Statistics Norway

6   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2003
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 3rd quarter 2003 4th quarter 2002    19982    19992    20002    20012    20022    20032
Wholesales of electricity 25.4     6.8 -0.8 23.8 25.6 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1 25.5
Fixed-price contracts, full time 11.1 8.9 21.3 1.1 -1.2 10.9 11.2 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3 17.0
Fixed-price contracts, free time 24.4 15.4 39.6 -13.3 18.3 28.1 20.6 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3 25.0
Contracts not entered in the market 10.9 7.0 32.5 5.5 -40.5 10.4 18.4 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5 13.1
Spot price and regulation electricity 30.6 26.4 31.5 3.0 4.5 29.7 29.3 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2 31.7
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 21.4 13.1 36.4 13.9 -4.7 18.8 22.5 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5 21.0
                           
$Electricity access 21.9     3.7 -3.1 21.1 22.6 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8 15.7 23.7
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos. before the measuring week) : : : : : : : 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0 13.2 32.1
All other fixed-price contracts 22.5 13.8 31.0 7.7 13.3 20.9 19.9 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8 21.7
Contracts not entered in the market 10.2 5.0 30.6 2.0 -4.4 10.0 10.6 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9 10.6
Spot price and regulation electricity 30.1 25.0 31.0 3.3 8.3 29.1 27.8 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7 30.9
Average unit cost of electricity production 17.9 7.0 30.9 -17.8 -18.5 21.8 22.0 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5 15.2 20.7
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  Preliminary figures.

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