Wholesale electricity price (USD / MWh) - United States (Northwest index Mid-Columbia) - EIA STEO - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US Wholesale electrictiy prices (monthly)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. At the Mid-Columbia hub, the average wholesale price of electricity was 70.02 USD / MWh in January 2026, versus 66.05 in December 2025. This constitutes a rise of 6.01 percent.
Sample. There are 204 observations in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series extends from January 2010 to December 2026.
History. Check out some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the price had an average value of 43.05 USD / MWh; it recorded a maximum of 283.27 in December 2022; it recorded a bottom of 9.31 in June 2012.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / MWh |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-31 | 56.99187 |
| 2026-11-30 | 62.31094 |
| 2026-12-31 | 72.92215 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Wholesale electricity price |
| Country or region | US - Northwest index Mid-Columbia |
| 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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