EDF Go Electric review (September 2026)

Seven hours of very cheap electricity every night from 11pm, fixed for twelve months, for charging an electric car.

Updated for September 2026

Tariff snapshot

The important details in one place

Current tariff issue: Go Electric 12m v3; EDF_EV_FIX_GOELEC_12M_V3_HH
Price changes: By time band; The same scheduled price periods repeat each day
Against the price cap: 1.94p per kWh above today; Compares today’s regional average unit rate with the applicable cap rate
Estimated annual cost: Choose a location; Shown after an electricity region is selected

Key tariff facts

The same scheduled price periods repeat each day
12-month fixed term
£75 exit fee (FLAT)
Monthly Direct Debit · Single-register meter
Compatible smart meter required
Electricity tariff
Regional unit rates and standing charges

Current product options

Current versions of EDF Go Electric

Suppliers can offer more than one version at once. The independently resolved regional prices on this page use Go Electric 12m v3. Other cards identify the product terms held in the current catalogue, but do not turn a product-detail snapshot into a current rate. Compare the exact product code and quote before relying on them.

Go Electric 12m v2
EDF_EV_FIX_GOELEC_12M_V2_HH
12-month fixed term
Unit rate
Check current quote
Standing charge
Check current quote
Payment
Monthly Direct Debit
Exit fee
£75
Go Electric 12m v3
EDF_EV_FIX_GOELEC_12M_V3_HH
Rates shown
12-month fixed term
Unit rate
See full schedule below
Standing charge
63.77p/day
Payment
Monthly Direct Debit
Exit fee
£75
Go Electric 18m
EDF_EV_FIX_GOELEC_18M_HH
18-month fixed term
Unit rate
Check current quote
Standing charge
Check current quote
Payment
Monthly Direct Debit
Exit fee
£100
Go Electric 18m v2
EDF_EV_FIX_GOELEC_18M_V2_HH
18-month fixed term
Unit rate
Check current quote
Standing charge
Check current quote
Payment
Monthly Direct Debit
Exit fee
£100

Contents

The short answer

Who EDF Go Electric is most likely to work for

For a household that charges an electric car at home most nights, Go Electric does exactly what it says: it makes the fuel cost of driving very small, on a fixed rate you can rely on for a year.

The decision turns on whether you genuinely charge an EV at home and how much whole-home use you can move into the seven-hour window. The live day rate covers seventeen hours, and the exit fee means the full regional calculation matters before switching.

Go Electric gives you seven hours of very cheap electricity every night, from 11pm to 6am, and a single higher rate the rest of the day. It is built for charging an electric car overnight, and the night rate is low enough that a full charge costs a few pounds.

The trade is explicit: the higher day rate applies for seventeen hours. Compare the live day rate and standing charge with the off-peak saving, because too much daytime use can take back what charging saves overnight.

In its favour

Very cheap seven-hour night rate, from 11pm to 6am
Prices fixed for twelve months
Simple two-rate structure with nothing to monitor
Makes home charging dramatically cheaper than public charging

Against it

Day rate applies for seventeen hours and must be compared with the live cap rate
£75 electricity exit fee
Fixed seven-hour window, so a long charge spills into day rates
No benefit if the price cap falls during the term
Close to pointless without an electric vehicle

How it works

How EDF Go Electric sets its prices

Two rates, one boundary. From 11pm to 6am you pay the night rate; from 6am to 11pm you pay the day rate. Both are fixed for the twelve months of the agreement, so neither moves with the price cap.

The night rate applies to the whole home, not only the car. Whether the tariff saves money depends on the live day rate, standing charge and how much electricity you move into the off-peak window.

EDF recommends using at least 6% of your electricity during the off-peak hours when deciding whether GoElectric is a good option. The calculator below lets you test your own split.

Unlike EDF’s Tracker tariffs, this electricity-only tariff has a £75 exit fee, so leaving mid-term can cost money.

Things to watch

The main trade-offs

The day rate covers seventeen hours. Compare its live value, the standing charge and your off-peak share rather than choosing on the headline night rate alone.

Seven hours is a fixed window, not a smart one. If your car needs a longer charge you will be paying day rates for the overspill.

There is a £75 exit fee on this electricity tariff, which makes it less reversible than EDF’s no-exit-fee smart tariffs.

Fixing for twelve months means no benefit if the price cap falls during the term.

Live tariff data

EDF Go Electric prices for your area

Electricity rates and standing charges differ by distribution region. Enter your postcode or choose your electricity region before local figures are shown.

Today’s price bands

South West England

Average today: 28.33p
Cheapest today: 6.99p
Most expensive today: 37.11p
Standing charge: 63.77p

Today’s price bands

EDF Go Electric repeats a daily shape rather than pricing every half hour separately, so the bands are the schedule.

EDF Go Electric price bands for today, pence per kWh, in local time
From	To	Hours	Price
00:00	06:00	6.0	6.99pcheapest
06:00	23:00	17.0	37.11pmost expensive
23:00	00:00	1.0	6.99pcheapest

What the daily bands add up to

Calculated from the complete band schedule shown above. It describes the tariff, not how much of your electricity will land in each period.

Time at the cheapest rate: 7 hours; 29.2% of the schedule
Time-weighted band average: 28.33p/kWh; Assumes constant use or export through the day
Highest-to-lowest spread: 30.12p/kWh; A price difference, not a saving or battery profit

When to use electricity

Cheapest 3-hour run starts 00:00, averaging 6.99p per kWh.
Cheapest half hour today is 00:00 at 6.99p.
Most expensive is 06:00 at 37.11p, so it is worth avoiding heavy use then.

Against the price cap in South West England

The Ofgem cap for a single-rate direct debit meter here is 26.39p per kWh plus 57.89p a day. Today this tariff averaged 1.94p above the cap unit rate.

This compares one day’s unit rates only. What you pay also depends on the standing charge and on when you use electricity, so treat this as an indication rather than a saving. Cap period 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30.

Practical advice

Getting the most out of EDF Go Electric

Schedule the car, not just the charger

Most cars and most chargers can both hold a schedule, and if the two disagree the car usually wins. Set the one that actually controls the charge, then check the following morning that it did what you asked.

Fill the seven hours with more than the car

The dishwasher, the washing machine and the immersion heater all run happily on a delay timer. Once the tariff is paying for itself on the car, everything else you move into the window is pure saving.

Work out your break-even before you switch

Take your annual usage, estimate honestly how much lands between 11pm and 6am, and compare it with the standard variable rate. EDF recommends at least 6% off-peak use; the break-even calculation below gives a household-specific answer from the live rates.

Compare the optional Smart Charging bolt-on

EDF currently advertises an optional managed-charging add-on with extra off-peak charging and £60 a year for plugging in. Check vehicle and charger compatibility and keep that credit separate from the tariff-only calculation.

Use your own figures

What could a month on EDF Go Electric cost you?

Estimate what it would cost

Enter the electricity you expect to use over 30 days.

Enter a number of kWh to see what it would cost at today’s average price.

Cost your home EV charging

The lowest currently displayed rate is 6.99p per kWh (00:00–06:00); the highest displayed rate is 37.11p per kWh. Tell us how much charging you can actually move into the lower-rate period rather than assuming it is all overnight.

Electricity per charge (kWh)The kWh shown by your charger or smart meter.Charges each monthCharging in cheapest period (%)

Enter all of the figures above to see the calculation.

Household fit

Who EDF Go Electric might be good for

The right answer depends on your equipment, routine and tolerance for changing prices—not just how much electricity you use.

Likely to suit

Electric vehicle owners who charge at home most nights
Households that can also move washing, drying and hot water into the night window
Homes with a battery that can be filled overnight and drawn on through the day
Anyone who wants a simple two-rate tariff rather than something to monitor

Less likely to suit

Households without an electric vehicle or another substantial overnight load
Drivers who mostly charge at work or on the public network
Anyone whose electricity use is concentrated in the daytime and evening
Anyone who might want to leave early, given the exit fee

Before switching

Check the requirements and what will affect the result

What you need

A smart meter, since the night and day rates have to be billed separately
An electric vehicle that you charge at home; EDF says the tariff is exclusively for these drivers
A twelve-month fixed agreement, with a £75 electricity exit fee if you leave early
An active EDF electricity account, with EDF confirming current availability for your address

What drives what you pay

What share of your electricity you can move into the seven-hour night window — the only thing that decides whether this tariff wins or loses
How much you drive, because the more you charge, the more of your usage is bought at the night rate
Everything you use between 6am and 11pm, all of which is bought above the standard rate
The standing charge, which is the ordinary one and applies daily whatever you do

Match the tariff to your home

Your largest electrical loads can change the answer

A specialist tariff can be better aligned with one large device, but its eligibility and expensive periods still matter. These are comparisons to make, not automatic recommendations.

If you have an EV

EDF Go Electric is already designed around electric-vehicle charging. Compare its cheap window, daytime rate, automation and compatibility with the alternatives before choosing.

Review Intelligent Octopus Go Review EDF Go Electric

If you have solar without a battery

The import tariff and the rate paid for exported electricity are separate decisions. A straightforward export tariff can be more useful than a peak-weighted battery tariff when generation is exported as it happens.

Review Agile Outgoing Octopus Review Outgoing Octopus

If you have solar and a home battery

A paired import/export tariff may fit better because a battery can charge in a cheap period and discharge or export in a more valuable one. The gross rate spread is not the same as profit after losses and degradation.

Review Octopus Flux Review Intelligent Octopus Flux

If you have a heat pump

A heat-pump tariff may align its cheaper periods with space and hot-water heating. Whether it wins depends on insulation, controls and how much heat can move away from expensive periods.

Review Cosy Octopus Review EDF Heat Pump Tracker

Alternatives

Other smart tariffs from Octopus and EDF to compare

These are other smart-tariff comparisons from the two suppliers, not a claim that every option suits the same household.

Octopus Go

The same shape from a different supplier — a cheap overnight block and a higher day rate. The comparison comes down to three numbers on the day: the night rate, the day rate and the length of the window. Octopus Go has no exit fee, which matters if you are not certain the arrangement will suit you.

Review Octopus Go

EDF Pod Power

Both use the same seven-hour overnight pattern, but Pod Power is limited to qualifying Pod Point Solo 3S owners. Compare the live night rate, day rate, standing charge, exit terms and any separate rewards rather than assuming one headline rate makes the whole tariff cheaper.

Review EDF Pod Power

EDF FreePhase Dynamic

FreePhase Dynamic publishes new green, amber and red prices each day, while GoElectric gives you a fixed overnight block for twelve months. Compare the current green rate with GoElectric’s night rate and decide whether daily-changing prices or a fixed routine better fits your charging.

Review EDF FreePhase Dynamic

Other EDF Energy tariff reviews

Browse every other EDF Energy tariff covered on Energy Review. Availability, eligibility and price structure are explained on each review.

Price history

How EDF Go Electric prices have moved

The line is the average price for each day; the shaded range shows the cheapest and most expensive prices within it.

Combined across 5 versions of this tariff, each shown for the period it was on sale. We hold prices from Apr 2026. A gap means no version of this tariff was on sale then.

What this selected history can show

29 of 30 days are represented in the stored history. The figures below use complete daily or monthly periods only, so a partial period cannot create a false low or high.

Negative-slot frequency, percentiles and a 4pm–7pm peak cannot be calculated from this daily/monthly history. They need a separately bounded half-hourly history read.

Lowest complete-period rate: 6.99p/kWh
Highest complete-period rate: 35.11p/kWh
Mean of complete-period averages: 25.24p/kWh

Show these 29 figures as a table

Last 30 days average, cheapest and most expensive prices, pence per kWh
Period	Average	Cheapest	Most expensive
21 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
22 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
23 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
24 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
25 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
26 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
27 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
28 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
29 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
30 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
31 Aug	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
01 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
02 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
03 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
04 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
05 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
06 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
07 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
08 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
09 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
10 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
11 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
12 Sept	25.11p	6.99p	32.57p
14 Sept	24.55p	6.99p	31.77p
15 Sept	24.55p	6.99p	31.77p
16 Sept	24.55p	6.99p	31.77p
18 Sept	26.91p	6.99p	35.11p
19 Sept	26.91p	6.99p	35.11p
20 Sept	26.91p	6.99p	35.11p

Regional comparison

How prices differ across Great Britain

EDF Go Electric unit rate and standing charge by region

The average price per unit on 2026-09-20, including VAT. The table also shows the daily standing charge.

Hover a region for its figure, or select one to load its prices.

Tap a region to load its prices.

Eastern England28.76pStanding charge per day: 59.8pEast Midlands27.91pStanding charge per day: 59.4pLondon29.71pStanding charge per day: 50.5pMerseyside and North Wales27.92pStanding charge per day: 76.5pWest Midlands27.46pStanding charge per day: 65.5pNorth East England26.88pStanding charge per day: 70.1pNorth West England29.34pStanding charge per day: 53.4pSouthern England29.09pStanding charge per day: 55.6pSouth East England28.89pStanding charge per day: 60.3pSouth Wales28.33pStanding charge per day: 63.6pSouth West England28.33pStanding charge per day: 63.8pYorkshire26.97pStanding charge per day: 70.2pSouthern Scotland27.36pStanding charge per day: 69.9pNorthern Scotland28.21pStanding charge per day: 63.3p

26.88p29.71p

EDF Go Electric unit rate and standing charge by region, by region
Region	Per kWh	Standing charge per day
North East England	26.88p	70.1p
Yorkshire	26.97p	70.2p
Southern Scotland	27.36p	69.9p
West Midlands	27.46p	65.5p
East Midlands	27.91p	59.4p
Merseyside and North Wales	27.92p	76.5p
Northern Scotland	28.21p	63.3p
South Wales	28.33p	63.6p
South West England	28.33p	63.8p
Eastern England	28.76p	59.8p
South East England	28.89p	60.3p
Southern England	29.09p	55.6p
North West England	29.34p	53.4p
London	29.71p	50.5p

Northern Ireland has a separate electricity market and is not covered by these regions.

How to switch

Moving to EDF Go Electric

1
You need a smart meter; EDF will arrange one if you do not have it.
2
Apply directly through EDF. EDF says GoElectric normally becomes active in two to three days once the supply and compatible smart meter are connected, although it can take longer.
3
Set the car or the charger to draw power only between 11pm and 6am before the tariff starts. A car that charges on arrival home rather than on a schedule will buy its electricity at the day rate.
4
Note the £75 electricity exit fee before committing. Gas, if EDF also supplies it, remains on a separate tariff.

Frequently asked questions

When exactly is the cheap rate?

Seven hours every night, from 11pm to 6am. The band schedule above shows the live rates for your region on both sides of that boundary.

Do I have to own an electric car?

Yes. EDF says GoElectric is exclusively available to electric-vehicle drivers who charge at home. It works with any EV or charger, subject to the smart-meter and account checks.

What does an overnight charge cost?

It depends on your car’s battery and how empty it is. The night rate shown above is the price per unit; multiply it by the kWh you add. EDF advertises a typical overnight charge on this tariff at under seven pounds.

Is there an exit fee?

Yes. EDF currently states a £75 exit fee for GoElectric. This is an electricity-only tariff; any gas supply is on a separate tariff.

How is this different from Pod Power and Plug & Power?

Pod Power has a lower night rate on the same window but is sold only to Pod Point customers. Plug & Power bundles a Pod Point charger: you pay some of the hardware upfront and the rest through a much higher daily standing charge across twenty-four months. Go Electric is the version with no hardware attached.