Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 20123 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2012 2nd quarter 2011 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 26.1 -24.2 -45.3 34.4 47.7  100.0
New fixed price contracts1 - 1 year or less 38.4 -3.9 .. 40.0 .. 1.3
New fixed price contracts1 - 1 year or more 35.5 -9.4 .. 39.2 .. 0.6
All other fixed-price contracts 38.9 0.4 .. 38.8 .. 3.9
Contracts tied to spot price 24.0 -27.9 -49.2 33.3 47.2 65.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 28.4 -20.1 -41.8 35.5 48.8 29.2
             
Services 25.4 -21.3 -44.4 32.6 46.1  100.0
New fixed-price contracts1 34.5 -7.3 -13.6 37.2 40.0 4.6
All other fixed-price contracts1 38.2 -1.5 -5.8 38.8 40.6 6.5
Contracts tied to spot price 23.8 -25.1 -48.9 32.1 47.1 83.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.2 -19.7 -39.9 33.8 45.2 5.8
             
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 24.8 -21.9 -22.9 31.8 32.2  100.0
New fixed-price contracts1 35.9 -0.1 -11.6 35.9 40.6 5.9
All other fixed-price contracts1 37.5 5.0 39.8 35.7 26.8 6.2
Contracts tied to spot price 22.9 -25.9 -49.5 31.0 45.4 84.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 30.0 -18.9 -36.2 37.0 47.1 3.4
             
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 23.2 -19.2 -15.5 28.7 27.4  100.0
Fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market 23.2 -18.9 34.6 28.6 17.2 96.3
Contracts tied to spot price 22.6 -24.8 -49.3 30.1 44.6 3.7
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.
3  From 1st quarter 2012 the measuring period covers the whole quarter. Earlier the measuring period was one week in the middle of the quarter.

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