Octopus Energy · Export tariff · VAT included
Outgoing Octopus prices
What Octopus pays for electricity you export, fixed or half-hourly.
Your postcode is sent once to Octopus Energy’s public region lookup — the same one they bill from. We do not put it in the URL, analytics or database, and do not keep it.
Outgoing Octopus is an export tariff: the figures on this page are payments to you, not costs. It is what Octopus pays for electricity you send back to the grid.
There are two shapes. A flat variable rate pays the same whenever you export, and the half-hourly Agile Outgoing variant shown here follows the same day-ahead wholesale prices as Agile import — so it pays most when the grid most needs power.
Showing West Midlands. Currently on sale: Agile Outgoing Octopus. Tariff code E-1R-AGILE-OUTGOING-19-05-13-E.
- Average today
- 9.21p
- Cheapest today
- 0.53p
- Most expensive today
- 18.81p
- Standing charge
- 0.00p
weighted by how long each price lasts
per day
Today’s prices
today: 46 half-hourly prices from 00:00 to 22:30, ranging from 0.53p to 18.81p per kWh.
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| From | Pence per kWh |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 12.80p |
| 00:30 | 12.43p |
| 01:00 | 12.13p |
| 01:30 | 12.23p |
| 02:00 | 12.11p |
| 02:30 | 11.63p |
| 03:00 | 11.42p |
| 03:30 | 11.01p |
| 04:00 | 11.78p |
| 04:30 | 11.43p |
| 05:00 | 12.38p |
| 05:30 | 12.36p |
| 06:00 | 11.62p |
| 06:30 | 12.32p |
| 07:00 | 11.77p |
| 07:30 | 11.88p |
| 08:00 | 9.84p |
| 08:30 | 9.49p |
| 09:00 | 6.62p |
| 09:30 | 4.68p |
| 10:00 | 1.83p |
| 10:30 | 0.97p |
| 11:00 | 0.85p |
| 11:30 | 0.72p |
| 12:00 | 0.60p |
| 12:30 | 0.60p |
| 13:00 | 0.53p |
| 13:30 | 0.54p |
| 14:00 | 0.55p |
| 14:30 | 0.60p |
| 15:00 | 0.60p |
| 15:30 | 0.60p |
| 16:00 | 8.95p |
| 16:30 | 11.46p |
| 17:00 | 15.40p |
| 17:30 | 16.36p |
| 18:00 | 17.63p |
| 18:30 | 18.81p |
| 19:00 | 12.96p |
| 19:30 | 13.07p |
| 20:00 | 12.99p |
| 20:30 | 12.93p |
| 21:00 | 13.22p |
| 21:30 | 13.08p |
| 22:00 | 13.08p |
| 22:30 | 12.58p |
Tomorrow’s prices have not been published yet. They usually appear in the late afternoon.
When to export
- Best-paid 3-hour run starts 17:00, averaging 15.71p per kWh.
- Best-paid half hour today is 18:30 at 18.81p.
- Worst-paid is 13:00 at 0.53p, so it is worth holding generation back if you can.
Against the price cap in West Midlands
The Ofgem cap for a single-rate direct debit meter here is 25.33p per kWh plus 59.71p a day. Today this tariff averaged 16.13p 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 earnings
£307a year
2,500 kWh a year in West Midlands, at 12.26p per kWh plus 0.00p a day standing charge.
Our estimate, using the average price Outgoing Octopus actually charged over the last 29 days. Outgoing Octopus prices change through the day, so what you pay depends on when you use electricity — this assumes you use it at the same times as an average household.
Octopus Energy quotes £482 for the same household. Their figure charges every unit at the tariff’s standard rate of 18.38p, which is what you would pay having shifted nothing at all. Treat it as a ceiling rather than an expectation.
Price history
The line is the average price for each day; the shaded band is the cheapest and most expensive price within it.
Last 30 days: 30 days from 06 Jul to 04 Aug. Average prices range from 8.19p to 14.52p per kWh, with the shaded band showing the cheapest and most expensive price in each period.
1 of 30 periods are only partly covered by stored prices and are shown as they are rather than filled in.
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| Period | Average | Cheapest | Most expensive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Jul | 9.85p | 2.74p | 17.13p |
| 07 Jul | 11.13p | 8.29p | 17.61p |
| 08 Jul | 12.02p | 8.90p | 19.66p |
| 09 Jul | 13.21p | 8.95p | 21.84p |
| 10 Jul | 12.59p | 9.98p | 20.01p |
| 11 Jul | 11.98p | 8.79p | 19.67p |
| 12 Jul | 8.19p | 1.25p | 17.42p |
| 13 Jul | 11.83p | 7.94p | 19.20p |
| 14 Jul | 12.40p | 9.19p | 20.30p |
| 15 Jul | 13.11p | 9.23p | 21.09p |
| 16 Jul | 14.28p | 9.79p | 25.51p |
| 17 Jul | 13.16p | 10.11p | 20.07p |
| 18 Jul | 10.59p | 3.66p | 18.32p |
| 19 Jul | 10.15p | 5.87p | 19.02p |
| 20 Jul | 13.80p | 11.14p | 21.94p |
| 21 Jul | 13.15p | 10.64p | 20.26p |
| 22 Jul | 13.52p | 11.20p | 21.07p |
| 23 Jul | 14.52p | 11.86p | 22.31p |
| 24 Jul | 12.89p | 7.07p | 21.56p |
| 25 Jul | 8.64p | 0.00p | 20.29p |
| 26 Jul | 8.72p | 0.01p | 18.85p |
| 27 Jul | 12.90p | 8.29p | 20.79p |
| 28 Jul | 12.99p | 7.82p | 22.50p |
| 29 Jul | 13.64p | 10.45p | 23.98p |
| 30 Jul | 13.21p | 8.20p | 21.87p |
| 31 Jul | 13.77p | 10.50p | 20.99p |
| 01 Aug | 11.99p | 4.66p | 20.66p |
| 02 Aug | 13.66p | 10.81p | 21.59p |
| 03 Aug | 13.73p | 10.43p | 23.08p |
| 04 Aug | 13.47p | 10.89p | 20.85p |
Prices by region
Outgoing Octopus unit rate by region
The average price per unit on 2026-08-03. Where you live changes what you pay, because the cost of distributing electricity differs by network.
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| Region | Per kWh |
|---|---|
| East Midlands | 13.72p |
| West Midlands | 13.73p |
| South West England | 13.74p |
| North East England | 13.76p |
| South Wales | 13.80p |
| Yorkshire | 13.85p |
| Southern Scotland | 13.92p |
| Southern England | 13.96p |
| Northern Scotland | 14.10p |
| South East England | 14.17p |
| North West England | 14.25p |
| Eastern England | 14.25p |
| London | 14.32p |
| Merseyside and North Wales | 14.54p |
Northern Ireland has a separate electricity market and is not covered by these regions.
Outgoing Octopus standing charge by region
The daily charge you pay before using any electricity at all. It varies more between regions than the unit rate does, and you cannot avoid it by using less.
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| Region | Per day |
|---|---|
| Eastern England | 0.0p |
| East Midlands | 0.0p |
| London | 0.0p |
| Merseyside and North Wales | 0.0p |
| West Midlands | 0.0p |
| North East England | 0.0p |
| North West England | 0.0p |
| Southern England | 0.0p |
| South East England | 0.0p |
| South Wales | 0.0p |
| South West England | 0.0p |
| Yorkshire | 0.0p |
| Southern Scotland | 0.0p |
| Northern Scotland | 0.0p |
Northern Ireland has a separate electricity market and is not covered by these regions.
Estimate what you would be paid
Enter a number of kWh to see what it would earnat today’s average price.
How Outgoing Octopus works
Every unit you export is metered and paid at the rate in force for that period. On the half-hourly variant that rate changes every 30 minutes, published a day ahead like Agile.
The half-hourly variant rewards exporting at the right time, which in practice means having a battery. Solar alone generates at midday, which is rarely when export pays best.
You can be on an export tariff with a different supplier from your import tariff, though keeping both with one supplier is simpler administratively.
What you need
- Generation — usually solar — with an export meter arrangement (MPAN) in place
- A smart meter capable of recording export on a half-hourly basis
- For the half-hourly variant, ideally a battery so export can be timed
What drives what you earn
- How much you generate beyond what you use yourself, since self-consumption avoids import rather than earning export
- Whether you can time export into the better-paid periods
- The season — summer generation is far higher, but so is everyone else’s, which affects prices
- Which variant you are on: flat pays predictably, half-hourly pays variably
Who it tends to suit
- Homes generating more than they use, especially in summer
- Exporters who can time output and want the half-hourly variant
- Households with a battery that can hold generation until export pays best
Who it tends not to suit
- Homes that consume nearly all of what they generate
- Anyone without an export meter arrangement in place
- Solar-only homes expecting the half-hourly variant to beat a flat rate
Things to watch
- Using your own generation is usually worth more than exporting it, because you avoid paying an import rate that is higher than the export rate.
- Without a battery, the half-hourly variant pays whatever the rate happens to be at midday, which is often not the peak.
- Export payments are usually smaller than people expect compared with their bill. Treat this as a top-up rather than a replacement for it.
Outgoing Octopus compared with the alternatives
- Against The Smart Export Guarantee
- SEG is the statutory minimum every large supplier must offer. Outgoing is Octopus’s commercial offer and has generally paid better than a basic SEG rate, but SEG tariffs vary and are worth comparing directly.
- Against Octopus Flux export
- Flux export is banded and pairs with a matching import tariff, which is what makes the battery arbitrage work. Outgoing is a standalone export tariff you can hold alongside a different import tariff.
- Against The flat Outgoing variant
- The flat rate pays the same whenever you export, which suits solar without storage. The half-hourly variant shown here pays more if you can time export, and can pay less if you cannot.
How to switch to Outgoing Octopus
- You need generation — usually solar — with an export meter arrangement (an export MPAN) registered, and a smart meter able to record export half-hourly.
- Outgoing sits alongside whichever import tariff you are on, so taking it does not change what you pay for the electricity you buy.
- Requested from the online account. No exit fees, and you can move between the half-hourly and flat versions.
Our verdict on Outgoing Octopus
Outgoing pays the wholesale rate for what you export, half hour by half hour. On a still winter evening that is several times what a flat export tariff pays, which is why it rewards anyone who can hold generation back and release it into the peak.
Without a battery you export when the sun shines, which is exactly when everyone else does and prices are lowest. Solar on its own is usually better off on a flat export rate, where the price is lower but certain.
In its favour
- Export rates that follow the market, and peak well above flat rates
- Pairs with any import tariff
- No exit fees
- Rewards a battery directly
Against it
- Export earnings vary and cannot be budgeted for
- Little benefit without storage
- Needs an export MPAN and a half-hourly capable meter
- Midday export, when solar peaks, pays least
Frequently asked questions
Are these figures payments or charges?
Payments. This is an export tariff, so the prices shown are what Octopus pays you per kWh exported, not what you are charged.
Do I need a battery for Outgoing Octopus?
Not for the flat variant. For the half-hourly one a battery makes a substantial difference, because it lets you export when rates are high rather than whenever the sun happens to be out.
Can I be on Outgoing without taking my import from Octopus?
Yes, export and import can be with different suppliers, though keeping both together is administratively simpler.
Is exporting better than using my own electricity?
Usually not. Import rates are typically higher than export rates, so using your own generation avoids more than exporting it earns. Exporting is what you do with whatever is left over.