Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

6   Electricity prices1 in the wholesale market, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  3rd quarter 2006
  Average price Minimum price Maximum price Change in average price (per cent) Average price
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos. 2nd quarter 2006 3rd quarter 2005
$Wholesales of electricity 44.1     72.5 95.3 25.5 22.6
Fixed-price contracts, full time 10.5 9.5 17.5 -2.1 -5.9 10.7 11.1
Fixed-price contracts, free time 36.7 16.6 49.2 67.6  104.4 21.9 17.9
Contracts not entered in the market 17.4 8.0 50.1 43.4 1.4 12.2 17.2
Spot price and regulation electricity 51.6 41.8 55.3 80.7  114.8 28.6 24.0
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 33.6 14.0 49.0 33.1 43.1 25.3 23.5
               
$Electricity access 42.7     63.2 93.9 26.2 22.0
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
All other fixed-price contracts 31.9 13.6 48.6 32.7 49.6 24.1 21.3
Contracts not entered in the market 16.6 4.8 51.5 34.2 37.9 12.4 12.1
Spot price and regulation electricity 50.3 9.0 57.1 69.3  111.5 29.7 23.8
Average unit cost of electricity production 22.9 7.0 50.2 6.9 10.9 21.4 20.7
1 VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.

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