The
price of electricity
in the wholesale market (pool) has stood for this
Monday, December 6
, at
209.78 euros per megawatt hour
(MWh), more than double (106% more) than the price set for today , once again exceeding the barrier of 200 euros / MWh.
The price for tomorrow Monday, despite being a holiday, days in which economic activity decreases and energy demand is lower, is
more than five times higher than the price of the equivalent day last year
, when it was paid at 38.02 euros / MWh.
In addition, it is again above 200 euros / MWh, a value that was reached in almost 70% of the days of October, in 45% of the days of November, and in five of the first six days of December .
Electricity thus recovers values above 200 euros / MWh after setting
a price of 101.97 euros / MWh
this
Sunday
, the lowest price since last November 1.
The average in December is 204.45 euros
So far this month, the
price of electricity
stands at an average of
204.45 euros / MWh
, four euros above the October price (200.06 euros / MWh), the most expensive month in history until the date, and eleven euros more expensive than the November price (193.43 euros / MWh).
According to data from the Iberian Electricity Market Operator (
OMIE
), the
maximum price on Monday will be recorded between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
, when it will be 273.61 euros / MWh, while the minimum will be 177 , 37 euros / MWh between 5:00 and 6:00 in the morning.
The prices registered in the wholesale market have a direct impact on the
regulated tariff or PVPC
, to which almost 11 million consumers in Spain are welcomed, and serves as a reference for the other 17 million who contract their supply in the free market.
Behind the price increase are the
high prices of gas in international markets
and
of carbon dioxide
(CO2) emission rights, which during 2021 have been setting record highs month after month.
As for the rest of European countries, in the
United Kingdom
the megawatt hour will be paid tomorrow at an average of 214.45 pounds (about 251 euros), while in
Germany
it will do so at 265.39 euros, in
France
, at 282, 52 euros, in
Italy
, at 269.73 euros, and in
Portugal
, which shares a market with Spain although sometimes prices are decoupled due to differences in production, at 212.24 euros
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