Electricity prices in Switzerland 2022
In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Switzerland was 0.259 CHF /kWh. Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.
Monthly breakdown — 2022
| Month | CHF/MWh | CHF/kWh | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 202.17 CHF | 0.202 CHF | 8,527 |
| February 2022 | 192.28 CHF | 0.192 CHF | 8,400 |
| March 2022 | 282.13 CHF | 0.282 CHF | 7,706 |
| April 2022 | 209.58 CHF | 0.210 CHF | 7,180 |
| May 2022 | 181.68 CHF | 0.182 CHF | 6,776 |
| June 2022 | 235.07 CHF | 0.235 CHF | 6,911 |
| July 2022 | 353.21 CHF | 0.353 CHF | 6,648 |
| August 2022 | 449.80 CHF | 0.450 CHF | 6,593 |
| September 2022 | 372.62 CHF | 0.373 CHF | 6,900 |
| October 2022 | 169.67 CHF | 0.170 CHF | 6,969 |
| November 2022 | 201.94 CHF | 0.202 CHF | 7,709 |
| December 2022 | 258.12 CHF | 0.258 CHF | 8,274 |
Switzerland's electricity sector is built on hydropower (~57% of generation) and four nuclear reactors (~30%) — both legacy assets from the 1960s–80s. Swissgrid, the federal TSO, operates a single bidding zone synchronously coupled with the Continental European grid but outside the EU's internal electricity market. The country's north–south HVDC links to Italy and France act as Europe's single largest cross-border arbitrage corridor: Switzerland imports cheap French nuclear in winter and exports peak-priced summer hydro southward.
Solar PV has accelerated post-2022 with a 13.4 GW target by 2035, and the alpine pumped-storage fleet (Linth-Limmern, Nant-de-Drance) now provides over 4 GW of flexibility. The 2017 referendum committed Switzerland to phasing out nuclear without a fixed deadline; reactors run as long as the safety regulator certifies them — Beznau-1, the world's oldest operating reactor, still produces electricity at 56 years old.