European electricity prices — Wednesday 23 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 262.2 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 31.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 5th cheapest of 39 price areas at 127.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (182.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 23–24 (40.1 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 230.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 8.2.
Most negative prices in Greece: 6 hours.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
31.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
262.2 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
179.5 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
127.7 €/MWh
5th cheapest
Wednesday 23 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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