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Electricity prices Great Britain, 29 July 2026

29 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
26.9p/kWh
+6% vs. yesterday · +17% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
19.6p/kWh
Highest
48.6p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
13:00–15:00, average 19.9p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
12:00–15:00, average 20.3p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
11:00–15:00, average 20.4p/kWh

Hourly prices

036912151821
Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
022.5p/kWh
122.5p/kWh
222.5p/kWh
322.2p/kWh
423.6p/kWh
525.8p/kWh
626.3p/kWh
725.1p/kWh
821.8p/kWh
921.9p/kWh
1021.3p/kWh
1120.7p/kWh
1221.2p/kWh
1320.2p/kWh
1419.6p/kWh
1521.4p/kWh
1634.9p/kWh
1739.4p/kWh
1848.6p/kWh
1937.5p/kWh
2036.1p/kWh
2134.4p/kWh
2229.6p/kWh
2326.0p/kWh

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
28 Jul25.3p/kWh13.6p/kWh44.6p/kWh
27 Jul25.1p/kWh15.0p/kWh41.3p/kWh
26 Jul15.2p/kWh-5.0p/kWh36.7p/kWh
25 Jul14.9p/kWh-6.3p/kWh39.8p/kWh
24 Jul25.1p/kWh11.7p/kWh42.9p/kWh
23 Jul29.0p/kWh23.0p/kWh44.4p/kWh
22 Jul26.6p/kWh21.5p/kWh41.9p/kWh
21 Jul25.7p/kWh20.4p/kWh39.8p/kWh
20 Jul27.3p/kWh21.5p/kWh43.7p/kWh
19 Jul18.6p/kWh8.9p/kWh37.3p/kWh
18 Jul19.6p/kWh4.0p/kWh34.8p/kWh
17 Jul25.7p/kWh18.8p/kWh39.0p/kWh
16 Jul28.4p/kWh18.0p/kWh51.0p/kWh
15 Jul25.6p/kWh16.8p/kWh41.9p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API