Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1   Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2006 Change in per cent 1st quarter 2006 2nd quarter 2005
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 39.7 12.7 45.8 35.2 27.2
1-year fixed-price contracts 33.9 7.0 22.1 31.7 27.8
Other fixed-price contracts 29.9 0.7 10.3 29.7 27.1
Contracts tied to spot price 32.7 -9.2 19.8 36.0 27.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 45.0 24.7 66.0 36.1 27.1
           
Services 32.4 -3.9 26.2 33.7 25.7
New fixed-price contracts1 36.9 19.8 36.4 30.8 27.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 29.8 -4.2 18.2 31.1 25.2
Contracts tied to spot price 31.0 -10.6 20.8 34.6 25.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 43.3 22.0 64.7 35.5 26.3
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 25.7 -7.2 11.3 27.6 23.1
New fixed-price contracts1 34.7 16.3 35.0 29.9 25.7
Old fixed-price contracts1 22.8 -0.2 5.9 22.8 21.5
Contracts tied to spot price 30.7 -9.6 21.5 33.9 25.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.8 16.7 58.9 36.7 26.9
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 12.9 -0.5 5.0 12.9 12.2
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 12.6 6.7 4.0 11.8 12.1
Contracts tied to spot price 30.8 64.1 17.1 18.8 26.3
1  New fixed-price contacts are entered into the last 3 months before the measuring week, and older fixed-price contracts 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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