Wholesale electricity price (USD / MWh) - United States (Southwest index Palo Verde) - EIA STEO - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US Wholesale electricity prices (monthly)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the Palo Verde hub, the average wholesale electricity price was 15.68 USD / MWh in June 2026, compared to 6.09 in May. This constitutes a gain of 157.47 percent.
Sample. There are 216 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The period covered by the series is from January 2010 to December 2027.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics computed on the entire sample: the price had an average value of 40.09 USD / MWh; it hit a minimum of 0.83 in April 2024; it recorded its maximum of 252.42 in December 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / MWh |
|---|---|
| 2027-10-31 | 25.67007 |
| 2027-11-30 | 26.82115 |
| 2027-12-31 | 31.88847 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Wholesale electricity price |
| Country or region | US - Southwest index Palo Verde |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Nominal price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / MWh |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government Agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Measure type | Level |
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