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Electricity prices
Wholesale prices in the National Electricity Market, region by region: each day's average, low and high, and how many five-minute intervals went below zero.
Wholesale prices on 18 Oct 2026
AEMONew South Wales had the highest average wholesale electricity price on 18 Oct 2026, A$74.86/MWh. South Australia went negative in 155 of 288 five-minute intervals that day.
Region
Average
Low
High
Negative intervals
New South Wales
A$74.86/MWh
A$0.90/MWh
A$121.12/MWh
0 of 288
Queensland
A$69.09/MWh
A$0.81/MWh
A$117.55/MWh
0 of 288
South Australia
−A$33.11/MWh
−A$210.38/MWh
A$88.44/MWh
155 of 288
Tasmania
A$1.74/MWh
−A$65.41/MWh
A$92.13/MWh
129 of 288
Victoria
A$0.02/MWh
−A$61.97/MWh
A$87.00/MWh
142 of 288
The last 30 days
AEMO
Region
Average of daily averages
Days with a negative price
Negative intervals
New South Wales
A$118.75/MWh
8 of 30
276
Queensland
A$82.76/MWh
13 of 30
969
South Australia
A$41.64/MWh
25 of 30
2,731
Tasmania
A$42.56/MWh
24 of 30
2,256
Victoria
A$39.98/MWh
26 of 30
2,513
Sources
- AEMONEM aggregated price and demand data