Electricity prices in Malta
What a household in Malta pays for electricity, where the power comes from, and how the country differs from its neighbours.
Malta has one of the smallest electricity systems in the EU, and it works differently from almost every other country on this site. There is no wholesale market and no hourly exchange price: the state-owned utility Enemalta supplies every household, at tariffs set by the government. Those tariffs have been held stable for years, even through the 2022 energy crisis, which is why Maltese households pay some of the lowest prices in the euro area.
Power comes from two directions: a gas-fired station at Delimara, fed with liquefied natural gas, and an undersea cable to Sicily that connects Malta to the Italian grid. Rooftop solar adds a growing share. Because there is no Maltese market price, this page shows no hourly chart; the household price figures come from Eurostat.
The exchange's hourly prices in Malta may not be freely republished, so this page does not show them. The household prices here are Eurostat's official figures, updated every six months.
Where does the electricity in Malta come from?
Gross electricity generation in 2024 by energy source. Source: Eurostat (nrg_bal_peh).
Household price since 2023
Average price per kWh, all-in, for a household using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year. Source: Eurostat (nrg_pc_204).
A household in Malta using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year paid 12.7 c/kWh on average, all-in, in H1 2026, 1% more than a year before (Eurostat).
Eurostat's figure for each half-year, with taxes, levies, network costs and VAT. Updated twice a year.
How the electricity price works in Malta
One utility, fixed tariffs, no exchange
Malta has no bidding zone of its own and no power exchange. Enemalta, owned by the state, runs the distribution grid and is the only supplier to homes and businesses; the retail market has not been opened to competition as on the mainland. Tariffs are fixed by the government in regulations, while the Regulator for Energy and Water Services (REWS) oversees the sector. When Enemalta imports through the cable, it buys at Italian market prices, but those prices are not passed on hour by hour.
Bands, a service charge and the eco-reduction
A Maltese household bill is built differently from most of Europe. The price per kilowatt-hour rises in bands as annual consumption grows, so the first units are the cheapest and heavy use costs more per unit. A fixed annual service charge is added for each meter. Households that use little electricity per person can get an eco-reduction, a discount on part of their consumption. VAT is added, and there are no separate grid fees on the bill: network costs are included in Enemalta's tariff.
Gas by ship, sun on the roofs and a cable to Sicily
Most of Malta's electricity is made from gas at the Delimara power station on the south-east coast. The gas arrives as LNG by tanker and is kept in a floating storage ship moored next to the plant – a switch away from heavy fuel oil that took place in the second half of the 2010s. Solar panels on flat roofs supply a growing share, while wind power is practically absent.
The interconnector to Sicily, in service since 2015 with a capacity of 200 MW, lets Malta import when Italian power is cheaper than running its own plant, and serves as backup when units are down. Demand peaks in the summer heat, when air conditioning runs across the islands.
Different from Sicily, different from Cyprus
Through the cable Malta is tied to Italy, and in particular to the Sicilian zone of the Italian market, where gas also sets much of the price. Italian households, however, see their bills follow the wholesale market, while Maltese tariffs have stayed put. Cyprus, the EU's other small island state in the Mediterranean, is still not connected to any other grid and burns mostly oil, so it is more exposed to fuel prices and pays more for its electricity.
Malta compared with its neighbours
In 2024, gas made 84%, solar made 15% and bioenergy made 0% of the electricity generated in Malta. Wind, solar, hydro, nuclear and bioenergy together made 15% of generation in Malta.
Gross electricity generation in 2024 by energy source. Source: Eurostat (nrg_bal_peh). Pumped hydro is left out.
Voltly does not cover Malta yet
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Voltly is for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Questions about the electricity price in Malta
- What does an ordinary household in Malta pay for electricity?
- A household in Malta using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year paid 12.7 c/kWh per kWh on average, all-in, in H1 2026, according to Eurostat. The price varies with the network company and the contract.
- How much of the electricity in Malta comes from gas?
- 84% of the electricity generated in Malta came from gas in 2024 (Eurostat), the largest single source.
- How does the power mix in Malta compare with the neighbours?
- In 2024: Malta: gas 84%, solar 15%; Italy: gas 44%, hydro 19%; Cyprus: oil 76%, solar 19%.
- Why is there no hourly electricity price for Malta?
- Malta has no wholesale market or bidding zone of its own. Households and businesses pay tariffs fixed by the government, not a price that changes by the hour. Enemalta does trade on the Italian market when it imports through the cable to Sicily, but those prices belong to Italy and are not passed on to Maltese customers. The page therefore shows Eurostat's official household prices.
- Why have Maltese electricity prices barely changed?
- The government has chosen to keep household and business tariffs stable. When fuel and gas prices rose sharply in 2022, the state paid subsidies to Enemalta to cover the gap instead of raising tariffs. That explains the flat line in the Eurostat figures, but the cost does not disappear: it is carried by the public budget.
- What happens if the cable to Sicily fails?
- Then Malta has to rely on its own plants at Delimara, which in many hours cost more to run than imports and leave less margin at the summer peaks. For customers nothing changes: they pay the same fixed tariffs wherever the electricity comes from.