Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2010 Change in per cent 4th Q 2009 1st Q 2009
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 53.6 66.9 32.4 32.1 40.5
1-year fixed-price contracts 37.8 6.1 -4.3 35.6 39.4
Other fixed-price contracts 40.1 3.5 -3.0 38.8 41.3
Contracts tied to spot price 57.8 78.2 54.3 32.4 37.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 49.6 60.8 13.1 30.9 43.9
           
Services 52.8 59.8 36.2 33.1 38.8
New fixed-price contracts1 37.8 19.6 4.2 31.6 36.3
Old fixed-price contracts1 36.7 3.0 -2.5 35.6 37.6
Contracts tied to spot price 56.9 74.9 50.9 32.5 37.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 43.7 27.6 4.8 34.2 41.7
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 45.8 57.7 37.5 29.0 33.3
New fixed-price contracts1 36.4 8.7 -1.2 33.5 36.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 40.8 61.5 49.8 25.3 27.3
Contracts tied to spot price 51.1 54.7 36.9 33.1 37.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 44.6 22.4 5.6 36.5 42.3
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 24.5 16.1 16.6 21.1 21.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 19.6 -0.1 -0.3 19.7 19.7
Contracts tied to spot price 53.3 71.0 51.3 31.2 35.2
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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