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Electricity prices Great Britain, 11 August 2026

11 August 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
26.6p/kWh
+2% vs. yesterday · +24% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
17.7p/kWh
Highest
45.4p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
13:00–15:00, average 17.8p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
13:00–16:00, average 18.0p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average 18.4p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
025.0p/kWh
123.2p/kWh
223.4p/kWh
322.7p/kWh
424.5p/kWh
527.5p/kWh
628.1p/kWh
727.3p/kWh
826.5p/kWh
925.8p/kWh
1023.8p/kWh
1120.2p/kWh
1219.5p/kWh
1317.7p/kWh
1417.8p/kWh
1518.5p/kWh
1631.7p/kWh
1738.8p/kWh
1845.4p/kWh
1933.8p/kWh
2032.9p/kWh
2130.6p/kWh
2227.4p/kWh
2326.1p/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
10 Aug26.1p/kWh19.5p/kWh44.3p/kWh
9 Aug18.6p/kWh1.7p/kWh39.4p/kWh
8 Aug17.3p/kWh-3.7p/kWh40.2p/kWh
7 Aug23.0p/kWh13.5p/kWh39.3p/kWh
6 Aug22.2p/kWh11.6p/kWh38.5p/kWh
5 Aug16.5p/kWh-4.1p/kWh35.6p/kWh
4 Aug26.4p/kWh20.8p/kWh41.1p/kWh
3 Aug27.1p/kWh19.6p/kWh47.0p/kWh
2 Aug26.9p/kWh21.5p/kWh43.4p/kWh
1 Aug22.9p/kWh6.5p/kWh40.2p/kWh
31 Jul27.2p/kWh20.0p/kWh41.1p/kWh
30 Jul25.8p/kWh14.3p/kWh42.7p/kWh
29 Jul26.9p/kWh19.6p/kWh48.6p/kWh
28 Jul25.3p/kWh13.6p/kWh44.6p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API