Electricity prices in Austria 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Austria was € 0.2606 /kWh. Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2022
| Month | €/MWh | €/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | € 189.30 | € 0.1893 | 7,675 |
| February 2022 | € 167.57 | € 0.1676 | 7,900 |
| March 2022 | € 282.69 | € 0.2827 | 7,623 |
| April 2022 | € 186.30 | € 0.1863 | 7,023 |
| May 2022 | € 184.59 | € 0.1846 | 6,526 |
| June 2022 | € 228.41 | € 0.2284 | 6,472 |
| July 2022 | € 359.14 | € 0.3591 | 6,548 |
| August 2022 | € 494.01 | € 0.4940 | 6,384 |
| September 2022 | € 385.91 | € 0.3859 | 6,610 |
| October 2022 | € 175.19 | € 0.1752 | 6,542 |
| November 2022 | € 212.77 | € 0.2128 | 7,100 |
| December 2022 | € 261.30 | € 0.2613 | 7,662 |
Austria runs one of Europe's cleanest electricity systems — hydropower covered 60–65% of generation in 2024, with the rest spread across wind (~10%), gas (~13%), biomass and rapidly-growing solar. Austrian Power Grid (APG), the national TSO, manages a single bidding zone tightly coupled to Germany via the synchronous Continental European grid. Day-ahead trading clears on EXAA in Vienna and EPEX SPOT, with results published just after midday CET.
Austria is a structural importer in winter when river flows drop and a net exporter in spring snowmelt. The Mur, Drau, Inn and Danube valleys host the bulk of run-of-river hydro; the Tauern range adds large pumped storage.
Coal-fired generation ended in 2020, and the government targets 100% renewable electricity by 2030 — a goal that requires roughly 27 TWh of new wind, solar and hydro capacity over the decade.