Electricity prices Great Britain, 11 October 2026
11 October 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
31.2p/kWh
+261% vs. yesterday · +30% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
18.0p/kWh
Highest
54.7p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0
Cheapest hours
- 00:00 · 18.3p/kWh
- 01:00 · 18.2p/kWh
- 02:00 · 18.0p/kWh
Best time to run
Washing machine (2 h)
01:00–03:00, average 18.1p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
00:00–03:00, average 18.2p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
00:00–04:00, average 18.4p/kWh
Hourly prices
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
5 Oct6 Oct7 Oct8 Oct9 Oct10 Oct11 Oct00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Previous days
| Date | Average | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct | 8.6p/kWh | -3.6p/kWh | 43.4p/kWh |
| 9 Oct | 11.0p/kWh | 2.0p/kWh | 27.7p/kWh |
| 8 Oct | 26.2p/kWh | 15.3p/kWh | 51.8p/kWh |
| 7 Oct | 32.0p/kWh | 19.7p/kWh | 50.9p/kWh |
| 6 Oct | 35.1p/kWh | 25.1p/kWh | 69.9p/kWh |
| 5 Oct | 27.4p/kWh | 11.3p/kWh | 51.1p/kWh |
| 4 Oct | 27.9p/kWh | 6.7p/kWh | 51.4p/kWh |
| 3 Oct | 32.2p/kWh | 24.3p/kWh | 50.4p/kWh |
| 2 Oct | 31.9p/kWh | 23.4p/kWh | 48.4p/kWh |
| 1 Oct | 32.3p/kWh | 25.5p/kWh | 52.3p/kWh |
| 30 Sept | 24.8p/kWh | 9.1p/kWh | 49.4p/kWh |
| 29 Sept | 29.9p/kWh | 13.7p/kWh | 53.5p/kWh |
| 28 Sept | 37.5p/kWh | 26.0p/kWh | 71.3p/kWh |
| 27 Sept | 20.7p/kWh | -2.3p/kWh | 48.0p/kWh |
Source: Octopus Energy API