Table

Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
 4th quarter 20121Change in per cent3rd quarter 20124th quarter 2011Breakdown of electricity sales. Per cent
 Last 3 mos.Last 12 mos.
1From 1st quarter 2012 the measuring period covers the whole quarter. Earlier the measuring period was one week in the midle of the quarter.
2New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contracts are entered earlier.
3Average 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 .
Households30.452.5-13.020.035.0100.0
New fixed price contracts - 1 year or less232.7-8.1..35.6..0.7
New fixed price contracts - 1 year or more235.33.8..34.0..0.8
All other fixed-price contracts36.71.8..36.1..4.6
Contracts tied to spot price30.580.2-15.517.036.267.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price)28.822.4-10.623.532.226.0
       
Services31.361.2-14.119.436.5100.0
New fixed-price contracts236.22.2-6.135.538.62.0
All other fixed-price contracts234.70.1-11.334.639.19.0
Contracts tied to spot price31.286.6-14.616.736.581.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price)28.221.8-15.123.133.27.9
       
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing30.856.33.819.729.7100.0
New fixed-price contracts236.99.1-5.833.839.12.4
All other fixed-price contracts235.7-0.730.635.927.313.7
Contracts tied to spot price29.882.3-14.916.435.081.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price)30.722.2-9.625.134.02.4
       
Energy-intensive manufacturing326.82.0-3.526.327.8100.0
Fixed-price contracts and contracts not entered in the market26.9-0.349.427.018.092.8
Contracts tied to spot price26.155.7-24.416.834.67.2