The price of electricity will remain at a high level on Tuesday

The average hourly price of exchange electricity for consumers will remain high on Tuesday. The highest price of the day, 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour, is reached in the evening at 9 p.m.

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.

Tuesday’s price level is clearly above the typical hourly price of around four cents. Prices over ten cents are classified as high, and historically occur about 20 percent of the time. Even at its cheapest, electricity costs 10.8 cents per kilowatt hour on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Also on Monday, the price of electricity was at a high level. Monday’s peak price was also 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour at 8 and 9 in the morning.

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.