Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2009 Change in per cent 4th Q 2008 1st Q 2008
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 40.5 -19.0 4.4 50.0 38.8
1-year fixed-price contracts 39.4 -11.3 2.8 44.5 38.4
Other fixed-price contracts 41.3 -6.6 2.4 44.2 40.3
Contracts tied to spot price 37.5 -21.0 7.0 47.4 35.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 43.9 -18.9 3.8 54.1 42.3
           
Services 38.8 -16.2 12.5 46.3 34.5
New fixed-price contracts1 36.3 -15.8 3.9 43.2 35.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 37.6 -10.0 2.9 41.8 36.6
Contracts tied to spot price 37.7 -18.6 12.5 46.4 33.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 41.7 -16.2 2.6 49.7 40.6
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 33.3 -3.1 19.6 34.4 27.8
New fixed-price contracts1 36.8 -16.1 -6.6 43.9 39.4
Old fixed-price contracts1 27.3 11.8 14.9 24.4 23.7
Contracts tied to spot price 37.4 -18.8 14.9 46.0 32.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 42.3 -16.5 0.2 50.6 42.2
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 21.0 6.2 5.1 19.8 20.0
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 19.7 2.1 4.3 19.3 18.9
Contracts tied to spot price 35.2 -22.4 6.3 45.4 33.1
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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