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Electricity prices · France

March 31, 2019 Local time: Europe/Paris

Market price only. Supplier fees, network charges and taxes are not included.

Day average

2.67ct/kWh

23 / 23 intervals

Lowest price

-1.16ct/kWh

15:00–16:00

Highest price

4.18ct/kWh

20:00–21:00

A clear view of the day

March 31, 2019 ct/kWh

Complete
Electricity prices · France · March 31, 2019 Each bar represents one delivery interval. Negative prices appear below zero. All values are also available in the table. 00:00–01:00 · UTC+01:00 · 4.01 ct/kWh 01:00–03:00 · UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00 · 3.44 ct/kWh 03:00–04:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.30 ct/kWh 04:00–05:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.26 ct/kWh 05:00–06:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.09 ct/kWh 06:00–07:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.09 ct/kWh 07:00–08:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.23 ct/kWh 08:00–09:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.31 ct/kWh 09:00–10:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.32 ct/kWh 10:00–11:00 · UTC+02:00 · 2.99 ct/kWh 11:00–12:00 · UTC+02:00 · 2.68 ct/kWh 12:00–13:00 · UTC+02:00 · 2.51 ct/kWh 13:00–14:00 · UTC+02:00 · 1.32 ct/kWh 14:00–15:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.43 ct/kWh 15:00–16:00 · UTC+02:00 · -1.16 ct/kWh 16:00–17:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.06 ct/kWh 17:00–18:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.19 ct/kWh 18:00–19:00 · UTC+02:00 · 2.66 ct/kWh 19:00–20:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.87 ct/kWh 20:00–21:00 · UTC+02:00 · 4.18 ct/kWh 21:00–22:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.91 ct/kWh 22:00–23:00 · UTC+02:00 · 4.03 ct/kWh 23:00–24:00 · UTC+02:00 · 3.75 ct/kWh
Market priceLowest priceHighest price

Local time · Europe/Paris

All 23 price intervals
Electricity prices · France · March 31, 2019 · Europe/Paris
Time intervalUTC offsetMarket price ct/kWh
UTC+01:004.01
UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:003.44
UTC+02:003.30
UTC+02:003.26
UTC+02:003.09
UTC+02:003.09
UTC+02:003.23
UTC+02:003.31
UTC+02:003.32
UTC+02:002.99
UTC+02:002.68
UTC+02:002.51
UTC+02:001.32
UTC+02:000.43
UTC+02:00-1.16
UTC+02:00-0.06
UTC+02:000.19
UTC+02:002.66
UTC+02:003.87
UTC+02:004.18
UTC+02:003.91
UTC+02:004.03
UTC+02:003.75

Day-ahead market March 31, 2019

Daily price overview

For France on March 31, 2019, the time-weighted day-ahead average is 2.67 ct/kWh.

The lowest interval is -1.16 ct/kWh at 15:00–16:00, while the highest is 4.18 ct/kWh at 20:00–21:00. The difference between the day’s low and high is 5.34 ct/kWh.

The lowest-cost continuous three-hour window runs from 15:00 to 18:00 and averages -0.34 ct/kWh. The highest-cost three-hour window is 20:00–23:00 at 4.04 ct/kWh, a difference of 4.38 ct/kWh in the wholesale component. For market-linked plans, these are useful periods to inspect when scheduling flexible consumption.

Wholesale prices are below zero for 2 h in total. Supplier charges, network fees and taxes can still keep the final customer price positive.

Price history

Averages are weighted by interval duration, not row count. Original hourly and 15-minute prices are retained. All times are local to the market.

How prices work

Wholesale day-ahead prices from official market sources, shown in the market’s local time. Original intervals and negative prices are retained.

EUR/MWh ÷ 10 = ct/kWh. The average is weighted by interval duration. Negative prices and daylight-saving changes are preserved.

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Your supplier’s markup, network charges, taxes and fixed fees depend on your contract. Use this page to understand the market component, not as a quote for your household tariff.

Exchange
EPEX
Bidding zone
FR · 10YFR-RTE------C
Local timezone
Europe/Paris
Price resolution
60 minutes
Published history from
2016-01-01