Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices
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25%
Australia · 2024
Share of hours with negative wholesale electricity prices in Australia averaged 25% in 2024 (IEA).
What the source says
In South Australia, negative prices accounted for about 25% of the hours on average annually in both 2023 and 2024.
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- International Energy Agency. (2024). Prices. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/prices. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPPF
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Prices." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/prices. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPPF.
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- International Energy Agency. "Prices." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/prices. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPPF.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2024sharembjppf, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Prices}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPPF}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/prices. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Prices
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Negative prices highlight the need for more flexibility in supply and demand
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPPF