The average price of electricity for regulated rate customers linked to the wholesale market this Sunday rises 33.13% compared to this Saturdayup to 135.62 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), according to provisional data from the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE) collected by Europa Press.
this sunday again the so-called is left without application Iberian exception, in force since mid-June, since the reference price for gas plants stands at 38.89 euros/MWh, below the ceiling of 40 euros/MWh.
In the auction, the average price of electricity in the wholesale market -the so-called ‘pool’- stands at 135.62 euros/MWh for this Sunday.
The cheapest hour of electricity will be early in the morning, from 04:00 to 05:00., with a price of 98.50 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). The rest of the sections will be above 100 euros and the maximum price will be registered between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., with 225.35 euros/MWh.
To this ‘pool’ price is added the compensation to the gas companies that has to be paid by the consumers benefiting from the measureconsumers of the regulated rate (PVPC) or those who, despite being in the free market, have an indexed rate, which on this occasion is zero.
This morning the time change takes place, so at 03:00 in the morning it will be 02:00 again, with which there will be one more hour in the rate and instead of the usual 24 sections, there will be 25.
The highest price in Europe
This Sunday the price of electricity in Spain will be the highest in all of Europe, above countries such as France and Germany (116.6 euros), Italy (112.1 euros) or the United Kingdom (101 euros).
However, the average price since June 15, when the Iberian exception came into force, is notably lower in Spain (141.77 euros) than in France (360.77 euros), Italy (398.37 euros) or Germany (313.97).