European electricity prices — Wednesday 17 January 2024

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.

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The priciest area was Bulgaria at 119.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 27.0 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 8th priciest of 39 price areas at 110.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 6–7 (150.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (68.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 92.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Spain −70 %.
Greece had 21 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
27.0 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
119.7 €/MWh
Bulgaria
Median price area
99.8 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
110.3 €/MWh
8th priciest

Wednesday 17 January 2024 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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