and then checked over at Commonwealth Edison Company for the price trends. Hit -$0.068 / kWh on Jan 25th, and -$0.141 / kWh on Jan 26th, 2026.
Average yearly prices for 2025 hovered around $0.03 to 0.04 / kWh for comparison. Both negative (effectively being paid to use electricity) and wild price swings with the winter storm (also made it up to a high of $0.20 / kWh before collapsing negative).
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First saw the reference to negative -$228 / MWh electricity prices at:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/power-lin...
and then checked over at Commonwealth Edison Company for the price trends. Hit -$0.068 / kWh on Jan 25th, and -$0.141 / kWh on Jan 26th, 2026.
Average yearly prices for 2025 hovered around $0.03 to 0.04 / kWh for comparison. Both negative (effectively being paid to use electricity) and wild price swings with the winter storm (also made it up to a high of $0.20 / kWh before collapsing negative).