Electricity prices Great Britain, 12 July 2026

12 July 2026 · Consumer price including taxes and charges.

Great Britain has no single public hourly price for households. We show Octopus Agile half-hourly prices (one supplier's dynamic tariff, inc. VAT), averaged over its 14 regions. The Ofgem price cap below applies to standard tariffs.

Average
23.5p/kWh
−1% vs. yesterday · −9% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
22.7p/kWh
Highest
24.1p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

The average household tariff in the United Kingdom is 33.7p/kWh (all taxes and fixed charges included, Oct–Dec 2026).

Last 7 days, hour by hour

Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.

Previous days

DateAverageLowestHighest
11 Jul23.7p/kWh21.4p/kWh25.2p/kWh
10 Jul27.8p/kWh24.7p/kWh30.0p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API