Sicilia — physical cross-border flows, 2026

Month by month

All borders together, with consumption for scale.

Month	Consumption, MWh	Physical exports			Physical imports			Average price, €/MWh	Difference €	Import ÷ consumption
Month	Consumption, MWh	MWh	€/MWh	€	MWh	€/MWh	€	Average price, €/MWh	Difference €	Import ÷ consumption
January	1,487,194	169,533	123.03	20,858,215	289,335	133.12	38,515,427	127.49	−17,657,211	19.5%
February	1,299,324	177,865	91.01	16,188,028	194,527	120.50	23,440,371	107.79	−7,252,343	15.0%
March	1,397,071	108,836	132.30	14,399,251	469,291	160.94	75,528,559	146.56	−61,129,308	33.6%
April	1,281,735	150,887	100.06	15,097,967	448,364	137.11	61,477,132	114.80	−46,379,165	35.0%
May	1,277,134	207,754	95.94	19,932,126	310,106	132.72	41,156,262	111.63	−21,224,136	24.3%
June	1,408,273	172,591	118.82	20,507,647	443,868	142.62	63,303,703	129.30	−42,796,055	31.5%
July	1,870,865	155,594	157.56	24,515,948	629,372	178.46	112,317,176	162.97	−87,801,228	33.6%
August	2,000,365	118,559	202.16	23,967,975	781,267	214.63	167,684,604	198.38	−143,716,630	39.1%
September95.1% of hours	1,471,010	176,741	225.49	39,853,852	314,923	244.16	76,891,315	237.71	−37,037,463	21.4%
October88.3% of hours	1,127,889	127,162	166.87	21,219,619	273,025	239.37	65,352,747	210.61	−44,133,128	24.2%
Total	14,620,861	1,565,521	138.32	216,540,629	4,154,077	174.69	725,667,296	156.98	−509,126,667	28.4%

Consumption is measured separately, as the hourly average power summed over the month — not by adding up readings, since sources publish at different rates. The last column puts imports next to it for scale; it is not a dependency figure, because part of what enters passes straight through to another neighbour.

Where the difference comes from

509,126,667 € for 2,588,556 MWh that stayed in the country works out at 196.68 € per megawatt-hour, in a month that averaged 156.98.

Energy that stayed, at the month's average price 406,349,273 79.8%
What came in arrived above that average 73,563,932 14.4%
What went out left below it 29,213,462 5.7%

The first line is energy the country needed and got. The other two — 102,777,394 € together — come not from how much moved but from when: cheap hours to sell in, expensive hours to buy in. That is the price of a timing mismatch, not a loss.

Official validation

The measured physical flow, checked against ANRE's published commercial trade.

Month	Physical net, MWh	Commercial net, MWh	Difference, MWh	Status
January	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
February	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
March	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
April	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
May	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
June	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
July	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
August	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
September	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA
October	—	—	—	AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA

Gross volumes differ by design: the official indicators include transits, and a transit is counted once entering and once leaving, while a physical border sees it only once. Net figures converge, because transits cancel out — which is why the comparison is made on the net.

The percentage relates the difference to the month's commercial net. In a month with a small net, the same difference in MWh yields a larger percentage — which is why the difference is always shown in MWh as well.

ANRE publishes these exchanges as a physical balance in GWh. It publishes no import or export value and no average price per direction, so no money comparison is possible.

Physical cross-border flows and commercial electricity trades measure different phenomena. ANRE data is shown as an independent official benchmark and should not be interpreted as an exact reconciliation.

Italy

Month by month, Sicilia's side of this border.

Month	Physical exports MWh	€/MWh	€	Physical imports MWh	€/MWh	€	Difference €
January	83,023	115.76	9,610,985	289,330	133.12	38,514,760	−28,903,775
February	121,174	82.04	9,941,682	194,488	120.50	23,435,900	−13,494,218
March	28,140	70.44	1,982,057	469,289	160.94	75,528,308	−73,546,251
April	65,447	66.35	4,342,666	448,360	137.12	61,476,991	−57,134,325
May	125,575	81.81	10,273,193	310,105	132.72	41,156,113	−30,882,920
June	56,137	93.70	5,259,943	443,868	142.62	63,303,703	−58,043,760
July	33,722	118.40	3,992,756	629,372	178.46	112,317,176	−108,324,420
August	2,901	117.80	341,681	781,267	214.63	167,684,604	−167,342,923
September	65,847	206.97	13,628,233	314,923	244.16	76,891,315	−63,263,082
October	84,732	139.13	11,788,780	273,024	239.37	65,352,473	−53,563,693
Total	666,696	106.74	71,161,976	4,154,024	174.69	725,661,343	−654,499,367

Malta

Month by month, Sicilia's side of this border.

Month	Physical exports MWh	€/MWh	€	Physical imports MWh	€/MWh	€	Difference €
January	86,509	130.01	11,247,230	5	126.96	667	11,246,564
February	56,692	110.18	6,246,346	39	115.39	4,471	6,241,875
March	80,696	153.88	12,417,193	2	111.49	251	12,416,942
April	85,440	125.88	10,755,301	4	35.33	141	10,755,159
May	82,180	117.53	9,658,934	2	99.75	150	9,658,784
June	116,454	130.93	15,247,705	0	—	0	15,247,705
July	121,872	168.40	20,523,192	0	—	0	20,523,192
August	115,659	204.28	23,626,293	0	—	0	23,626,293
September	110,894	236.49	26,225,619	0	—	0	26,225,619
October	42,430	222.27	9,430,839	1	273.21	273	9,430,566
Total	898,825	161.74	145,378,653	53	112.85	5,953	145,372,700

Method

Not an invoice. Cross-border electricity is not sold country to country: the markets are coupled and the physical flow is the outcome of a shared auction. These figures value the measured flow at this zone's own day-ahead price, so both directions can be compared on the same scale.

Flows are measured, quarter-hour by quarter-hour; hourly borders are spread across the four quarters they cover, so every megawatt-hour meets the price that was actually in force. Energy entering the country is not the same as energy consumed here — some of it passes through.

A country between two others carries energy that is neither produced nor consumed there. Energy entering is not energy used.