Statistics Norway

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2006 Change in per cent 4th quarter 2005 1st quarter 2005
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 35.2 19.5 47.1 29.4 23.9
1-year fixed-price contracts 31.7 11.5 25.5 28.4 25.3
Other fixed price contracts 29.7 5.6 11.5 28.1 26.6
Contracts tied to spot price 36.0 44.3 65.1 24.9 21.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 36.1 14.7 51.1 31.4 23.9
           
Services 33.7 36.4 53.4 24.7 22.0
New fixed-price contacts 30.8 1.0 25.6 30.5 24.5
Old fixed-price contracts 31.1 16.8 22.3 26.7 25.5
Contracts tied to spot price 34.6 53.9 70.3 22.5 20.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 35.5 18.5 58.6 29.9 22.4
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 27.6 22.3 29.0 22.6 21.4
New fixed-price contacts1 29.9 4.3 17.8 28.6 25.3
Old fixed-price contracts1 22.8 2.2 5.1 22.3 21.7
Contracts tied to spot price 33.9 52.7 70.8 22.2 19.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 36.7 16.5 62.2 31.5 22.6
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 12.9 -0.8 16.2 13.0 11.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 11.8 -8.9 7.4 12.9 11.0
Contracts tied to spot price 18.8 -13.1 -5.8 21.6 19.9
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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