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Electricity prices Great Britain, 17 October 2026

17 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
−12% vs. yesterday · +15% vs. 7-day average
Lowest
24.4p/kWh
Highest
53.0p/kWh
Hours with negative prices
0

Cheapest hours

Best time to run

Washing machine (2 h)
13:00–15:00, average 25.5p/kWh
Dishwasher (3 h)
12:00–15:00, average 25.8p/kWh
Electric car (4 h)
10:00–14:00, average 25.8p/kWh

Hourly prices

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Cheapest hours highlighted. Times in local time.
Show the data as a table
HourPrice
031.0p/kWh
128.5p/kWh
226.5p/kWh
327.6p/kWh
427.1p/kWh
526.9p/kWh
628.5p/kWh
733.1p/kWh
832.9p/kWh
930.8p/kWh
1024.4p/kWh
1126.6p/kWh
1226.6p/kWh
1325.5p/kWh
1425.5p/kWh
1528.2p/kWh
1646.4p/kWh
1751.5p/kWh
1853.0p/kWh
1940.6p/kWh
2039.0p/kWh
2132.7p/kWh
2231.6p/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
16 Oct36.7p/kWh26.8p/kWh56.2p/kWh
15 Oct32.1p/kWh20.7p/kWh58.4p/kWh
14 Oct29.8p/kWh14.4p/kWh48.8p/kWh
13 Oct24.5p/kWh12.9p/kWh46.9p/kWh
12 Oct32.2p/kWh17.4p/kWh51.8p/kWh
11 Oct31.2p/kWh18.0p/kWh54.7p/kWh
10 Oct8.6p/kWh-3.6p/kWh43.4p/kWh
9 Oct11.0p/kWh2.0p/kWh27.7p/kWh
8 Oct26.2p/kWh15.3p/kWh51.8p/kWh
7 Oct32.0p/kWh19.7p/kWh50.9p/kWh
6 Oct35.1p/kWh25.1p/kWh69.9p/kWh
5 Oct27.4p/kWh11.3p/kWh51.1p/kWh
4 Oct27.9p/kWh6.7p/kWh51.4p/kWh
3 Oct32.2p/kWh24.3p/kWh50.4p/kWh

Source: Octopus Energy API