Why do electricity prices change every hour?

Nord Pool is a day-ahead electricity market. Producers and buyers submit bids for each 15-minute period of the following day (for each hour until 30 September 2025). The market clears at the price where supply meets demand for each period. Prices vary because electricity cannot be efficiently stored at scale, and demand patterns (morning/evening peaks) and supply availability (wind, solar, imports) change throughout the day.

What is included in my final electricity bill?

The spot price shown here (VAT included) is only the energy itself. Your bill also includes the seller's margin or monthly fee, the network fee (paid to the grid operator) and state charges - in Estonia the renewable energy charge, from 2026 the security of supply charge, and electricity excise - plus VAT on them. How large a share these make up depends on the spot price: on a cheap day they can be more than half of the bill, on an expensive day less. A spot-priced contract means your energy component follows Nord Pool prices, while the other charges do not.

When are tomorrow's prices published?

Nord Pool publishes tomorrow's prices around 14:00 Estonian time (13:00 CET). Before that time, only today's prices are available. This page shows today's prices and, once published, tomorrow's. It refreshes today's prices at least once an hour and checks for tomorrow's every 10 minutes until they are out.

Is a spot-price contract a good deal?

It depends on your flexibility. If you can shift dishwasher cycles, EV charging, and washing machine use to cheap hours, spot pricing often beats a fixed contract. If your consumption pattern is rigid (e.g. electric heating with fixed hours), a fixed contract may offer more predictability. The average annual spot price has historically been lower than most fixed contract offers, but with higher volatility.

How accurate is the appliance savings estimate?

The estimates use typical consumption figures (washing machine 1.0 kWh/cycle, dishwasher 1.2 kWh/cycle, EV ~10 kWh for 60 km). Actual consumption varies by appliance model, load, temperature, and programme. The comparison is always current hour vs. today's cheapest single hour - so savings are realistic only if you can shift consumption to exactly that hour.

Electricity Price Today - Nord Pool Estonia

Electricity prices in Estonia follow the Nord Pool day-ahead market. Since 1 October 2025 a separate price is set for every 15 minutes; the next day's prices are published around 14:00 Estonian time.

Prices are in c/kWh (euro cents per kilowatt-hour), VAT included. The data comes from Elering's public API for the bidding zone you choose (Estonia, EE, by default). Each hour shown here is the average of its four 15-minute prices, and the day average covers every 15-minute period of the day. A single quarter-hour can be cheaper or dearer than its hour's average.

Price levels are classified based on today's price distribution: the bottom 20% are "very cheap", and the top 20% are "very expensive". This is a relative measure - on a generally expensive day, "cheap" still means cheaper than most hours that day.

The cheapest window calculation uses a sliding-window algorithm to find the consecutive N hours with the lowest average price - useful for appliances that run for multiple hours.

Electricity Price Today - Nord Pool

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