Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

7   Time series covering quarterly prices1 of electric energy in the whole sale market, taxes excluded. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 1998 2nd quarter 1998 3rd quarter 1998 4th quarter 1998 1st quarter 1999 2nd quarter 1999 3rd quarter 1999 4th quarter 1999 1st quarter 2000 2nd quarter 2000 3rd quarter 2000 4th quarter 2000 1st quarter 2001 2nd quarter 2001 3rd quarter 2001 4th quarter 2001 1st quarter 2002 2nd quarter 2002 3rd quarter 2002 4th quarter 2002 1st quarter 2003 2nd quarter 2003 3rd quarter 2003 19982 19992 20002 20012
Sales of electricity 15.1 13.8 8.4 13.9 14.3 11.5 9.5 12.9 11.9 8.4 8.9 13.1 24.3 17.0 15.8 16.1 16.9 13.0 14.2 25.6 29.2 20.7 23.8 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2
Fixed-price contracts, full time 15.9 15.8 15.2 15.3 15.9 14.0 13.9 14.7 14.3 12.7 11.9 12.9 13.7 12.1 13.6 17.4 16.1 14.6 12.6 11.2 23.7 10.7 10.9 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9
Fixed-price contracts, free time 18.6 19.1 17.2 18.0 18.5 16.6 17.7 18.7 19.7 17.0 16.6 17.8 21.5 19.8 17.9 17.8 18.7 15.9 14.4 20.6 26.1 22.1 28.1 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5
Contracts not entered in the market 9.8 9.8 9.0 12.5 13.2 9.3 10.3 10.5 11.6 8.8 9.0 12.7 10.9 11.6 10.7 13.0 13.0 12.1 12.3 18.4 14.8 13.8 10.4 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7
Spot price and regulation electricity 14.8 11.7 4.8 13.2 14.0 9.5 7.9 12.1 10.1 7.1 7.3 13.0 29.0 19.9 17.6 16.9 17.3 11.5 14.0 29.3 36.4 25.9 29.7 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 13.8 12.7 10.4 12.5 12.4 11.7 10.5 12.5 11.4 9.5 10.4 12.3 19.3 15.2 14.6 14.6 16.8 14.3 14.9 22.5 24.3 18.3 18.8 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6
                                                       
Electricity access 12.2 12.3 9.7 12.6 12.0 10.9 9.8 12.8 12.5 8.6 9.7 12.6 21.5 15.8 14.7 15.0 14.3 11.5 12.6 22.6 28.3 21.1 21.1 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) 20.0 14.2 15.0 13.1 14.1 13.5 11.6 12.7 13.7 8.8 12.9 13.8 13.8 15.6 0.0 : : : : : : : : 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0
All other fixed-price contracts 17.0 16.8 15.9 17.4 17.6 15.3 14.7 16.6 19.7 14.0 14.8 17.0 18.5 16.2 17.5 16.9 16.6 14.8 16.8 19.9 22.2 20.5 20.9 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3
Contracts not entered in the market 10.0 8.7 8.1 9.5 10.4 9.9 9.2 10.8 10.4 9.9 10.4 10.4 10.4 9.8 10.0 11.5 11.2 11.7 10.0 10.6 12.1 9.8 10.0 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6
Spot price and regulation electricity 14.8 11.5 5.3 12.9 13.7 9.5 8.0 12.2 10.7 6.8 7.5 12.9 28.1 19.0 16.4 16.6 15.5 11.0 13.6 27.8 35.5 25.7 29.1 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5
Average unit cost of electricity production 8.9 10.6 11.1 11.2 9.7 9.7 9.7 11.5 10.3 7.1 9.4 11.4 21.9 14.7 14.2 14.1 12.9 10.9 12.3 22.0 23.3 20.5 21.8 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5
1  The firm prices are based on market terms. .
2  Preliminary figures.

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