Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 20123 Change in per cent 2nd quarter 2012 3rd quarter 2011 Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 20.0 -23.6 -42.2 26.1 34.5  100.0
New fixed price contracts1 - 1 year or less 35.6 -7.3 .. 38.4 .. 0.5
New fixed price contracts1 - 1 year or more 34.0 -4.0 .. 35.5 .. 0.8
All other fixed-price contracts 36.1 -7.3 .. 38.9 .. 5.4
Contracts tied to spot price 17.0 -29.3 -45.7 24.0 31.2 67.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 23.5 -17.1 -37.7 28.4 37.8 26.2
             
Services 19.4 -23.5 -41.0 25.4 32.9  100.0
New fixed-price contracts1 35.5 2.8 -5.6 34.5 37.6 1.1
All other fixed-price contracts1 34.6 -9.3 -14.7 38.2 40.6 12.7
Contracts tied to spot price 16.7 -29.8 -45.3 23.8 30.5 82.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 23.1 -14.8 -38.1 27.2 37.4 4.0
             
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 19.7 -20.7 -29.4 24.8 27.9  100.0
New fixed-price contracts1 33.8 -5.7 -11.2 35.9 38.1 2.1
All other fixed-price contracts1 35.9 -4.1 32.8 37.5 27.1 13.7
Contracts tied to spot price 16.4 -28.7 -42.5 22.9 28.4 80.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 25.1 -16.3 -31.9 30.0 36.9 3.3
             
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 26.3 13.6 7.8 23.2 24.4  100.0
Fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market : : : 23.2 21.6 93.4
Contracts tied to spot price 16.8 -25.8 -38.1 22.6 27.1 6.6
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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