Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2004 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2004 4th quarter 2003
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 27.7 1.4 -12.9 27.3 31.8
1-year fixed-price contracts 27.3 -2.2 -2.1 27.9 27.9
Other fixed price contracts 26.3 1.3 2.7 26.0 25.6
Contracts tied to spot price 26.0 4.3 -19.7 24.9 32.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 28.3 1.6 -15.6 27.9 33.6
           
Services 25.3 2.1 -11.6 24.8 28.6
New fixed-price contracts1 27.0 -2.3 -6.3 27.6 28.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 24.3 0.2 9.5 24.2 22.2
Contracts tied to spot price 25.2 3.1 -19.9 24.4 31.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.1 -0.9 -16.5 27.3 32.4
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 23.9 2.7 -7.8 23.3 26.0
New fixed-price contracts1 24.7 -10.4 -14.6 27.6 29.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 23.3 7.6 6.1 21.6 21.9
Contracts tied to spot price 24.6 -1.9 -19.7 25.1 30.7
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 20.0 -27.9 -40.7 27.7 33.7
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 12.5 15.4 13.1 10.8 11.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 12.4 14.6 12.7 10.8 11.0
Contracts tied to spot price 23.8 -8.8 -22.0 26.1 30.5
1  New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months 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).

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