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Business statistics for the electricity industry
The statistics cover economic figures for the electricity industry, as well as power prices and grid rent.
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2022 2023 Per cent change compared to last year Price for households national level. Øre/kWh Total price on electricity, grid rent and taxes 248.3 165.6 -33.3 Price on electricity 156.0 85.8 -45.0 Grid rent 33.9 35.6 5.0 Taxes 58.4 44.2 -24.3 Electricity support deducted 91.2 25.1 -72.5 Total price of electricity, grid rent and taxes. Electricity support deducted 157.1 140.5 -10.6 Economic main figures. NOK million Compensations of employees 10 739 11 927 11.1 Production value 200 790 144 358 -28.1 Cost of goods and services consumed 31 378 31 202 -0.6 Value added 169 412 113 156 -33.2 Gross fixed capital formation 22 135 25 358 14.6 Acquisition of fixed assets 23 052 25 652 11.3 Sale of fixed assets 917 294 -67.9 1The Norwegian government launched a temporary electricity support package for households in December 2021. The electricity support shown in the table is the weighted average electricity support for the whole country. Annual electricity support is calculated as the weighted average of the monthly electricity support. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Prices on electricity and grid rent excluding taxes, by consumer group. Øre/kWhDownload table as ...Prices on electricity and grid rent excluding taxes, by consumer group. Øre/kWh
2023 Total average price excluding taxes Price on electricity Grid rent, weighted average ALL CONSUMER GROUPS 94.2 72.5 21.7 POWER INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING 44.3 42.1 2.2 Manufacture of pulp, papir and paperboard 73.8 71.6 2.2 Industrial chemicals 76.4 70.1 6.3 Iron, steel and ferroalloys 47.9 46.3 1.6 Non-ferrous metals 33.7 32.2 1.5 MINING AND EXTRACTION 78.5 75.0 3.5 Mining 86.9 67.0 19.9 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas together with support activities for this sector 93.0 90.2 2.8 MANUFACTURING EXCLUDING POWER INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING 84.5 66.8 17.7 Food products, beverages and tobacco 90.0 69.2 20.8 Other manufacturing 81.8 65.8 16.0 VARIOUS SUPPLY AND REMIDIATION ACTIVITIES 95.2 76.0 19.2 Electric power generation, transmission and distribution together with distribution of gas thorugh mains 97.6 75.0 22.6 Steam and air conditioning supply 88.7 73.7 15.0 Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remidiation activities 112.8 88.5 24.3 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 95.1 73.6 21.5 Passenger rail transport, freight rail transport, other urban and suburban transport 108.6 93.6 15.0 Other transport and storage 95.9 73.2 22.7 Postal and courier activities 112.9 87.9 25.0 CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER SERVICES 106.9 81.0 25.9 Construction 118.2 88.8 29.4 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 107.4 81.4 26.0 Accomodation, food and beverage service activities 108.3 83.0 25.3 Information and communication 68.6 54.1 14.5 Financial and insurance activities 118.3 92.4 25.9 Real estate activities 114.4 87.4 27.0 Professional, scientific and technical activities 114.1 87.6 26.5 Administrative and support service activities 110.1 83.6 26.5 Public administration and defence, compulsory social security 98.7 71.9 26.8 Streets and road lighting 110.6 77.6 33.0 Education 102.7 77.5 25.2 Human health and social work activities 118.6 95.7 22.9 Arts, entertainment and recreation 119.9 90.2 29.7 Activities of membership organisations 122.3 90.0 32.3 Other service activities 122.8 90.4 32.4 PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS AND AGRICULTURE 121.0 84.9 36.1 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 90.4 67.5 22.9 Hot-houses 102.7 84.2 18.5 Private households 121.4 85.8 35.6 Cottages and holiday houses 145.4 88.3 57.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Price on electricity, grid rent and taxes of households, by county. Øre/kWhDownload table as ...Price on electricity, grid rent and taxes of households, by county. Øre/kWh1
2023 Total price of electricity, grid rent and taxes. Electricity support deducted Price on electricity Grid rent Taxes Electricity support The whole country 140.5 85.8 35.6 44.2 25.1 Viken (2020-2023) 147.6 96.6 33.1 50.8 32.9 Oslo 152.2 101.1 32.2 51.8 32.9 Innlandet 144.4 93.4 32.6 49.9 31.5 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 159.4 103.4 36.3 53.3 33.6 Agder 158.7 103.1 36.0 53.2 33.6 Rogaland 166.7 101.9 43.6 54.8 33.6 Vestland 154.1 88.7 42.4 51.3 28.3 Møre og Romsdal 130.1 58.3 35.7 41.9 5.8 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 127.3 62.6 29.5 41.4 6.2 Nordland - Nordlánnda 98.4 47.1 40.2 14.7 3.6 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 87.6 47.6 34.6 9.0 3.6 1The Norwegian government launched a temporary electricity support package for households in December 2021. The electricity support rate is calculated from the monthly electricity price in the Elspot area that households belong to. A county can be in one or more Elspot areas. The average electricity support rate per county is calculated as a weighted average of the relevant electricity support rates using the household consumption in the Elspot areas as weights. Annual electricity support is calculated as the weighted average of the monthly electricity support. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Prices on electricity traded in the wholesale market and concession power. Øre/kWhDownload table as ...Prices on electricity traded in the wholesale market and concession power. Øre/kWh
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 A. Bilateral contracts, total 31.4 28.1 32.7 28.2 21.2 24.0 23.3 19.8 24.5 26.4 33.5 31.7 18.5 39.7 65.3 43.4 A.1 Contracts up to 1 year duration 33.9 30.0 42.4 35.0 23.7 29.2 24.1 19.5 24.2 26.9 40.5 38.0 13.8 56.7 102.4 57.7 A.2 Contracts up to 1-5 year duration 37.8 31.6 39.8 34.4 24.2 28.6 24.5 24.1 24.7 28.7 33.1 32.6 23.3 44.2 83.7 43.1 A.3 Contracts with more than 5 year duration 20.0 25.1 26.4 23.6 19.4 21.3 22.7 19.0 24.7 25.6 22.8 21.7 20.4 27.1 33.6 33.4 B. Market power trade, total 40.1 32.5 45.6 37.4 24.2 30.6 24.7 19.5 25.2 27.6 41.6 38.8 12.8 64.3 131.9 69.1 B.1 Elspot market 40.1 32.5 45.9 37.4 24.3 30.5 24.6 19.4 25.2 27.6 41.6 38.7 13.0 64.5 130.3 68.5 B.2 The regulation market 36.2 30.2 43.1 38.5 23.8 30.6 25.2 20.0 25.1 27.6 41.7 39.6 11.4 62.9 143.5 73.6 C. Concession power 9.6 9.3 10.3 11.1 10.6 10.9 11.9 11.5 11.4 11.8 12.7 12.2 12.2 13.0 13.8 14.3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Economic main figures of the electricity industry. NOK millionDownload table as ...Economic main figures of the electricity industry. NOK million1
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Compensations of employees 7 005 7 942 8 599 8 678 8 758 8 447 9 059 9 935 10 739 11 927 Production value 58 391 57 754 67 969 68 656 87 829 79 856 70 520 122 447 200 790 144 358 Cost of goods and services consumed 17 067 17 185 18 292 18 621 22 289 20 618 20 509 24 163 31 378 31 202 Value added 41 324 40 569 49 677 50 035 65 540 59 238 50 011 98 284 169 412 113 156 Gross fixed capital formation 19 234 20 708 24 756 27 588 33 282 34 017 35 483 29 356 22 135 25 358 Acquisition of fixed assets 20 315 22 235 25 836 29 806 36 927 36 932 36 312 29 805 23 052 25 652 Sale of fixed assets 1 081 1 527 1 080 2 218 3 645 2 915 829 449 917 294 1Gross fixed capital formation = acquisition - sale of fixed assets Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Income statement for enterprises in the electricity industry, by ownership group. NOK millionDownload table as ...Income statement for enterprises in the electricity industry, by ownership group. NOK million
2023 Total Central government County/municipality ...County municipal ...Joint municipal ...Municipal Private Operating income, total 278 001 64 629 135 453 3 794 110 036 21 623 77 920 Sales of energy 222 939 49 204 102 124 3 655 80 188 18 281 71 611 Sales of transmission 40 040 12 565 25 900 0 23 890 2 010 1 575 Other operating income 15 022 2 859 7 429 139 5 958 1 332 4 734 Operating expenses, total 189 929 36 875 83 005 2 759 72 041 8 204 70 049 Purchase of energy 114 773 11 136 46 598 2 176 40 240 4 183 57 039 Purchase of grid services 12 135 4 396 7 134 12 6 443 679 606 Compensation of employees 11 927 3 724 5 821 42 4 705 1 074 2 382 Depreciation 15 173 5 277 7 151 164 6 350 637 2 745 Other operating expenses 35 920 12 343 16 301 366 14 303 1 632 7 277 Operating profit 88 072 27 753 52 448 1 034 37 995 13 419 7 871 Financial income, total 14 429 4 557 7 237 517 3 952 2 767 2 635 Financial expenses total 15 962 3 451 6 480 196 4 860 1 424 6 031 Financial items, net -1 534 1 106 757 322 -908 1 343 -3 397 Profit before taxes 86 539 28 859 53 205 1 356 37 087 14 762 4 474 Taxes 48 492 17 786 27 543 747 19 557 7 239 3 163 Profit after taxes 38 047 11 073 25 662 609 17 530 7 524 1 311 Annual profit 38 047 11 073 25 662 609 17 530 7 524 1 311 Dividends 14 251 3 456 9 849 3 7 027 2 819 946 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Income statement for enterprises in the electricity industry, by classification. NOK millionDownload table as ...Income statement for enterprises in the electricity industry, by classification. NOK million
2023 35.1 Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 35.111 Production of electricity through water power 35.112 Production of electricity through wind power 35.119 Other production of electricity 35.120 Transmission of electricity 35.130 Distribution of electricity 35.140 Trade of electricity Operating income, total 278 001 137 127 5 956 191 11 252 31 426 92 049 Sales of energy 222 939 129 024 5 433 140 0 860 87 483 Sales of transmission 40 040 150 5 0 10 465 29 165 253 Other operating income 15 022 7 953 518 51 787 1 400 4 313 Operating expenses, total 189 929 62 090 4 791 208 12 944 22 313 87 583 Purchase of energy 114 773 34 179 54 0 0 756 79 784 Purchase of grid services 12 135 2 061 297 0 2 964 6 727 86 Compensation of employees 11 927 5 054 19 34 1 490 3 459 1 871 Depreciation 15 173 4 502 2 140 50 3 191 4 480 810 Other operating expenses 35 920 16 294 2 280 124 5 299 6 891 5 032 Operating profit 88 072 75 037 1 166 -17 -1 692 9 112 4 466 Financial income, total 14 429 10 668 448 11 683 409 2 211 Financial expenses total 15 962 5 225 2 430 20 2 365 2 522 3 400 Financial items, net -1 534 5 443 -1 983 -9 -1 683 -2 113 -1 189 Profit before taxes 86 539 80 480 -817 -26 -3 374 6 999 3 277 Taxes 48 492 46 583 559 0 -744 1 573 522 Profit after taxes 38 047 33 897 -1 376 -27 -2 630 5 426 2 755 Annual profit 38 047 33 897 -1 376 -27 -2 630 5 426 2 755 Dividends 14 251 10 594 376 0 296 1 243 1 742 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Acquisition and sale of fixed assets, by type of capital. NOK millionDownload table as ...Acquisition and sale of fixed assets, by type of capital. NOK million
Acquisition Sale 2023 Fixed assets, total 25 652 294 Water power plants 1 611 3 ¬ Waterfall rights 45 0 ¬ Waterway regulations 1 566 3 Hydro-electric power stations 4 382 44 ¬ Building construction, hydro-electric power stations 1 489 14 ¬ Permanent mechanical and electrical equipment, hydro-electric power stations 2 893 30 Thermal power plants 35 0 ¬ Building construction, thermal power plants 5 0 ¬ Permanent mechanical and electrical equipment, thermal power plants 30 0 Windpower plants 190 2 ¬ Building construction, windpower plants 164 0 ¬ Permanent mechanical and electrical equipment, windpower plants 25 2 Solar power plants 87 1 ¬ Building construction, solar power plants 78 1 ¬ Permanent mechanical and electrical equipment, solar power plants 9 0 Transmission systems 14 859 115 ¬ Central grid systems 3 654 0 ¬ Regional grid systems 4 421 85 ¬ Local grid systems 6 784 30 District heating 26 0 ¬ Production plants 5 0 ¬ Distribution systems 13 0 ¬ Other, district heating 8 0 Other fixed assets, total 4 463 129 ¬ Control centers 110 1 ¬ Street and road lighting 2 0 ¬ Motor vehicles and other transport equipment 418 38 ¬ Construction machinery 86 1 ¬ Office equipment 658 5 ¬ Offices and premises 388 16 ¬ Dwellings for employees 4 0 ¬ Land 535 2 ¬ Other property 549 15 ¬ Construction roads 192 0 ¬ Tele 306 15 ¬ Fixed assets, other 1 215 36 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 26 November 2024.
Electricity price, i.e. the price that households pay to the electricity suppliers. This part of the power market was deregulated in 1991. Costs relating to electricity certificates, which is a subsidy system for renewable power, are included in the electricity price. According tothe Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) and the Swedish Energy Agency, the cost of electricity certificates was about 1 øre/kWh in 2012 and 2013.
Grid rent, i.e. the price that households pay for the physical distribution of electricity. Unlike the deregulated electricity price, the grid rent is regulated.
Taxes consist of tax on consumption of electricity, value added tax (VAT) and subsidies to Enova. All counties in Norway have the same tax rate for the consumption of electricity, apart from some parts of Troms and the whole of Finnmark, which are exempt. VAT is added after electricity price, grid rent and other taxes have been added. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark are exempt from VAT.
Electricity support: The Norwegian government launched a temporary electricity support package for households from December 2021 . The electricity support shown in the tables is the weighted average electricity support for the whole country. Quarterly electricity support is calculated by taking the weighted average of the hourly electricity support. To calculate the wieghts, Statistics Norway collect hourly household electricity consumption per spot price area from Elhub. Information about the hourly electricity support is collected from NVE (the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate).
Production value is defined as turnover corrected for changes in stock of finished goods, work in progress and goods and services bought for resale.
Cost of goods and services consumed is the value of goods and services consumed as input in the production process; excluding fixed assets (consumption is recorded as consumption of fixed capital).
Value added is the sum of production value minus the cost of goods and services consumed.
The standard industrial classification 2007 (SN2007) is used for determining the population basis for the statistics.
Name: Business statistics for the electricity industry
Topic: Energy and manufacturing. Establishments, enterprises and accounts
Division for Structural Business Statistics
Table 2 has data on county level. The other tables have data on national level.
Annual. The statistics are published about 11 months after the reference year.
The annual electricity statistics are reported to Eurostat.
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The purpose of the statistics is to give an overview over economic key figures of the power industry. The statistics go back to 1937, but have been changed several times since then.
External users are the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the Ministry of Finance, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Enova, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Eurostat. The data material is also used by the Divison for National Accounts (930).
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
Tables showing electricity prices in the wholesale market and the end-user market are available in the annual electricity statistics and quarterly electricity price statistics. The quarterly electricity price statistics are based on a sample of about 40 enterprises in the wholesale and end-user market, and are released around two months after the end of the quarter. Annual electricity statistics include all the enterprises in the population, and are released about 12 months after the reference year.
The quarterly electricity price statistics have the most up-to-date electricity prices and provide information about different types of price contracts (spot price, variable price and fixed price). The annual electricity statistics are more detailed and the data source covers the whole population.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
Data are reported to Eurostat according to Regulation 2019/2152.
The enterprise is the statistical unit.
Table 1-3 contains all enterprises that have a license for electricity production, transmission of electricity, distribution of electricity or trade with electricity.
Table 4-7 contains all enterprises that have a license for electricity production, transmission of electricity, distribution of electricity or trade with electricity and is classified in industrial classification 35.1.
Data collection together with the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
Total Count.
Data is collected in the web based system eRapp in cooperation with the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). SSB and NVE have separate databases, for their respective needs. SSB use the data for production of statistics and analysis.
The income statements and balance sheets sub-sections of the reporting form are controlled by the respondents registered auditor. The annual reports of the enterprises are used in the revision of the data.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data. Among other things, maximum and minimum values in addition to percentage changes are calculated.
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Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
In the electricity statistics of 2008 the sale to different end users is based on a new version of Norwegian industry classification (SIC2007) . The most important changes are:
- For the first time we also calculate a grid rent for power intensive manufacturing. Since power intensive manufacturing has a very low grid rent compared to other end users, total grid rent for all end users is not comparable with former years.
- We do not publish gross value of production, intermediate consumption and value added at factor prices in the electricity statistics from 2008. Instead of these variables we publish production value, cost of goods and services consumed and value added.
The enterprise is the statistical unit. Prior to 1993 the establishment was the unit, defined as all energy activities located in one distribution area. This change concerns only utilities with activities in several distribution areas and it only affects the total count of electricity utilities.
Income statement
Table 13428 and 13429 have been revised. Extraordinary items will no longer be published from reference year 2022. The name of two variables have been changed (profit before and after taxes).
The results of a statistical survey normally contain certain collection and processing errors. Collection errors can occur due to a respondent giving incorrect information because they misunderstand a question, or they may forget to answer a question. Processing errors can occur in the data during the optical reading or during revisions of the sample.
Despite various data controls, errors can still occur. These can include errors that were not possible to detect during the control routines or incorrect evaluations by executive officers in Statistics Norway.
A revision is a planned change to figures that have already been published, for example when releasing final figures as a follow-up to published preliminary figures. See also Statistics Norway’s principles for revisions.
Revisions in previously published seasonally adjusted figures can take place when new observations (or revised previous observations) are included in the basis of calculation. The scope of the revision is usually greatest in the most relevant part (last 1–2 years) of seasonally adjusted time series. A corresponding revision in trends is also typical, particularly at the end of the time series. The extent of the revision of trends and seasonally adjusted figures is partly determined by the revision policy, see Section 4 of the European Statistical System (ESS) Guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment on the Eurostat website.
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