Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2009 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2009 4th quarter 2008
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 32.1 -0.9 -35.8 32.4 50.0
1-year fixed-price contracts 35.6 -5.1 -20.0 37.5 44.5
Other fixed-price contracts 38.8 -5.9 -12.4 41.2 44.2
Contracts tied to spot price 32.4 5.3 -31.6 30.8 47.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 30.9 -8.4 -42.9 33.7 54.1
           
Services 33.1 2.4 -28.6 32.3 46.3
New fixed-price contracts1 31.6 -7.3 -26.7 34.1 43.2
Old fixed-price contracts1 35.6 -4.2 -14.8 37.2 41.8
Contracts tied to spot price 32.5 6.6 -29.8 30.5 46.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 34.2 -6.2 -31.1 36.5 49.7
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 29.0 7.8 -15.5 26.9 34.4
New fixed-price contracts1 33.5 -9.1 -23.7 36.8 43.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 25.3 0.7 3.6 25.1 24.4
Contracts tied to spot price 33.1 12.9 -28.2 29.3 46.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 36.5 0.2 -28.0 36.4 50.6
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 21.1 -0.3 6.6 21.2 19.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 19.7 -1.4 1.9 19.9 19.3
Contracts tied to spot price 31.2 6.3 -31.4 29.3 45.4
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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