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Octopus Energy · Northern Scotland · VAT included

Agile Octopus prices in Northern Scotland

On today's prices Northern Scotland is the dearest of the 14 regions on this tariff, where London is cheapest and Northern Scotland dearest.

Average today
25.10p

weighted by how long each price lasts

Cheapest today
13.42p
Most expensive today
42.86p
Standing charge
59.93p

per day

Today’s prices in Northern Scotland

Show all 48 prices as a table
today half-hourly prices, pence per kWh
FromPence per kWh
00:0022.98p
00:3023.25p
01:0021.96p
01:3021.88p
02:0021.26p
02:3021.06p
03:0020.44p
03:3019.48p
04:0021.19p
04:3021.24p
05:0021.36p
05:3022.95p
06:0024.59p
06:3026.46p
07:0025.03p
07:3025.22p
08:0015.75p
08:3018.73p
09:0014.51p
09:3014.48p
10:0013.42p
10:3013.63p
11:0013.73p
11:3015.82p
12:0015.35p
12:3017.91p
13:0019.35p
13:3019.56p
14:0019.68p
14:3020.09p
15:0020.81p
15:3021.19p
16:0037.82p
16:3037.34p
17:0038.92p
17:3040.09p
18:0040.50p
18:3042.86p
19:0035.03p
19:3034.76p
20:0034.80p
20:3035.05p
21:0034.32p
21:3034.48p
22:0033.62p
22:3032.28p
23:0029.25p
23:3029.25p

Against the price cap in Northern Scotland

The Ofgem cap for a single-rate direct debit meter here is 26.42p per kWh plus 57.55p a day. Today this tariff averaged 1.32p 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.

Your distribution network

The wires here are run by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, not by your supplier.

Minutes without power
68.9 minutes for the average customer in 2024/25, against a target of 52.9 — missed. The industry average was 35.1.
How often supply was lost
59.1 interruptions per 100 customers in 2024/25, against a target of 61.9.

These figures do not change when you switch tariff or supplier — the network is the same whoever bills you. Every region compared.

What is regional about this, and what is not

The unit rate and standing charge differ by distribution region because the cost of getting electricity to your door does. The Ofgem cap is set regionally for the same reason, which is why the comparison above uses Northern Scotland’s cap rather than a national average.

The network figures are about the wires, not the supplier. Switching tariff or supplier does not change who maintains your local network or how often the power goes off — those stay the same whoever bills you.

Everything else about Agile Octopus — how the pricing works, who it suits, what to watch for — is on the main Agile Octopus page, which covers every region.