European electricity prices — Saturday 17 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 299.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 97.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 39 price areas at 206.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 16–17 (266.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 2–3 (125.6 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 202.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 3.1.
Portugal had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
97.2 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
299.7 €/MWh
Switzerland
Median price area
262.3 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
206.0 €/MWh
7th cheapest
Saturday 17 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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