Statistics Norway

Electric energy prices, quarterly

1 Electricity prices in the end-user market, quarterly. Exclusive taxes. Øre/kWh
  4th quarter 2011 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2011 4th Q 2010
  Last 3 mos. Last 12 mos.
Households 35.0 1.5 -20.9 34.5 44.2
1-year fixed-price contracts 40.7 -4.4 0.5 42.6 40.5
Other fixed-price contracts 40.3 -2.5 -2.0 41.3 41.1
Contracts tied to spot price 36.2 15.7 -21.0 31.2 45.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 32.2 -14.8 -23.8 37.8 42.3
           
Services 36.5 10.9 -17.6 32.9 44.3
New fixed-price contracts1 38.6 2.7 -3.3 37.6 39.9
Old fixed-price contracts1 39.1 -3.6 2.3 40.6 38.2
Contracts tied to spot price 36.5 19.6 -21.4 30.5 46.4
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 33.2 -11.3 -19.1 37.4 41.0
           
Manufacturing excl. energy-intensive manufacturing 29.7 6.3 -16.3 27.9 35.5
New fixed-price contracts1 39.1 2.7 -2.3 38.1 40.1
Old fixed-price contracts1 27.3 1.0 5.1 27.1 26.0
Contracts tied to spot price 35.0 23.2 -18.2 28.4 42.8
Variable price (not tied to spot price) 34.0 -7.9 -17.0 36.9 40.9
           
Energy-intensive manufacturing2 27.8 13.8 28.6 24.4 21.6
Old fixed-price contracts1 and contracts not entered in the market 18.0 -16.9 -12.1 21.6 20.4
Contracts tied to spot price 34.6 27.7 -25.7 27.1 46.6
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). Pulp and paper industry is included in energy-intensive manufacturing.

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