Electricity prices in Italy 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Italy was € 0.2984 /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 | € 221.76 | € 0.2218 | 5,416 |
| February 2022 | € 210.56 | € 0.2106 | 5,654 |
| March 2022 | € 304.49 | € 0.3045 | 5,470 |
| April 2022 | € 243.11 | € 0.2431 | 4,961 |
| May 2022 | € 233.07 | € 0.2331 | 5,114 |
| June 2022 | € 269.09 | € 0.2691 | 5,756 |
| July 2022 | € 428.20 | € 0.4282 | 6,205 |
| August 2022 | € 534.36 | € 0.5344 | 5,160 |
| September 2022 | € 421.45 | € 0.4214 | 5,310 |
| October 2022 | € 209.11 | € 0.2091 | 4,878 |
| November 2022 | € 220.29 | € 0.2203 | 5,122 |
| December 2022 | € 285.62 | € 0.2856 | 5,043 |
Italy's electricity grid is split into six bidding zones (North, Centre-North, Centre-South, South, Sardinia, Sicily) reflecting strong regional price differences caused by limited internal transmission and congested HVAC corridors. Terna, the national TSO, runs all zones and operates GME — the day-ahead market. Italy phased out nuclear power after the 1987 referendum and never returned, making it Europe's largest electricity importer at ~13% of consumption (mostly French nuclear and Swiss hydro).
Domestic generation depends on gas (~50%), hydro from the alpine north (~17%), solar (~11%) and wind (~7%). The Mezzogiorno hosts most renewables potential but lacks transmission capacity; Terna's Tyrrhenian Link, an 800 km HVDC cable connecting Sicily, Sardinia and the mainland, is scheduled for completion in 2028 and would unlock ~10 GW of additional renewable build-out in the south.
The 2024 Decreto Aree Idonee finally simplified solar permitting after years of regional veto wars.