Electricity tolls and charges in Spain in 2026
Part of what you pay has nothing to do with the market: the CNMC and the Ministry set it every year in the BOE.
Transmission and distribution tolls (peajes) pay for the power networks and are set by the CNMC, Spain’s energy regulator. Charges (cargos) pay other system costs, such as renewables with regulated returns, past tariff debt and the extra cost of island grids, and are set by the Ministry. For 2026, the CNMC Resolution of 18 December 2025 and Order TED/1524/2025 put the peak-standard power toll at 23.324952 € per kW per year and the charge at 4.379461 €. On energy, tolls and charges together come to 0.0976 €/kWh per kWh at peak, 0.0293 €/kWh at standard times and 0.0033 €/kWh off-peak, before tax. Today that regulated share is 2% of the PVPC energy term on average. They are the same with every retailer: the PVPC and market tariffs pay identical tolls and charges.
How much do you pay a month in tolls and charges?
Tolls and charges per month, before taxes
€19.90
| On energy | €9.00 |
| Power tolls (CNMC) | €9.11 |
| Power charges (Ministry) | €1.79 |
| Per kWh used | 0.0737 € |
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The 2026 values
| Item | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power toll (€/kW·year) | 23.324952 | 0.443770 | |
| Power charge (€/kW·year) | 4.379461 | 0.281653 | |
| Energy toll (€/kWh) | 0.033261 | 0.016409 | 0.000077 |
| Energy charge (€/kWh) | 0.064292 | 0.012858 | 0.003215 |
The figures have six decimals because that is how they are published; the BOE is the reference, and the Ministry summarises them on its tolls and charges page. The CNMC works out tolls with Circular 3/2020, which shares network costs among consumers by voltage and profile; the Ministry works out charges under the Royal Decree 148/2021 method.
How they show up on a PVPC bill
A PVPC bill has no line called “tolls”: they are built in. The bill’s power term is toll plus charge plus retail margin; each hour’s energy term, the one Red Eléctrica publishes, already contains its period’s toll and charge. This site checks that hour by hour against the official file, which lists that share in a column of its own.
Today the average regulated share of the energy term is 0.0033 €/kWh per kWh, out of an average term of 0.1443 €/kWh. When the market is cheap the regulated share weighs more in percentage terms; when it is dear, less.
Why they change every year
Tolls are revised with the revenue the CNMC allows the networks and with forecast demand; charges with what the system has to pay that year. If forecast demand rises, the same costs are spread over more kWh and fall per unit. For 2026 the Ministry approved charges in Order TED/1524/2025, published on 27 December 2025, and both apply from 1 January.
What you can do about them
Tolls and charges are not negotiable, but you can cut what you pay for them. On power, by adjusting the kW you contract, as the contracted power page explains. On energy, by shifting use to off-peak, where toll and charge come to almost nothing; the bands are detailed in the time-of-use periods guide. And to see their weight in your own case, the bill calculator lists them line by line.
Tolls and charges on the meter-reading side
Tolls and charges are collected by your distribution company, the one that owns the cables in your street, even though you never pay it directly: your retailer passes the money on. That is why switching retailer never changes them, and why a cheap offer can only be cheap on the energy and on the retailer’s own margin. The distributor also reads your meter and sends the hourly readings to the retailer, which is how each hour ends up billed at its own period. If a reading is missing, the distributor estimates it and corrects it later, and the correction shows on a following bill.
For people coming from other European countries, two things often surprise. The first is how large the power component is: Spain bills contracted kW every day, which rewards keeping power low. The second is that tolls depend on the hour rather than on the season: the same peak toll applies in August and in January. If you are used to a single network charge per kWh, the time-of-use periods guide shows how the three bands work in practice.