9 35.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 50.6 9.1 56.2 46.4 32.4
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 19.8 -1.0 5.4 20.0 18.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 19.3 -1.8 14.2 19.7 16.9
Contracts tied to spot price 45.4 30.4 30.8 34.8 34.7
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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