European electricity prices — Tuesday 17 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 Denmark DK2 at 182.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 8.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 11th cheapest of 40 price areas at 77.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (117.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (38.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 174.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 20.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: France +277 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 2 hours.
Cheapest area
8.7 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
182.7 €/MWh
Denmark DK2
Median price area
98.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
77.3 €/MWh
11th cheapest
Tuesday 17 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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