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Electricity prices Great Britain, 6 September 2026

6 September 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
19.2p/kWh
+40% vs. yesterday · −20% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
-4.4p/kWh
Highest
49.0p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
7

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
12:00–14:00, average -4.2p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
11:00–14:00, average -4.0p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
11:00–15:00, average -3.9p/kWh

Hourly prices

036912151821
Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
032.9p/kWh
130.4p/kWh
226.8p/kWh
322.4p/kWh
419.7p/kWh
521.8p/kWh
619.4p/kWh
714.2p/kWh
80.4p/kWh
9-1.5p/kWh
10-2.7p/kWh
11-3.7p/kWh
12-3.9p/kWh
13-4.4p/kWh
14-3.4p/kWh
15-3.1p/kWh
1632.9p/kWh
1747.0p/kWh
1849.0p/kWh
1937.5p/kWh
2036.1p/kWh
2133.8p/kWh
2230.8p/kWh
2327.9p/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
5 Sept13.7p/kWh-2.8p/kWh45.8p/kWh
4 Sept17.3p/kWh-2.4p/kWh36.8p/kWh
3 Sept26.6p/kWh8.5p/kWh49.4p/kWh
2 Sept32.2p/kWh26.2p/kWh51.5p/kWh
1 Sept27.7p/kWh10.8p/kWh50.1p/kWh
31 Aug22.0p/kWh-1.2p/kWh45.3p/kWh
30 Aug29.1p/kWh23.3p/kWh45.4p/kWh
29 Aug28.7p/kWh15.9p/kWh47.9p/kWh
28 Aug29.4p/kWh21.2p/kWh44.3p/kWh
27 Aug30.0p/kWh23.1p/kWh47.6p/kWh
26 Aug30.1p/kWh24.0p/kWh49.9p/kWh
25 Aug29.5p/kWh19.8p/kWh50.0p/kWh
24 Aug30.5p/kWh24.5p/kWh48.4p/kWh
23 Aug28.6p/kWh20.9p/kWh46.8p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API