Dynamic electricity price

A contract whose price follows the wholesale market, for example quarter hour by quarter hour; available to customers with a smart meter.

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Energy and grid integration · Stop 05How do dynamic prices steer charging?Prices that change every quarter of an hour, a right to a dynamic contract, and a car that charges when electricity is cheap and plentiful.

Customers with a smart meter can ask for a dynamic electricity price contract, at least with every supplier that has more than 200,000 customers; suppliers have to inform them of the opportunities, costs and risks. For a household with an electric car, the car is often the largest load that can follow such prices.

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  1. EUR-Lex: Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for electricity, Articles 11 and 33. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/944/oj. Checked 09 Oct 2026. © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.