European electricity prices — Friday 16 December 2022
Daily review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous day. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.
The priciest area was Switzerland at 426.1 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 82.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 17th cheapest of 39 price areas at 392.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 9–10 (565.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (104.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 344.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.2.
Portugal had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
82.1 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
426.1 €/MWh
Switzerland
Median price area
398.0 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
392.3 €/MWh
17th cheapest
Friday 16 December 2022 average price on the map
The day's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). The day runs on Central European Time (CET).
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