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

	2nd quarter 2004	Change in per cent		1st quarter 2004	2nd quarter 2003

	2nd quarter 2004	Last 3 mos.	Last 12 mos.	1st quarter 2004	2nd quarter 2003

Households	26.7	-7.7	-4.4	29.0	28.0
1-year fixed-price contracts	27.7	-1.1	6.4	28.0	26.0
Other fixed price contracts	25.7	-1.4	7.5	26.1	23.9
Contracts tied to spot price	23.5	-10.3	-15.6	26.2	27.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	27.4	-8.6	-4.2	30.0	28.6

Services	23.4	-8.2	-8.5	25.5	25.6
New fixed-price contacts¹	24.6	-5.7	-2.2	26.0	25.1
Old fixed-price contracts¹	23.7	-0.8	15.5	23.9	20.5
Contracts tied to spot price	22.4	-10.8	-17.1	25.1	27.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	26.2	-12.1	-5.7	29.8	27.8

Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry	22.4	-8.3	-2.3	24.5	23.0
New fixed-price contacts¹	26.1	-0.8	-1.1	26.4	26.4
Old fixed-price contracts¹	23.3	-0.3	16.4	23.3	20.0
Contracts tied to spot price	21.2	-15.5	-20.4	25.1	26.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price)	25.9	-6.4	-11.4	27.6	29.2

Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry²	11.6	-9.9	3.5	12.9	11.2
Old fixed-price contracts¹ and contracts not entered in the market	11.6	-7.9	4.4	12.5	11.1
Contracts tied to spot price	21.0	-13.1	-21.7	24.2	26.8

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