Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2010 Change in per cent 2nd Q 2010 3rd Q 2009
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 44.2 15.2 37.7 38.4 32.1
1-year fixed-price contracts 40.5 6.2 13.8 38.1 35.6
Other fixed-price contracts 41.1 2.5 6.1 40.1 38.8
Contracts tied to spot price 45.8 26.7 41.1 36.1 32.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.3 1.3 36.9 41.7 30.9
           
Services 44.3 21.6 34.0 36.5 33.1
New fixed-price contracts1 39.9 3.5 26.1 38.6 31.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 38.2 6.8 7.3 35.8 35.6
Contracts tied to spot price 46.4 30.3 42.5 35.6 32.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 41.0 8.6 19.7 37.8 34.2
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 35.5 21.9 22.2 29.1 29.0
New fixed-price contracts1 40.1 11.7 19.7 35.9 33.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 26.0 -0.3 2.8 26.1 25.3
Contracts tied to spot price 42.8 25.8 29.5 34.0 33.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 40.9 10.8 12.3 37.0 36.5
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 21.6 4.1 2.3 20.8 21.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 20.4 3.2 3.9 19.8 19.7
Contracts tied to spot price 46.6 30.6 49.4 35.7 31.2
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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing. .

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