{
  "query": {
    "country": "DE",
    "market": "day-ahead",
    "days": 3
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per MWh",
    "value": 191.69,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 191.69,
    "typical_low": 129.39,
    "typical_high": 252.81,
    "min": 95.73,
    "max": 295.58
  },
  "sample_size": 72,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-14",
    "to": "2026-10-17"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "transaction",
  "as_of": "2026-10-17T10:16:47.903Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "de-smard",
    "name": "SMARD market data: day-ahead wholesale electricity price, Germany/Luxembourg",
    "publisher": "Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (SMARD data use page: data may be used freely with the credit \"Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de\")",
    "licence_url": "https://www.smard.de/en/datennutzung",
    "attribution": "Source: Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Medians, ranges and counts are own calculations by ProofPrice from the hourly prices.",
    "url": "https://www.smard.de/en"
  },
  "method": "Median and 10th-90th percentile of the hourly day-ahead auction prices (euro per MWh) for Germany/Luxembourg over the last 3 day(s), as published by the Bundesnetzagentur on SMARD. Each hour counts as one record. Wholesale exchange prices, not retail bills. Negative prices are kept.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Wholesale day-ahead electricity in Germany/Luxembourg: median 191.69 EUR/MWh (19.17 cents/kWh), typical hours between 129.39 and 252.81 EUR/MWh over the last 3 day(s). Not a household price. Based on 72 records from Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (2026-10-14 to 2026-10-17). Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "cents_per_kwh": {
      "median": 19.17,
      "typical_low": 12.94,
      "typical_high": 25.28
    },
    "latest_hour": {
      "time_utc": "2026-10-17T10:00Z",
      "eur_per_mwh": 126.01
    },
    "latest_24h_average_eur_per_mwh": 184.31,
    "cheapest_hour": {
      "time_utc": "2026-10-15T11:00Z",
      "eur_per_mwh": 95.73
    },
    "dearest_hour": {
      "time_utc": "2026-10-14T17:00Z",
      "eur_per_mwh": 295.58
    },
    "negative_price_hours": 0,
    "bidding_zone": "DE-LU",
    "basis": "Wholesale day-ahead exchange price; household bills add grid fees, taxes and margin."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_5f74fb23f73ca299cce3",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17T10:16:47.903Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "transaction",
    "label": "Recorded sale prices",
    "meaning": "Prices recorded in official records of completed sales: they show what others paid, not what a particular item is worth or what is on offer now."
  },
  "reliability": "record_level",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-17",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": []
}