EDF Simply Tracker review (August 2026)

Against the price cap in East Midlands

The Ofgem cap for a single-rate direct debit meter here is 25.10p per kWh plus 53.60p a day. Today this tariff averaged 0.00p below 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.

Estimated annual cost

£798a year

2,500 kWh a year in East Midlands, at 25.10p per kWh plus 46.74p a day standing charge.

This tariff charges one rate at all times, so the figure is arithmetic rather than a forecast. It moves only when the rate does.

EDF Energy quotes £864 for the same household. Both are the same calculation, so the difference is rounding.

On an Economy 7 meter

EDF Simply Tracker is also sold on a two-register meter, charging 30.38p per kWh by day and 14.13p per kWh at night, plus 55.20p a day.

The seven cheap hours are fixed by your meter and vary by region and installer, so check yours rather than assuming midnight to 7am. Economy 7 only pays if enough of your usage — storage heating, hot water, an EV — falls inside them. EDF Energy quotes £1,047 a year for a 3,400 kWh Economy 7 household, which is a higher consumption figure than the single-rate one, so the two totals are not directly comparable.

Tariff code E-2R-EDF_SIMPLY_TRACKER_SEP2027-B.

Gas

Today’s gas rate is 7.19p per kWh, plus 29.84p a day standing charge.

Gas is priced once per day with no time-of-use element, so there is nothing to shift and no cheaper hours to aim for. Tariff code G-1R-EDF_SIMPLY_TRACKER_SEP2027-B.

What you need

• Available for electricity, gas or both, subject to the tariff shown in your EDF quote
• A fixed-term agreement with an early-exit fee of £25 per fuel
• No time-of-use billing requirement: the same electricity unit rate applies throughout the day
• Your quote confirms the current payment and meter options for your address

What drives what you pay

• The Ofgem price cap, because EDF’s underlying Standard Variable prices move with it
• Your electricity and gas consumption, with no time-of-use rate to shift between
• The standing-charge discount, which is a daily saving rather than a discount only on units used
• Your region and payment method, because EDF’s underlying Standard Variable prices differ by both

If you have an EV

An EV tariff may be simpler if most of your flexible electricity is car charging. Intelligent Octopus Go schedules compatible cars or chargers; Octopus Go and EDF Go Electric use fixed overnight windows.

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.

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.

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.

EDF Standard Variable

Simply Tracker follows the same price-cap basis as EDF’s Standard Variable tariff, but adds a standing-charge discount and a fixed term with exit fees. Standard Variable has no exit fee; Simply Tracker is the better fit only if the discounted daily charge is worth giving that flexibility up for.

EDF Empower Tracker

Both follow EDF’s price-cap-linked base, but Empower changes the bill by time of day and has no standing charge. Simply Tracker is flat all day and discounts the standing charge instead. Choose Empower only if you can genuinely use its cheaper hours and avoid its peak; Simply Tracker is the simpler option.

Octopus Tracker

These tariffs share a name but not a pricing mechanism. Octopus Tracker follows wholesale costs and changes daily; EDF Simply Tracker follows the Ofgem price cap and changes with EDF’s standard variable pricing. Compare the live rates and the amount of volatility you are willing to accept, not the word “Tracker”.