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| Electric energy prices, quarterly |
| 3rd quarter 2012 2 | Change in per cent | 2nd quarter 2012 | 3rd quarter 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last 3 mos. | Last 12 mos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity price excl. VAT | 20.0 | -23.6 | -42.1 | 26.1 | 34.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electricity price incl. VAT1 | 24.3 | -23.6 | -42.1 | 31.8 | 42.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grid rent excl. taxes | 26.1 | -0.8 | -6.1 | 26.3 | 27.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grid rent incl. taxes1 | 45.4 | -0.4 | -3.8 | 45.6 | 47.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total price of electricity and grid rent excl. taxes | 46.1 | -12.1 | -26.0 | 52.4 | 62.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total price of electricity and grid rent incl. Taxes1 | 69.7 | -9.9 | -21.8 | 77.4 | 89.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | From 1 January 2004 tax on consumption of electricity has been collected by the grid rent company. Therefore the tax on consumption of electricity is included in the electricity price before 2004 and in the grid rent afterwards. Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. |
| 2 | From 1st quarter 2012 the measuring period covers the whole quarter. Earlier the measuring period was one week in the middle of the quarter. |
| Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. | |