Table 1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
	3rd quarter 2010	Change in per cent		2nd Q 2010	3rd Q 2009

	3rd quarter 2010	Last 3 mos.	Last 12 mos.	2nd Q 2010	3rd Q 2009

Households	38.4	-15.5	18.5	45.5	32.4
1-year fixed-price contracts	38.1	-1.6	1.8	38.8	37.5
Other fixed-price contracts	40.1	0.1	-2.6	40.1	41.2
Contracts tied to spot price	36.1	-10.8	17.3	40.5	30.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	41.7	-21.3	23.8	53.0	33.7

Services	36.5	-12.3	12.8	41.6	32.3
New fixed-price contracts¹	38.6	-5.9	12.9	41.0	34.1
Old fixed-price contracts¹	35.8	-3.8	-3.8	37.2	37.2
Contracts tied to spot price	35.6	-12.4	16.6	40.6	30.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	37.8	-26.5	3.5	51.4	36.5

Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing	29.1	-9.6	8.0	32.2	26.9
New fixed-price contracts¹	35.9	-6.8	-2.6	38.5	36.8
Old fixed-price contracts¹	26.1	-0.6	3.8	26.2	25.1
Contracts tied to spot price	34.0	-15.5	16.2	40.3	29.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	37.0	-28.1	1.5	51.4	36.4

Energy-intensive manufacturing²	20.8	0.7	-2.0	20.6	21.2
Old fixed-price contracts¹ and contracts not entered in the market	19.8	14.0	-0.8	17.4	19.9
Contracts tied to spot price	35.7	-9.3	21.7	39.4	29.3

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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing .