European electricity prices — Thursday 12 March 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 Italy Sicily at 158.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 7.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 11.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (26.2 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (2.9 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 150.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 21.4.
Biggest change from the previous day: Sweden SE2 −65 %.
Most negative prices in Spain: 6 hours.
Cheapest area
7.4 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
158.3 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
97.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
11.2 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Thursday 12 March 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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