Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2005 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2005 2nd quarter 2004
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 27.2 13.7 1.8 23.9 26.7
1-year fixed-price contracts 27.8 10.0 0.2 25.3 27.7
Other fixed price contracts 27.1 1.8 5.4 26.6 25.7
Contracts tied to spot price 27.3 25.2 16.1 21.8 23.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 27.1 13.5 -1.2 23.9 27.4
           
Services 25.7 16.8 9.9 22.0 23.4
New fixed-price contacts1 27.0 10.3 10.1 24.5 24.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 25.2 -0.9 6.3 25.5 23.7
Contracts tied to spot price 25.6 26.1 14.3 20.3 22.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 26.3 17.5 0.4 22.4 26.2
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 23.1 7.6 2.7 21.4 22.4
New fixed-price contacts1 25.7 1.4 -1.6 25.3 26.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 21.7 -0.7 -6.9 21.8 23.3
Contracts tied to spot price 24.9 26.3 17.7 19.7 21.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 26.9 19.0 4.2 22.6 25.9
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 12.2 10.1 5.7 11.1 11.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 12.1 10.2 4.6 11.0 11.6
Contracts tied to spot price 26.3 31.9 25.1 19.9 21.0
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).

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