Consumers will have to be vigilant this Monday, August 21. There will be times when putting the washing machine, ironing or using the oven will be more advisable. Knowing which are the cheapest allows you to concentrate spending and save on the bill at the end of the month. The average reference for the whole day in the wholesale market will be 117.25 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), according to the operator OMIE. Again, hour by hour there will be big differences.
The wholesale market figures are reflected in the consumer’s receipt. The most expensive hour will be reached between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., when the price on the bill will rise to 0.26192 euros per kilowatt hour (kWh), based on data from Red Eléctrica. The cheapest hour, on the opposite side, will be recorded between 04:00 and 05:00, when the kilowatt hour will be paid at 0.13289 euros.
04h
€0.13289/kWh
05h
€0.14467/kWh
06h
€0.15617/kWh
07h
€0.16898/kWh
08h
€0.19411/kWh
9am
€0.17227/kWh
10am
€0.20668/kWh
11am
€0.20277/kWh
12 noon
€0.20248/kWh
1 pm
€0.20215/kWh
2 p.m.
€0.15272/kWh
3:00 p.m.
€0.15213/kWh
4pm
€0.15759/kWh
5:00 p.m.
€0.17702/kWh
6pm
€0.23293/kWh
7pm
€0.24633/kWh
20h
€0.26192/kWh
9pm
€0.26085/kWh
10pm
€0.19958/kWh
11pm
€0.19269/kWh
Why does the price of electricity vary in each time slot?
The regulated bill prices are dynamic, indexed to the wholesale electricity market. As the energy demand per hour is the factor that determines the price of electricity in each hour, the cost of electricity per hour varies constantly. Thus, with a greater demand in peaks of cold -for heating- or heat -for air conditioning, for example-, prices rise. In addition, it must be taken into account that costs such as adjustment services, marketing, tolls and charges, capacity payments or interruptibility costs, among others, may vary every hour.
