Electricity, annual figures, 2007

Production plants had the highest operating profit in 2007. This is also the case for previous years. The operating profit of production plants amounted to NOK 17.1 billion. Wholesale plants achieved an operating profit of NOK 1.0 billion, while the operating profit of grid companies and remaining plants totalled NOK 3.5 and 3.6 billion respectively. The operating profit margin is defined as operating profit divided by operating income. The operating profit margin increased by 0.8 percentage points from 2006 to 2007 and came to 15.0 per cent for the power industry.

The gross investments in the power industry rose by 40.1 per cent compared with 2006 and came to NOK 11.2 billion in 2007. Investments in water power plants, hydro-electric power stations, thermal power plants and wind power plants were NOK 600, 2 992, 1 672 and 1 016 million respectively.

Electricity prices

The total electricity bill of households consists of power price, grid rent and public taxes (consumer tax and VAT). The total price of households fell from 75.9 øre/kWh in 2006 to 63.2 øre/kWh in 2007, excluding VAT. Power price, grid rent and consumer tax were 29.2, 24.0, 10.0 øre/kWh respectively. The power price for pulp and paper products and power intensive manufacturing came to 22.5 and 18.6 øre/kWh respectively in 2007.

Power production

The production of power came to 137.2 TWh in 2007; an increase of 13.0 per cent compared with 2006. Norway’s exports of power came to 15.3 TWh, while imports totalled 5.3 TWh. This gave a net export of 10.0 TWh.

Higher consumption of electricity

There was an increase of 3.5 per cent in electricity consumption from 2006 to 2007 and total net consumption totalled 114.9 TWh. Consumption in households amounted to 33.5 TWh in 2007; an increase of 1.2 TWh compared with 2006.

Tables:

• Table 1 Main figures. 1989-2007
• Table 2 Potential, operational and not operational hydro power, by county. 2007 and 2008. GWh
• Table 3 Capacity of installed machinery, by type. 1950, 1955 and 1960-2007
• Table 4 Capacity of installed machinery, by type, county and ownership group. 2007
• Table 5 Power stations, by size (maximum output). 1974-2007
• Table 6 Hydro-electric power stations, by size (maximum output) and county/ownership group. 2007
• Table 7 Lines at the end of the year by type of line. 1974-2007. Km
• Table 8 Lines at the end of the year, by type of line and voltage. 2007. Km
• Table 9 Lines at the end of the year, by type of line and county1
• Table 10 Transformers at the end of the year, by county/ownership group. 2007
• Table 11 Production, imports, exports and consumption of electric energy. 1950, 1955 and 1960-2007. GWh
• Table 12 Production of electric energy, by type, county and ownership group. 2005-2007. GWh
• Table 13 Electricity balance, year. 1994-2007. GWh
• Table 14 Net consumption of electric energy, by consumer group. 1960 and 1965-2007. GWh
• Table 15 Net consumption of priority power in mining, quarrying and manufacturing industries, by consumer group. 1960 and 1965-2007. GWh
• Table 16 Net consumption of electric energy, by type and consumer group. 2006 and 2007. GWh
• Table 17 Net consumption of total electric energy, priority and non-priority, by consumer group and county. 2006 and 2007. GWh
• Table 18 Net consumption of total electric energy in households per capita, by county. 1994-2007. kWh
• Table 19 Weighted average prices for electricity and grid rent, exclusive of VAT. 1997-2007. øre/kWh
• Table 20 Prices on electricity and grid rent, by consumer group. 2007. øre/kWh
• Table 21 Distribution of prices on electricity for households, by quantiles and standard deviation. 1994-2007. øre/kWh
• Table 22 Prices on electricity and grid rent to households, by county. 2007. øre/kWh
• Table 23 Prices of electric energy traded in the wholesale market and concession power. 1994-2007. øre/kWh
• Table 24 Average prices of imports and exports of electric energy. Sweden and Denmark. 1973-2008. øre/ kWh
• Table 25 Number of utilities and generators, persons engaged and staff-years, by type of utility and activity. 2006 and 2007
• Table 26 Internal accounts, by type of activity for all units in electricity supply. 2006 and 2007. NOK million
• Table 27 Economic main figures for all units in electricity supply. 2006 and 2007. NOK million
• Table 28 Income statment for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2006 og 2007. NOK million
• Table 29 Balance sheet for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2006 and 2007. NOK million
• Table 30 Key figures for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility. 2006 and 2007
• Table 31 Income statment for enterprises in electricity supply, by ownership group. NOK million
• Table 32 Balance sheet for enterprises in electricity supply, by ownership group. 2006 and 2007. NOK million
• Table 33 Key figures for enterprises in electricity supply, by type of utility
• Table 34 Acquisition and sale of fixed assets, by type of capital. 2007. NOK million
• Table 35 Acquisition of fixed assets, by type of utility, county and ownership group. 2007. NOK million