Monthly market report
France FR — May 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
52.25 €/MWh
+12.69 vs previous month
Negative prices
92.5 hours
370 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
149.5 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
59.5 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -498.65 €/MWh May 1, 11:30 UTC
- Priciest period
- 206.03 €/MWh May 7, 17:45 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-05-07max 206.03 €/MWh
- 2026-05-28max 172.5 €/MWh
- 2026-05-26max 171.12 €/MWh
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Data source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (transparency.entsoe.eu). Data source: SMARD.de, Bundesnetzagentur | CC BY 4.0. Derived statistics are Voltcast own-IP output.