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Electricity prices Great Britain, 8 September 2026

8 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
25.4p/kWh
−18% vs. yesterday · +6% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
7.9p/kWh
Highest
48.1p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
14:00–16:00, average 8.6p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
13:00–16:00, average 8.9p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
12:00–16:00, average 9.9p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
025.4p/kWh
123.0p/kWh
223.2p/kWh
321.6p/kWh
422.6p/kWh
520.2p/kWh
630.5p/kWh
733.7p/kWh
828.9p/kWh
923.7p/kWh
1020.5p/kWh
1114.7p/kWh
1212.8p/kWh
139.6p/kWh
147.9p/kWh
159.3p/kWh
1635.1p/kWh
1743.5p/kWh
1848.1p/kWh
1935.1p/kWh
2036.6p/kWh
2132.4p/kWh
2228.6p/kWh
2323.9p/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
7 Sept30.9p/kWh16.1p/kWh51.4p/kWh
6 Sept19.2p/kWh-4.4p/kWh49.0p/kWh
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

Source: Octopus Energy API