European electricity prices — Friday 17 July 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 171.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE2 at 9.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 9.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (14.6 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 2–3 (0.0 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 162.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 18.8.
Biggest change from the previous day: Estonia −69 %.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
9.1 €/MWh
Sweden SE2
Priciest area
171.8 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
140.7 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
9.3 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Friday 17 July 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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