After June closed out as one of the most expensive months of the year for electricity, July brought some real relief for Danish EV owners. According to new figures from energy company Norlys, the pure electricity price dropped by 7 percent in July compared to the month before, and for drivers charging at home in the middle of the day, the savings ran a lot deeper than that headline number suggests.
Prices fell across both Danish price zones
In West Denmark (DK1), the average electricity price dropped from 0.82 DKK/kWh in June to 0.76 DKK/kWh in July. East Denmark (DK2) saw a similar move, falling from 0.81 to 0.77 DKK/kWh over the same period. For anyone charging an EV overnight or during the cheapest stretch of the day, July offered a clear window to cut costs simply by timing charging sessions around the market.
The real story sits in the cheapest hours of the day. During the lowest priced window, typically around midday, the average electricity price fell to roughly 0.18 DKK/kWh, a fraction of what many drivers are used to paying. For EV owners with access to smart or scheduled charging, that window represented some of the most cost effective charging of the entire year so far.
A sharp rise in hours with negative electricity prices
Perhaps the clearest sign of how cheap July got is the jump in hours with genuinely negative electricity prices, moments when the grid effectively pays consumers to use power. West Denmark recorded 49 hours of negative prices in July, up sharply from just 12 hours in the same month last year. East Denmark saw a smaller but still notable rise, from 4 hours last year to 10 hours this July.
Average prices still higher than last year, but with a lower ceiling
Despite the cheap stretches, July’s average price remained above where it stood a year earlier. West Denmark’s average was 16 percent higher than July 2025, while East Denmark came in nearly 20 percent higher. The picture flips, though, when it comes to peak pricing. The highest hourly prices in July 2025 reached as high as 3.55 DKK/kWh, while this July’s peak topped out at a comparatively modest 2.30 DKK/kWh.
Taken together, the numbers point to a month defined less by its average and more by its extremes: a lower ceiling on the most expensive hours, paired with a much wider window of genuinely cheap, and occasionally free, electricity for anyone charging at the right time of day.
