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Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

MISO runs the high-voltage grid and the wholesale electricity market across much of the central United States and Manitoba.

A grid operator is a separate organization from your utility. Your utility delivers power to your home. Programs for your home are on the pages for your state and your utility.

Wholesale prices through the day

Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.

Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of dayIn this grid the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Central time.Dollars per megawatt-hour$0$20$40$60$80$10012 am3 am6 am9 am12 pm3 pm6 pm9 pmHour of day, Central time
Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of day, August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, MISO. Wholesale, not your bill.

In this grid the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Central time.

Utilities on this site in MISO

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