Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive VAT. Øre/kWh
  2nd quarter 2010 Change in per cent 1st Q 2010 2nd Q 2009
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 45.5 -15.2 37.5 53.6 33.1
1-year fixed-price contracts 38.8 2.7 0.0 37.8 38.8
Other fixed-price contracts 40.1 0.0 -2.7 40.1 41.2
Contracts tied to spot price 40.5 -30.0 30.6 57.8 31.0
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 53.0 6.8 55.1 49.6 34.2
           
Services 41.6 -21.3 27.3 52.8 32.7
New fixed-price contracts1 41.0 8.3 28.3 37.8 31.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 37.2 1.4 -0.6 36.7 37.4
Contracts tied to spot price 40.6 -28.6 33.1 56.9 30.5
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 51.4 17.7 41.2 43.7 36.4
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 32.5 -28.9 12.7 45.8 28.9
New fixed-price contracts1 38.5 5.8 15.1 36.4 33.4
Old fixed-price contracts1 26.2 -35.7 -6.5 40.8 28.0
Contracts tied to spot price 41.2 -19.5 41.2 51.1 29.2
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 51.0 14.3 32.9 44.6 38.4
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 20.6 -16.0 -2.9 24.5 21.2
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 17.4 -11.7 -12.5 19.6 19.8
Contracts tied to spot price 39.4 -26.2 30.4 53.3 30.2
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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing .

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