Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

3 Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2012 2
  Average price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 1st quarter 2012 2nd quarter 2011
$Wholesales of electricity 20.4 -26.9 -49.9 27.9 40.7
Fixed-price contracts, full time : -5.4 0.1 26.8 25.3
Fixed-price contracts, free time 23.0 -16.8 -36.8 27.6 36.3
Contracts not entered in the market 11.3 -22.5 -6.6 14.6 12.1
Spot price and regulation electricity 20.3 -30.0 -54.1 29.0 44.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 22.0 -20.4 -40.2 27.7 36.9
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  From 1st quarter 2012 the measuring period covers the whole quarter. Earlier the measuring period was one week in the middle of the quarter.

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