Electricity prices Great Britain, 12 October 2026
12 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
32.2p/kWh
+3% vs. yesterday · +31% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
17.4p/kWh
Highest
51.8p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0
Cheapest hours
- 12:00 · 27.0p/kWh
- 22:00 · 24.6p/kWh
- 23:00 · 17.4p/kWh
Best time to run
Washing machine (2 h)
22:00–00:00, average 21.0p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
21:00–00:00, average 24.0p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
20:00–00:00, average 25.9p/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
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Previous days
| Date | Average | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct | 31.2p/kWh | 18.0p/kWh | 54.7p/kWh |
| 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 |
Source: Octopus Energy API