The average price of electricity for this Monday, May 11, 2026 for consumers with a regulated or indexed rate in the free market, shoots up to 135.70 euros per megawatt hour (euros/MWh), according to data published by Red Eléctrica. This means that you pay 51.97 euros more for electricity than this Sunday, when the average price stood at 83.73 euros, that is, it has become 62.07% more expensive in just 24 hours.
It should be remembered that these amounts refer to the PVPC (Voluntary Price for Small Consumers), an amount that varies from that published by the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE) where the wholesale market data for May 11 is reflected, which are usually lower because they do not include concepts such as taxes and tolls.
The price of electricity skyrockets this Monday and leaves four hours above 100 euros
The price of electricity today Sunday, May 10, 2026: the cheapest and most expensive hours within the PVPC
When is electricity cheaper today, Monday, May 11?
The cheapest time of electricity is between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., with a price of 56.56 euros, within the only affordable window of the day, which runs from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and keeps the amounts below 60 euros thanks to the contribution of photovoltaic solar generation.
What time is electricity most expensive?
The maximum peak of electricity is 345.54 euros between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., in a day in which 18 time slots exceed 100 euros and six sections exceed 150 euros, concentrated at night and in the early hours of the morning.
Hourly electricity price, Monday, May 11
Concentrating electricity consumption in the central part of the afternoon, between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., represents the only real margin of savings in a day marked by high amounts from the first minute of the day. The following list shows the PVPC hour by hour for Monday, May 11, 2026:
- 00:00 to 01:00: 104.45 euros/MWh
- 01:00 to 02:00: 101.52 euros/MWh
- 02:00 to 03:00: 106.54 euros/MWh
- 03:00 to 04:00: 103.72 euros/MWh
- 04:00 to 05:00: 92.99 euros/MWh
- 05:00 to 06:00: 108.20 euros/MWh
- 06:00 to 07:00: 103.14 euros/MWh
- 07:00 to 08:00: 125.51 euros/MWh
- 08:00 to 09:00: 135.09 euros/MWh
- 09:00 to 10:00: 92.77 euros/MWh
- 10:00 to 11:00: 142.77 euros/MWh
- 11:00 to 12:00: 128.14 euros/MWh
- 12:00 to 13:00: 128.59 euros/MWh
- 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: 125.99 euros/MWh
- 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: 57.65 euros/MWh
- 15:00 to 16:00: 56.80 euros/MWh
- 16:00 to 17:00: 56.56 euros/MWh
- 17:00 to 18:00: 57.06 euros/MWh
- 18:00 to 19:00: 152.41 euros/MWh
- 19:00 to 20:00: 221.38 euros/MWh
- 20:00 to 21:00: 273.90 euros/MWh
- 21:00 to 22:00: 345.54 euros/MWh
- 22:00 to 23:00: 231.67 euros/MWh
- 23:00 to 24:00: 204.40 euros/MWh
Peak, flat and valley sections of the 2.0TD rate
The 2.0TD access rate with mandatory time discrimination, applicable to all domestic supplies with contracted power less than 15 kW, divides the day into three differentiated periods that affect both the power term and the access tolls. The peak section concentrates the highest prices and is between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on weekdays.
The flat period, with an intermediate cost, covers the periods from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and from 10:00 p.m. to midnight, also from Monday to Friday. For its part, the valley section occupies the night time between 00:00 and 8:00, as well as all weekends and national holidays included in the official work calendar.
This segmentation does not determine the price per kilowatt hour of the PVPC, which is updated every day with data from the wholesale market, but it does determine the fixed amount that each consumer pays for contracted power and tolls regulated by the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC). Adapting the consumption of higher-power appliances to the off-peak sections makes it possible to reduce both the variable and fixed components of the electricity bill.