Electricity prices in Italy 2025
In 2025, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Italy was € 0.1165 /kWh (▲6% vs 2024). Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2025
| Month | €/MWh | €/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | € 142.38 | € 0.1424 | 5,421 |
| February 2025 | € 150.38 | € 0.1504 | 5,511 |
| March 2025 | € 120.19 | € 0.1202 | 5,005 |
| April 2025 | € 99.97 | € 0.1000 | 4,683 |
| May 2025 | € 95.98 | € 0.0960 | 4,671 |
| June 2025 | € 113.69 | € 0.1137 | 5,518 |
| July 2025 | € 113.24 | € 0.1132 | 5,947 |
| August 2025 | € 109.83 | € 0.1098 | 4,863 |
| September 2025 | € 110.34 | € 0.1103 | 5,246 |
| October 2025 | € 111.59 | € 0.1116 | 4,982 |
| November 2025 | € 115.44 | € 0.1154 | 5,177 |
| December 2025 | € 115.49 | € 0.1155 | 5,183 |
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.