European electricity prices — Thursday 17 September 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 288.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Sweden SE1 at 26.2 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 2nd cheapest of 40 price areas at 26.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 18–19 (52.8 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (6.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 262.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 11.0.
Biggest change from the previous day: Estonia +260 %.
Most negative prices in Greece: 5 hours.
Cheapest area
26.2 €/MWh
Sweden SE1
Priciest area
288.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
149.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
26.3 €/MWh
2nd cheapest
Thursday 17 September 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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