Electricity prices in central-north Italy (CNOR) today
The wholesale day-ahead price in central-north Italy (CNOR) is €231.94 per MWh right now, or €0.2319 per kWh. Today's average is €258.38/MWh, −€23.63 against yesterday, and €24.26 above the European average of €234.12/MWh.
- Average today
- €258.38
- /MWh
- Lowest
- €220.00
- /MWh at 09:45
- Highest
- €325.87
- /MWh at 17:30
- In €/kWh
- €0.2584
- /kWh wholesale only
Price for each interval, 7 November 2026
96 of 96 intervals published at 15-minute resolution.
Cheapest electricity hours today
The three cheapest intervals in central-north Italy (CNOR) today average €222.32/MWh, €36.06 below the day's average of €258.38. The lowest of them is €220.00/MWh at 09:45. Over the last seven days the cheapest hour in central-north Italy (CNOR) has typically been around 03:00. That is demand, not solar: consumption collapses overnight while hydro and nuclear keep running, which is the shape of a northern market rather than a sunny one.
- 09:45 – 10:00€220.00/MWh
- 11:15 – 11:30€223.24/MWh
- 13:15 – 13:30€223.73/MWh
When is electricity most expensive?
The three most expensive intervals average €325.26/MWh, €66.88 above the day's average. The highest is €325.87/MWh at 17:30. The peak has typically been around 17:00 over the last seven days. It is the hour solar output has fallen but demand has not, which is when gas sets the price.
- 17:30 – 17:45€325.87/MWh
- 17:45 – 18:00€324.98/MWh
- 18:00 – 18:15€324.94/MWh
How central-north Italy (CNOR) compares with the rest of Europe
central-north Italy (CNOR) is averaging €258.38/MWh today against a European average of €234.12/MWh — €24.26 more expensive. The cheapest zone in Europe today is north-central Sweden (SE2) at €3.54/MWh, and the most expensive Ireland and Northern Ireland at €453.89. Both are the same market, priced differently because the lines between them are full.
More for central-north Italy (CNOR)
GME prices
The day-ahead price for central-north Italy (CNOR) is set in the daily auction run by GME, not here. We read the result from the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, so the figure on this page is the one that auction cleared.
About this market
Italy Centre-North sits between the industrial demand of the north and the generation of the south, and it shows: it is the cheapest of the mainland zones on barely one day in ten. Like the rest of Italy it has never once priced below zero in our records — the Italian market has a floor the rest of Europe does not.
Method and source
- Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform.
- Market: day-ahead auction. Zone: IT_CNOR. Timezone: Europe/Rome.
- The daily average is the arithmetic mean of every published interval of the local day, not weighted by volume.
- This is a wholesale price. Network charges, levies, taxes and supplier margin are not included, and a household tariff is typically several times higher.