Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  Q3 2011 Change in per cent Q2 2011 Q3 2010
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 34.5 -27.8 -10.2 47.7 38.4
1-year fixed-price contracts 42.6 -9.9 11.7 47.3 38.1
Other fixed-price contracts 41.3 -0.7 3.0 41.6 40.1
Contracts tied to spot price 31.2 -33.9 -13.5 47.2 36.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 37.8 -22.6 -9.5 48.8 41.7
           
Services 32.9 -32.8 -15.0 46.1 36.5
New fixed-price contracts1 37.6 -6.0 -2.5 40.0 38.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 40.6 0.1 13.4 40.6 35.8
Contracts tied to spot price 30.5 -35.3 -14.4 47.1 35.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 37.4 -32.8 -19.6 45.2 37.8
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 27.9 -13.4 -4.0 32.2 29.1
New fixed-price contracts1 38.1 -6.1 6.2 40.6 35.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 27.1 0.9 3.8 26.8 26.1
Contracts tied to spot price 28.4 -37.4 -16.4 45.4 34.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 36.9 -21.6 -0.2 47.1 37.0
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 24.4 -11.0 17.6 27.4 20.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 21.6 25.5 9.3 17.2 19.8
Contracts tied to spot price 27.1 -39.1 -24.0 44.6 35.7
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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing.

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