Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  Q2 2008 Change in per cent Q1 2008 Q2 2007
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 25.1 -35.2 9.7 38.8 22.9
1-year fixed-price contracts 40.1 4.5 14.5 38.4 35.0
Other fixed-price contracts 39.4 -2.4 8.0 40.3 36.4
Contracts tied to spot price 17.1 -51.3 -17.0 35.0 20.6
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 28.6 -32.4 31.3 42.3 21.8
           
Services 21.7 -37.1 -6.2 34.5 23.1
New fixed-price contracts1 34.6 -1.1 19.6 35.0 28.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 34.7 -5.0 4.9 36.6 33.1
Contracts tied to spot price 17.3 -48.5 -11.6 33.5 19.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 29.1 -28.3 35.7 40.6 21.5
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 23.6 -15.3 13.0 27.8 20.9
New fixed-price contracts1 38.5 -2.4 37.0 39.4 28.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 25.2 6.4 11.2 23.7 22.7
Contracts tied to spot price 14.1 -56.8 -21.9 32.5 18.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 31.2 -26.0 51.1 42.2 20.7
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 20.9 4.2 32.7 20.0 15.7
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 21.2 12.0 35.3 18.9 15.6
Contracts tied to spot price 19.6 -40.9 6.5 33.1 18.4
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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