Electricity priceSaturday 17 October

Market report · Saturday, 17 October 2026

Electricity is cheaper on Saturday than on Friday.

On average
16.8 ctper kWh
Cheapest
12.4 ct12:00 – 15:00
Most expensive
24.0 ct18:45 – 19:45

On average 16.8 ct per kWh, 4.3 ct less than on Friday. Cheapest around midday, 12:00 to 15:00, 12.4 ct on average; most expensive 18:45 to 19:45 at 24.0 ct. 6 of 10 neighbours are cheaper, most of all France at 13.9 ct. Most expensive: Austria at 22.8 ct.

Written from the exchange prices without AI. Data: Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de.

Saturday 17 October

Low 11.8 · Average 16.8 · High 24.5 ct

cheapest 3 h · 12.4 ct

One bar per quarter hour, taller means pricier. Blue: the cheapest three hours in a row.

Germany and its neighbours on Saturday

Average of the day per kWh, cheapest first. Each country leads to its page.

  1. France13.9 ct
  2. Norway South15.0 ct
  3. Denmark West15.3 ct
  4. Denmark East15.7 ct
  5. Belgium16.3 ct
  6. Netherlands16.7 ct
  7. Germany16.8 ct
  8. Poland17.7 ct
  9. Czechia17.9 ct
  10. Switzerland21.8 ct
  11. Austria22.8 ct

Where the numbers come from

Exchange price
Wholesale price Germany/Luxembourg, day-ahead, per quarter hour. Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de, licence CC BY 4.0. Converted from €/MWh to ct per kWh (€10/MWh = 1 ct).
Market report
Written from fixed sentences, without AI: average of all quarter hours of the day, compared with the day before; cheapest 3 hours in a row and most expensive hour within the day; differences come from the rounded values, so everything adds up. The page of a day no longer changes once it is over.

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