The price of stock electricity will rise to peak figures today

Exchange electricity has been expensive since the beginning of the year due to, among other things, frost and ice accumulated on the wings of wind turbines. Picture: Paula Kaskimaa / IS

Exchange electricity the price will rise on Monday to the peak readings of the current year.

The average price of electricity after tax is over 38 cents per kilowatt hour on Monday. Electricity is most expensive in the morning before eight o’clock, when the price rises to more than 61 cents per kilowatt hour for a quarter of an hour.

The price of electricity remains at an hourly level of more than 50 cents per kilowatt hour from eight in the morning until five.

Exchange electricity has been expensive recently due to frost, Pacific weather and ice accumulated on the wings of wind turbines.

In January, the Taxable average price of electricity was 14.7 cents per kilowatt hour, while a year ago the average price was less than seven cents per kilowatt hour.