European electricity prices — Wednesday 18 January 2023
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 168.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 21.5 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 9th cheapest of 39 price areas at 80.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 19–20 (123.5 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (38.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 146.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 7.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Spain +324 %.
Most negative prices in Croatia: 2 hours.
Cheapest area
21.5 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
168.3 €/MWh
Switzerland
Median price area
114.5 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
80.6 €/MWh
9th cheapest
Wednesday 18 January 2023 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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