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Electricity prices · France

April 18, 2026 Local time: Europe/Paris

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

Day average

4.73ct/kWh

96 / 96 intervals

Lowest price

-0.21ct/kWh

13:30–13:45

Highest price

10.77ct/kWh

00:00–00:15

A clear view of the day

April 18, 2026 ct/kWh

Complete
Electricity prices · France · April 18, 2026 Each bar represents one delivery interval. Negative prices appear below zero. All values are also available in the table. 00:00–00:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.77 ct/kWh 00:15–00:30 · UTC+02:00 · 10.52 ct/kWh 00:30–00:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.75 ct/kWh 00:45–01:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.62 ct/kWh 01:00–01:15 · UTC+02:00 · 10.09 ct/kWh 01:15–01:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.93 ct/kWh 01:30–01:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.84 ct/kWh 01:45–02:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.52 ct/kWh 02:00–02:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.52 ct/kWh 02:15–02:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.40 ct/kWh 02:30–02:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.32 ct/kWh 02:45–03:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.08 ct/kWh 03:00–03:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.07 ct/kWh 03:15–03:30 · UTC+02:00 · 7.63 ct/kWh 03:30–03:45 · UTC+02:00 · 7.71 ct/kWh 03:45–04:00 · UTC+02:00 · 7.48 ct/kWh 04:00–04:15 · UTC+02:00 · 7.51 ct/kWh 04:15–04:30 · UTC+02:00 · 7.52 ct/kWh 04:30–04:45 · UTC+02:00 · 7.51 ct/kWh 04:45–05:00 · UTC+02:00 · 7.48 ct/kWh 05:00–05:15 · UTC+02:00 · 7.63 ct/kWh 05:15–05:30 · UTC+02:00 · 7.52 ct/kWh 05:30–05:45 · UTC+02:00 · 7.53 ct/kWh 05:45–06:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.00 ct/kWh 06:00–06:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.40 ct/kWh 06:15–06:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.42 ct/kWh 06:30–06:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.20 ct/kWh 06:45–07:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.30 ct/kWh 07:00–07:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.32 ct/kWh 07:15–07:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.62 ct/kWh 07:30–07:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.62 ct/kWh 07:45–08:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.45 ct/kWh 08:00–08:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.33 ct/kWh 08:15–08:30 · UTC+02:00 · 7.00 ct/kWh 08:30–08:45 · UTC+02:00 · 5.43 ct/kWh 08:45–09:00 · UTC+02:00 · 4.45 ct/kWh 09:00–09:15 · UTC+02:00 · 4.66 ct/kWh 09:15–09:30 · UTC+02:00 · 1.74 ct/kWh 09:30–09:45 · UTC+02:00 · 1.25 ct/kWh 09:45–10:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.54 ct/kWh 10:00–10:15 · UTC+02:00 · 0.54 ct/kWh 10:15–10:30 · UTC+02:00 · 0.12 ct/kWh 10:30–10:45 · UTC+02:00 · 0.05 ct/kWh 10:45–11:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.00 ct/kWh 11:00–11:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.0020 ct/kWh 11:15–11:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.08 ct/kWh 11:30–11:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.08 ct/kWh 11:45–12:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.11 ct/kWh 12:00–12:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.08 ct/kWh 12:15–12:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.10 ct/kWh 12:30–12:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.08 ct/kWh 12:45–13:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.15 ct/kWh 13:00–13:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.20 ct/kWh 13:15–13:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.20 ct/kWh 13:30–13:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.21 ct/kWh 13:45–14:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.21 ct/kWh 14:00–14:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.21 ct/kWh 14:15–14:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.21 ct/kWh 14:30–14:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.21 ct/kWh 14:45–15:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.20 ct/kWh 15:00–15:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.15 ct/kWh 15:15–15:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.10 ct/kWh 15:30–15:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.18 ct/kWh 15:45–16:00 · UTC+02:00 · -0.01 ct/kWh 16:00–16:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.10 ct/kWh 16:15–16:30 · UTC+02:00 · -0.01 ct/kWh 16:30–16:45 · UTC+02:00 · -0.0050 ct/kWh 16:45–17:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.11 ct/kWh 17:00–17:15 · UTC+02:00 · -0.0010 ct/kWh 17:15–17:30 · UTC+02:00 · 0.38 ct/kWh 17:30–17:45 · UTC+02:00 · 0.02 ct/kWh 17:45–18:00 · UTC+02:00 · 0.21 ct/kWh 18:00–18:15 · UTC+02:00 · 1.28 ct/kWh 18:15–18:30 · UTC+02:00 · 2.64 ct/kWh 18:30–18:45 · UTC+02:00 · 1.94 ct/kWh 18:45–19:00 · UTC+02:00 · 4.07 ct/kWh 19:00–19:15 · UTC+02:00 · 0.77 ct/kWh 19:15–19:30 · UTC+02:00 · 2.40 ct/kWh 19:30–19:45 · UTC+02:00 · 5.74 ct/kWh 19:45–20:00 · UTC+02:00 · 7.88 ct/kWh 20:00–20:15 · UTC+02:00 · 6.87 ct/kWh 20:15–20:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.10 ct/kWh 20:30–20:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.33 ct/kWh 20:45–21:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.52 ct/kWh 21:00–21:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.42 ct/kWh 21:15–21:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.45 ct/kWh 21:30–21:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.37 ct/kWh 21:45–22:00 · UTC+02:00 · 5.82 ct/kWh 22:00–22:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.20 ct/kWh 22:15–22:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.06 ct/kWh 22:30–22:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.30 ct/kWh 22:45–23:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.10 ct/kWh 23:00–23:15 · UTC+02:00 · 8.32 ct/kWh 23:15–23:30 · UTC+02:00 · 8.14 ct/kWh 23:30–23:45 · UTC+02:00 · 8.20 ct/kWh 23:45–24:00 · UTC+02:00 · 8.00 ct/kWh
Market priceLowest priceHighest price

Local time · Europe/Paris

All 96 price intervals
Electricity prices · France · April 18, 2026 · Europe/Paris
Time intervalUTC offsetMarket price ct/kWh
UTC+02:0010.77
UTC+02:0010.52
UTC+02:008.75
UTC+02:008.62
UTC+02:0010.09
UTC+02:008.93
UTC+02:008.84
UTC+02:008.52
UTC+02:008.52
UTC+02:008.40
UTC+02:008.32
UTC+02:008.08
UTC+02:008.07
UTC+02:007.63
UTC+02:007.71
UTC+02:007.48
UTC+02:007.51
UTC+02:007.52
UTC+02:007.51
UTC+02:007.48
UTC+02:007.63
UTC+02:007.52
UTC+02:007.53
UTC+02:008.00
UTC+02:008.40
UTC+02:008.42
UTC+02:008.20
UTC+02:008.30
UTC+02:008.32
UTC+02:008.62
UTC+02:008.62
UTC+02:008.45
UTC+02:008.33
UTC+02:007.00
UTC+02:005.43
UTC+02:004.45
UTC+02:004.66
UTC+02:001.74
UTC+02:001.25
UTC+02:000.54
UTC+02:000.54
UTC+02:000.12
UTC+02:000.05
UTC+02:000.00
UTC+02:00-0.0020
UTC+02:00-0.08
UTC+02:00-0.08
UTC+02:00-0.11
UTC+02:00-0.08
UTC+02:00-0.10
UTC+02:00-0.08
UTC+02:00-0.15
UTC+02:00-0.20
UTC+02:00-0.20
UTC+02:00-0.21
UTC+02:00-0.21
UTC+02:00-0.21
UTC+02:00-0.21
UTC+02:00-0.21
UTC+02:00-0.20
UTC+02:00-0.15
UTC+02:00-0.10
UTC+02:00-0.18
UTC+02:00-0.01
UTC+02:00-0.10
UTC+02:00-0.01
UTC+02:00-0.0050
UTC+02:000.11
UTC+02:00-0.0010
UTC+02:000.38
UTC+02:000.02
UTC+02:000.21
UTC+02:001.28
UTC+02:002.64
UTC+02:001.94
UTC+02:004.07
UTC+02:000.77
UTC+02:002.40
UTC+02:005.74
UTC+02:007.88
UTC+02:006.87
UTC+02:008.10
UTC+02:008.33
UTC+02:008.52
UTC+02:008.42
UTC+02:008.45
UTC+02:008.37
UTC+02:005.82
UTC+02:008.20
UTC+02:008.06
UTC+02:008.30
UTC+02:008.10
UTC+02:008.32
UTC+02:008.14
UTC+02:008.20
UTC+02:008.00

Day-ahead market April 18, 2026

Daily price overview

For France on April 18, 2026, the time-weighted day-ahead average is 4.73 ct/kWh.

The lowest interval is -0.21 ct/kWh at 13:30–13:45, while the highest is 10.77 ct/kWh at 00:00–00:15. The difference between the day’s low and high is 10.98 ct/kWh.

The lowest-cost continuous three-hour window runs from 12:45 to 15:45 and averages -0.19 ct/kWh. The highest-cost three-hour window is 00:00–03:00 at 9.03 ct/kWh, a difference of 9.22 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 6 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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Exchange
EPEX
Bidding zone
FR · 10YFR-RTE------C
Local timezone
Europe/Paris
Price resolution
15 minutes
Published history from
2016-01-01