{
  "query": {
    "country": "CH",
    "commodity": "electricity",
    "technology": "hydro"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CHF",
    "unit": "per MWh",
    "value": 165.29,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": 84.07,
    "max": 165.29
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-09-01",
    "to": "2026-09-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-09",
    "note": "Monthly volume-weighted reference price set by BFE; min and max are the lowest and highest monthly figure of the last 12 months."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-11-04T13:32:14.379Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ch-bfe-reference-prices",
    "name": "Referenz-Marktpreise gemäss Art. 15 EnFV (monthly reference market prices)",
    "publisher": "Bundesamt für Energie BFE (Swiss Federal Office of Energy), published on opendata.swiss",
    "licence": "opendata.swiss terms of use, class terms_by: free use including commercial use, citing the source (author, title, link) is mandatory. Data from EPEX SPOT used with permission.",
    "licence_url": "https://opendata.swiss/de/terms-of-use",
    "attribution": "Source: Bundesamt für Energie BFE, Referenz-Marktpreise gemäss Art. 15 EnFV, https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/referenz-marktpreise-gemass-art-15-enfv (Source: EPEX SPOT. Data used with permission). The all-technology figure is a volume-weighted average calculated by ProofPrice from BFE's per-technology prices and volumes.",
    "url": "https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/referenz-marktpreise-gemass-art-15-enfv"
  },
  "method": "Switzerland wholesale electricity: the monthly reference market price BFE publishes for renewable power (hydro), CHF per MWh excluding VAT, newest month. An official statistic (volume-weighted by BFE), not an hourly day-ahead price and not a count of paid bills.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The Swiss wholesale reference market price for renewable power (hydro) was 165.29 CHF per MWh (0.165 CHF per kWh), excluding VAT, in 2026-09. Official average published by Bundesamt für Energie BFE (Swiss Federal Office of Energy), published on opendata.swiss for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "technology": "hydro",
    "month": "2026-09",
    "previous_month": {
      "month": "2026-08",
      "chf_per_mwh": 135.47,
      "change_pct": 22
    },
    "same_month_last_year": {
      "month": "2025-09",
      "chf_per_mwh": 92.64,
      "change_pct": 78.4
    },
    "last_12_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-10",
        "chf_per_mwh": 100.15
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "chf_per_mwh": 110.06
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "chf_per_mwh": 109.33
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "chf_per_mwh": 126.85
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "chf_per_mwh": 103.24
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "chf_per_mwh": 123.67
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "chf_per_mwh": 84.07
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "chf_per_mwh": 95.76
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "chf_per_mwh": 97.95
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "chf_per_mwh": 110.56
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "chf_per_mwh": 135.47
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-09",
        "chf_per_mwh": 165.29
      }
    ],
    "per_technology": {
      "pv": 112.04,
      "hydro": 165.29,
      "wind": 164.41,
      "biomass": 159.26
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_d2a612fd5a643bb5cf05",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-04T13:32:14.379Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-09-30",
  "data_age_days": 35,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}