Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

7 Time series covering quarterly and yearly prices1 of electric energy in the whole sale market, taxes excluded. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 1998 2nd quarter 1998 3rd quarter 1998 4th quarter 1998 1st quarter 1999 2nd quarter 1999 3rd quarter 1999 4th quarter 1999 1st quarter 2000 2nd quarter 2000 3rd quarter 2000 4th quarter 2000 1st quarter 2001 2nd quarter 2001 3rd quarter 2001 4th quarter 2001 1st quarter 2002 2nd quarter 2002 3rd quarter 2002 4th quarter 2002 1st quarter 2003 2nd quarter 2003 3rd quarter 2003 4th quarter 2003 1st quarter 2004 2nd quarter 2004 3rd quarter 2004 4rd quarter 2004 1st quarter 2005 2nd quarter 2005 3rd quarter 2005 4th quarter 2005 1st quarter 2006 2nd quarter 2006 3rd quarter 2006 4th quarter 2006 1st quarter 2007 2nd quarter 2007 3rd quarter 2007 4rd quarter 2007 1st quarter 2008 19982 19992 20002 20012 20022 20032 20042 20052 20062 20072
$Sales of electricity 15.1 13.8 8.4 13.9 14.3 11.5 9.5 12.9 11.9 8.4 8.9 13.1 24.3 17.0 15.8 16.1 16.9 13.0 14.2 25.6 29.2 20.7 23.8 25.4 21.2 19.2 21.3 19.9 18.9 23.4 22.6 21.6 30.7 25.5 44.1 38.2 23.5 18.6 11.2 30.6 28.4 12.8 12.3 10.7 19.2 18.1 25.5 20.4 21.2 34.6 22.0
Fixed-price contracts, full time 15.9 15.8 15.2 15.3 15.9 14.0 13.9 14.7 14.3 12.7 11.9 12.9 13.7 12.1 13.6 17.4 16.1 14.6 12.6 11.2 23.7 10.7 10.9 11.1 17.8 10.9 16.0 11.0 12.1 11.9 11.1 10.5 10.7 10.7 10.5 13.8 18.1 18.1 18.9 16.7 19.1 15.5 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.3 17.0 12.0 11.4 11.5 17.6
Fixed-price contracts, free time 18.6 19.1 17.2 18.0 18.5 16.6 17.7 18.7 19.7 17.0 16.6 17.8 21.5 19.8 17.9 17.8 18.7 15.9 14.4 20.6 26.1 22.1 28.1 24.4 20.7 21.5 23.2 20.7 22.6 21.6 17.9 20.3 26.9 21.9 36.7 33.0 27.0 17.8 16.6 29.5 27.6 18.5 17.9 18.5 19.5 18.3 25.0 21.4 20.8 29.2 24.5
Contracts not entered in the market 9.8 9.8 9.0 12.5 13.2 9.3 10.3 10.5 11.6 8.8 9.0 12.7 10.9 11.6 10.7 13.0 13.0 12.1 12.3 18.4 14.8 13.8 10.4 10.9 12.7 12.5 10.8 11.4 10.9 14.4 17.2 18.1 16.7 12.2 17.4 17.4 9.8 11.4 9.7 13.6 13.9 10.5 11.2 10.7 11.7 14.5 13.1 11.7 14.8 16.1 11.4
Spot price and regulation electricity 14.8 11.7 4.8 13.2 14.0 9.5 7.9 12.1 10.1 7.1 7.3 13.0 29.0 19.9 17.6 16.9 17.3 11.5 14.0 29.3 36.4 25.9 29.7 30.6 23.9 22.5 26.5 24.2 19.7 25.8 24.0 22.9 34.3 28.6 51.6 42.5 24.4 18.6 8.9 34.1 30.6 10.2 11.1 9.4 22.2 19.2 31.7 24.2 22.4 39.7 22.7
Electricity supplier in own enterprise or concern 13.8 12.7 10.4 12.5 12.4 11.7 10.5 12.5 11.4 9.5 10.4 12.3 19.3 15.2 14.6 14.6 16.8 14.3 14.9 22.5 24.3 18.3 18.8 21.4 18.9 17.7 18.5 19.5 19.4 23.5 23.5 21.4 29.7 25.3 33.6 36.0 22.9 19.7 15.6 27.7 26.7 12.4 11.9 11.1 16.6 17.5 21.0 18.7 21.6 31.1 22.1
                                                                                                       
$Electricity access 12.2 12.3 9.7 12.6 12.0 10.9 9.8 12.8 12.5 8.6 9.7 12.6 21.5 15.8 14.7 15.0 14.3 11.5 12.6 22.6 28.3 21.1 21.1 21.9 19.6 17.3 19.7 19.1 16.8 22.8 22.0 18.6 29.0 26.2 42.7 36.7 21.7 16.4 10.6 27.0 25.9 11.9 11.4 11.1 16.8 15.7 23.7 19.0 19.9 32.7 19.3
New fixed-price contracts (entered into the last 3 mos.before the measuring week) 20.0 14.2 15.0 13.1 14.1 13.5 11.6 12.7 13.7 8.8 12.9 13.8 13.8 15.6 : : : : : : : : : 33.1 : 25.5 : 18.9 23.2 .. .. .. 33.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14.3 13.2 13.2 14.0 13.2 32.1 20.9 23.2 33.5  
All other fixed-price contracts 17.0 16.8 15.9 17.4 17.6 15.3 14.7 16.6 19.7 14.0 14.8 17.0 18.5 16.2 17.5 16.9 16.6 14.8 16.8 19.9 22.2 20.5 20.9 22.5 20.9 19.5 20.3 21.3 20.0 21.0 21.3 20.5 23.2 24.1 31.9 29.9 27.6 20.1 19.5 23.2 24.8 16.9 16.3 16.9 17.3 16.8 21.7 20.7 20.6 27.5 21.6
Contracts not entered in the market 10.0 8.7 8.1 9.5 10.4 9.9 9.2 10.8 10.4 9.9 10.4 10.4 10.4 9.8 10.0 11.5 11.2 11.7 10.0 10.6 12.1 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.0 10.5 10.1 10.3 9.8 15.0 12.1 11.0 11.1 12.4 16.6 12.9 11.6 10.9 10.1 11.2 17.9 9.0 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.9 10.6 10.2 11.8 13.1 11.0
Spot price and regulation electricity 14.8 11.5 5.3 12.9 13.7 9.5 8.0 12.2 10.7 6.8 7.5 12.9 28.1 19.0 16.4 16.6 15.5 11.0 13.6 27.8 35.5 25.7 29.1 30.1 23.7 21.3 26.1 23.8 19.0 24.7 23.8 21.3 33.9 29.7 50.3 42.5 24.2 17.7 11.0 33.5 33.0 11.4 11.1 9.7 19.5 17.7 30.9 23.7 22.0 37.9 23.5
Average unit cost of electricity production 8.9 10.6 11.1 11.2 9.7 9.7 9.7 11.5 10.3 7.1 9.4 11.4 21.9 14.7 14.2 14.1 12.9 10.9 12.3 22.0 23.3 20.5 21.8 17.9 16.9 14.2 15.2 16.8 15.7 22.7 20.7 17.2 24.7 21.4 22.9 35.0 19.9 15.8 9.1 22.2 20.7 10.6 9.9 9.6 16.5 15.2 20.7 16.1 19.0 28.1 16.9
1  VAT and tax on consumption are not included. The fixed prices are based on market conditions.
2  Preliminary figures.

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