The price of electricity will rise to a high level on Saturday evening

The consumer prices of exchange electricity will rise to a high level in the evening hours on Saturday. The most expensive hourly price of the day is reached at 7 p.m., when electricity costs 24.7 cents per kilowatt hour.

The hourly prices stated in the article are averages calculated from the four quarter-hour prices for each hour. The electricity exchange Nord Pool switched to 15-minute pricing from the beginning of October 2025.

This is a high price level, as prices between 20 and 30 cents occur about seven percent of the time. Saturday’s highest price is multiple times compared to the typical price level of about four cents per kilowatt hour.

Saturday’s cheapest hourly price is seen late in the evening at 11 p.m., when the price drops to 3.5 cents per kilowatt hour. During the day, prices mostly range between six and 14 cents.

On Friday, the price of electricity has remained at a somewhat more moderate level, and from the early evening on, the prices have risen to a maximum of 18.0 cents per kilowatt hour at 8 p.m.

The article was prepared by artificial intelligence based on price data. The text has been checked and edited by editor Tatu Sailaranta. The price data are price quotations from the electricity exchange Nord Pool. A value added tax of 25.5 percent has been added to them. Historical comparative data has been calculated based on price data for the period between November 2022 and May 2025.