Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2009 Change in per cent 1st Q 2009 2nd Q 2008
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 33.1 -18.3 31.2 40.5 25.2
1-year fixed-price contracts 38.8 -1.7 -2.4 39.4 39.7
Other fixed-price contracts 41.2 -0.3 4.7 41.3 39.4
Contracts tied to spot price 31.0 -17.2 81.5 37.5 17.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 34.2 -22.1 19.1 43.9 28.7
           
Services 32.7 -15.8 44.2 38.8 22.7
New fixed-price contracts1 31.9 -12.1 -7.7 36.3 34.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 37.4 -0.5 7.5 37.6 34.8
Contracts tied to spot price 30.5 -19.1 67.2 37.7 18.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 36.4 -12.6 24.5 41.7 29.2
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry 28.9 -13.3 23.9 33.3 23.3
New fixed-price contracts1 33.4 -9.1 -13.1 36.8 38.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 28.0 2.9 11.3 27.3 25.2
Contracts tied to spot price 29.2 -21.9  118.5 37.4 13.3
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 38.4 -9.1 23.0 42.3 31.2
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing and pulp and paper industry2 21.2 0.9 3.7 21.0 20.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 19.8 0.6 -3.8 19.7 20.6
Contracts tied to spot price 30.2 -14.3 54.1 35.2 19.6
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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