Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2011 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2011 2nd Q 2010
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 47.7 -17.1 5.0 57.5 45.5
1-year fixed-price contracts 47.3 2.7 22.0 46.1 38.8
Other fixed-price contracts 41.6 -3.2 3.8 43.0 40.1
Contracts tied to spot price 47.2 -13.1 16.6 54.3 40.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 48.8 -24.2 -7.9 64.4 53.0
           
Services 46.1 -12.8 10.9 52.9 41.6
New fixed-price contracts1 40.0 10.0 -2.5 36.3 41.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 40.6 -3.8 9.0 42.2 37.2
Contracts tied to spot price 47.1 -12.5 15.9 53.8 40.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 45.2 -27.2 -12.1 62.1 51.4
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 32.2 -14.5 -1.0 37.7 32.5
New fixed-price contracts1 40.6 -4.1 5.4 42.3 38.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 26.8 0.5 2.3 26.7 26.2
Contracts tied to spot price 45.4 -13.7 10.2 52.6 41.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 47.1 -8.5 -7.8 51.5 51.0
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 27.4 6.2 33.0 25.8 20.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 17.2 -3.3 -0.7 17.8 17.4
Contracts tied to spot price 44.6 -15.5 13.2 52.8 39.4
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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing. .

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