Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

2 Electricity prices and grid rent for households, quarterly. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2009 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2009 4th quarter 2008 20062 20072 20082
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Electricity price excl. VAT 32.1 -0.9 -35.8 32.4 50.0 28.1 39.1 35.2
Electricity price incl. VAT 39.1 -0.9 -35.8 39.5 60.9 34.4 47.7 42.9
Grid rent excl. taxes 24.7 0.0 1.6 24.7 24.3 23.4 23.9 24.7
Grid rent incl. taxes1 42.9 0.0 1.9 42.9 42.1 40.6 41.6 42.9
                 
Total price of electricity and grid rent excl. taxes 56.8 -0.5 -23.5 57.1 74.3 51.5 63.1 60.0
Total price of electricity and grid rent incl. taxes 82.0 -0.4 -20.4 82.4  103.0 75.0 89.3 85.9
1  Tax on consumption of electricity and VAT is included. Tax on consumption is not levied in Finnmark and some municipalities in Nord-Troms. Nordland, Troms and Finnmark do not pay VAT. The price in this table is the average for the entire country.
2  Preliminary estimate.
Source: Statistics Norway and Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.

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