European electricity prices — Sunday 17 May 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 Norway NO5 at 123.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 19.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 5th cheapest of 40 price areas at 49.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 21–22 (90.7 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 13–14 (9.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 103.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 6.2.
Most negative prices in Greece: 8 hours.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
19.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
123.6 €/MWh
Norway NO5
Median price area
84.5 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
49.8 €/MWh
5th cheapest
Sunday 17 May 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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