Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  1st quarter 2011 Change in per cent 4th Q 2010 1st Q 2010
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 57.5 30.1 7.4 44.2 53.6
1-year fixed-price contracts 46.1 13.8 22.1 40.5 37.8
Other fixed-price contracts 43.0 4.6 7.2 41.1 40.1
Contracts tied to spot price 54.3 18.7 -6.0 45.8 57.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 64.4 52.3 29.7 42.3 49.6
           
Services 52.9 19.3 0.1 44.3 52.8
New fixed-price contracts1 36.3 -9.0 -4.1 39.9 37.8
Old fixed-price contracts1 42.2 10.3 14.9 38.2 36.7
Contracts tied to spot price 53.8 16.0 -5.5 46.4 56.9
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 62.1 51.4 42.1 41.0 43.7
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 37.7 6.2 -2.9 35.5 38.8
New fixed-price contracts1 42.3 5.6 16.3 40.1 36.4
Old fixed-price contracts1 26.7 2.7 2.1 26.0 26.1
Contracts tied to spot price 52.6 22.8 2.8 42.8 51.1
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 51.5 25.7 15.3 40.9 44.6
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 25.8 19.5 5.3 21.6 24.5
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 17.8 -12.8 -9.3 20.4 19.6
Contracts tied to spot price 52.8 13.2 -1.0 46.6 53.3
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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