Monthly market report
Netherlands NL — May 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
94.98 €/MWh
+10.48 vs previous month
Negative prices
68.5 hours
274 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
201.65 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
67.92 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -499.62 €/MWh May 1, 11:30 UTC
- Priciest period
- 445.64 €/MWh May 28, 18:30 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-05-28max 445.64 €/MWh
- 2026-05-04max 310 €/MWh
- 2026-05-26max 259.93 €/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.