The average price of electricity for this Saturday, April 11, 2026 is €84.52/MWh for consumers with a regulated or indexed tariff contracted in the free market, according to data published by Red Eléctrica. This is the third consecutive drop of the week, starting the weekend with a decrease of 38.05% compared to Friday. Specifically, you will pay about 51.90 euros less on average.
It must be understood that this amount refers to the Voluntary Price for Small Consumers (PVPC), which is different from the one published the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE) at noon and that shows what the average price costs within the wholesale market.
Where is the difference? Mainly, the PVPC, which affects consumers with a regulated or indexed rate, includes concepts such as access tolls, system charges or electrical system adjustment costs, although it uses the wholesale market price as a base. Thus, it can be said that the wholesale market is the “factory” price of electricity while the PVPC is the “public sale” price, which is regulated by the Government.
What time is electricity cheaper today, Saturday, April 11?
The cheapest hour of electricity takes place from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at a price of 52.62 euros/MWh. For the benefit of consumers, the most economical slots can be taken advantage of without problems, starting in the morning and extending until mid-afternoon.
When is electricity most expensive?
The maximum price of electricity occurs from 00:00 to 01:00, at which time it reaches 136.91 euros/MWh. Although it is not common, the most expensive hours of electricity occur in the middle of the morning, so they will not affect the majority of users. You just have to be careful with the first thing in the morning.
Price of electricity per hour, Saturday, April 11 (PVPC)
To take advantage of the drop in electricity, it is important to adjust consumption according to its evolution. This is the price of electricity hour by hour on Saturday, April 11, 2026 if you have a regulated or indexed rate in the free market:
- 00:00 to 01:00: 136.91 euros/MWh
- 01:00 to 02:00: 116.23 euros/MWh
- 02:00 to 03:00: 108.55 euros/MWh
- 03:00 to 04:00: 107.38 euros/MWh
- 04:00 to 05:00: 103.03 euros/MWh
- 05:00 to 06:00: 107.09 euros/MWh
- 06:00 to 07:00: 120.97 euros/MWh
- 07:00 to 08:00: 120.69 euros/MWh
- 08:00 to 09:00: 121.82 euros/MWh
- 09:00 to 10:00: 87.67 euros/MWh
- 10:00 to 11:00: 61.86 euros/MWh
- 11:00 to 12:00: 52.62 euros/MWh
- 12:00 to 13:00: 53.22 euros/MWh
- 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: 52.74 euros/MWh
- 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: 53.18 euros/MWh
- 15:00 to 16:00: 53.97 euros/MWh
- 16:00 to 17:00: 55.17 euros/MWh
- 17:00 to 18:00: 59.97 euros/MWh
- 18:00 to 19:00: 63.17 euros/MWh
- 19:00 to 20:00: 72.81 euros/MWh
- 20:00 to 21:00: 75.58 euros/MWh
- 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.: 85.99 euros/MWh
- 22:00 to 23:00: 82.36 euros/MWh
- 23:00 to 24:00: 75.41 euros/MWh
Spain’s logistics shield collides with the inevitable rise in energy prices
The escalation of instability in the Middle East has once again put tension in the global energy market, posing a scenario of contrasts for Spain: while physical supply is guaranteed, the impact on prices is inevitable. On the one hand, the third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, has conveyed a message of tranquility by ensuring that the Spanish energy system has a “perfectly integrated” logistics base.
During the presentation of the II Exolum Trend Observatory (a company that he defined as a strategic actor), he stressed that this infrastructural robustness is what allows the country to face the current situation and respond appropriately to the international fear of supply cuts.
However, this logistical resilience does not immunize Spain against market volatility. Despite having a powerful renewable generation park, the European marginal system means that, in time slots where the sun or the wind is not enough to cover demand, it is necessary to turn on the combined cycle plants. By using natural gas and oil that have become highly expensive due to the war, these plants push up the cost of the wholesale market, setting the final price of electricity.
For consumers in the regulated market (PVPC), the impact will be less abrupt thanks to the recent reform that uses a basket of future prices as a buffer. However, if the war becomes chronic and energy remains structurally expensive, the market will end up assimilating this increase, gradually making the electricity bill more expensive in the medium term.
In this complex geopolitical and economic context, the Exolum report warns that the Spanish energy transition is entering a new, much more demanding phase. The main challenge has ceased to be the availability of technology to focus on the speed, scale and competitiveness of its actual deployment. While the electrical system leads the reduction of emissions, sectors such as industry, transportation or buildings advance at an uneven pace and face greater obstacles.
For this reason, the sector defends technological neutrality and the need to carry out an authentic “logistics transition”, adapting existing infrastructures to connect new low-carbon energy vectors with final consumption points in an efficient and safe manner.