Average electricity price for customers with regulated rates based on the wholesale market It will drop 31.9% on Thursday until this Wednesday 177.44 euros per megawatt hour (MWh).
At the auction, the average price of light in the so-called ‘pool’ wholesale market this Thursday was set at 122.39 euro/MWh. Thus, the maximum price will be 166.44 Euro/MWh between 20:00 and 21:00, and the minimum 102.50 Euro/MWh for the day will be between 05:00 and 06:00. According to provisional data from the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE) collected by Europa Press.
To this ‘pool’ price is added compensation due to gas companies by consumers benefiting from the measure, regulated tariff (PVPC) consumers, or consumers with indexed rate despite being in the free market. It will be 55.05 Euro/MWh for this Thursday.
In the absence of the ‘Iberian exception’ mechanism to meet The price of gas for electricity generation, electricity price in Spain will be around 276.34 Euro/MWh on average.almost 99 Euro/MWh more than the compensation for customers in the regulated tariff, and customers who will pay in this way On average 35.78% less.
The ‘Iberian mechanism’, which came into effect on 15 June, limits the gas price for electricity generation to an average of 48.8 euros per MWh for a period of twelve months, thus covering a period of higher energy prices in the coming winter. expensive.
Specifically, the ‘Iberian exception’ means that natural gas for electricity generation is available at a price of 40 Euro/MWh in the first six months – until 15 December – and then, an increase of five Euro/MWh per month until the end of the measure.