European electricity prices — Thursday 12 February 2026
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 Latvia at 170.0 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Spain at 5.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 4th priciest of 40 price areas at 169.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 16–17 (229.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (101.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 164.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 29.8.
Most negative prices in Spain: 12 hours.
Poland had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
5.7 €/MWh
Spain
Priciest area
170.0 €/MWh
Latvia
Median price area
118.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
169.3 €/MWh
4th priciest
Thursday 12 February 2026 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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