Table 1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
	3rd quarter 2009	Change in per cent		2nd Q 2009	3rd Q 2008

	3rd quarter 2009	Last 3 mos.	Last 12 mos.	2nd Q 2009	3rd Q 2008

Households	32.4	-2.0	-15.3	33.1	38.3
1-year fixed-price contracts	37.5	-3.3	-14.9	38.8	44.1
Other fixed-price contracts	41.2	0.0	-5.7	41.2	43.7
Contracts tied to spot price	30.8	-0.6	-22.9	31.0	40.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	33.7	-1.4	-5.3	34.2	35.6

Services	32.3	-1.1	-20.6	32.7	40.7
New fixed-price contracts¹	34.1	6.9	-16.5	31.9	40.9
Old fixed-price contracts¹	37.2	-0.6	-6.3	37.4	39.7
Contracts tied to spot price	30.5	0.0	-25.8	30.5	41.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	36.5	0.2	-1.9	36.4	37.2

Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry	26.9	-6.8	-7.4	28.9	29.1
New fixed-price contracts¹	36.8	10.1	-20.9	33.4	46.5
Old fixed-price contracts¹	25.1	-10.5	4.7	28.0	24.0
Contracts tied to spot price	29.3	0.3	-20.6	29.2	36.9
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	36.4	-5.2	-21.6	38.4	46.4

Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry²	21.2	-0.2	5.9	21.2	20.0
Old fixed-price contracts¹ and contracts not entered in the market	19.9	0.6	1.5	19.8	19.7
Contracts tied to spot price	29.3	-2.8	-15.8	30.2	34.8

¹	New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contracts are entered earlier.
²	Average for all types of contracts, incl. new fixed-price contracts and variable price (not tied to spot price).