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
  Q1 1998 Q2 1998 Q3 1998 Q4 1998 Q1 1999 Q2 1999 Q3 1999 Q4 1999 Q1 2000 Q2 2000 Q3 2000 Q4 2000 Q1 2001 Q2 2001 Q3 2001 Q4 2001 Q1 2002 Q2 2002 Q3 2002 Q4 2002 Q1 2003 Q2 2003 Q3 2003 Q4 2003 Q1 2004 Q2 2004 Q3 2004 Q4 2004 Q1 2005 Q2 2005 Q3 2005 Q4 2005 Q1 2006 Q2 2006 Q3 2006 Q4 2006 Q1 2007 Q2 2007 Q3 2007 Q4 2007 Q1 2008 Q2 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  18.4  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 15.6 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 16.1 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 11.6 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 17.0 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 22.8 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 14.4 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 26.4 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 12.8 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 16.1 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 10.7 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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