This average light price for regulated rate customers linked to the wholesale market It will drop 19.55% this Thursday until this Wednesday 52.51 Euros per megawatt hour (MWh)lowest record ever this year.
At the auction, the average price of light in the so-called ‘pool’ wholesale market this Thursday was 52.03 euros/MWh. The lowest level of 2022.
This Thursday, the maximum price will be recorded at 75.74 Euro/MWh between 20:00 and 21:00, with a minimum of 30 Euro/MWh between 02:00 and 03:00. Provisional data of the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE) collected by Europa Press.
To this pool price is added compensation to gas companies, which must be paid by consumers benefiting from the measure, regulated tariff (PVPC) consumers, or those with an indexed rate despite being in the free market. 0.48 Euro/MWh for this Thursday.
Although the price for this Thursday will be the lowest price of the whole year, The average average for regulated tariff customers connected to the wholesale market between 1st and 22nd December is still 174.21 euros/MWh.in front 116 Euro/MWh for the same period of the previous month.
In the absence of an ‘Iberian exception’ mechanism that limits the price of gas for electricity generation, The price of electricity in Spain will average around 136.74 euro/MWh, which is around 84.23 euro/MWh more more than compensation to customers who would pay, on average, 61.6% less at the regulated rate.
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 exemption’ sets a path for a price increase for natural gas for electricity generation from a price of 40 Euro/MWh in the first six months and then five Euro/MWh per month until the end of the measure.