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Electricity prices Great Britain, 23 August 2026

23 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
28.6p/kWh
+12% vs. yesterday · −4% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
20.9p/kWh
Highest
46.8p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
11:00–13:00, average 21.2p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
10:00–13:00, average 21.4p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
09:00–13:00, average 21.6p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
027.9p/kWh
128.3p/kWh
227.5p/kWh
326.4p/kWh
425.8p/kWh
526.0p/kWh
626.7p/kWh
726.8p/kWh
825.8p/kWh
922.2p/kWh
1021.8p/kWh
1121.5p/kWh
1220.9p/kWh
1322.7p/kWh
1422.9p/kWh
1525.0p/kWh
1641.7p/kWh
1743.0p/kWh
1846.8p/kWh
1933.9p/kWh
2034.1p/kWh
2133.6p/kWh
2231.0p/kWh
2324.9p/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
22 Aug25.5p/kWh14.9p/kWh43.1p/kWh
21 Aug30.3p/kWh24.3p/kWh45.3p/kWh
20 Aug28.9p/kWh23.4p/kWh43.7p/kWh
19 Aug30.8p/kWh23.9p/kWh48.3p/kWh
18 Aug29.3p/kWh22.3p/kWh47.9p/kWh
17 Aug34.7p/kWh28.9p/kWh52.0p/kWh
16 Aug29.5p/kWh22.0p/kWh45.8p/kWh
15 Aug26.5p/kWh14.5p/kWh43.6p/kWh
14 Aug30.1p/kWh22.2p/kWh53.3p/kWh
13 Aug32.3p/kWh22.6p/kWh72.6p/kWh
12 Aug28.6p/kWh17.8p/kWh59.8p/kWh
11 Aug26.6p/kWh17.7p/kWh45.4p/kWh
10 Aug26.1p/kWh19.5p/kWh44.3p/kWh
9 Aug18.6p/kWh1.7p/kWh39.4p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API