Prime Outgoing Octopus review (October 2026)
A fixed-term export tariff that pays a higher rate from 4pm to 7pm and a lower rate at other times.
Live tariff data
Prime Outgoing Octopus export rates for your area
Current export payments for South East England. Payments vary by electricity region.
Showing payments for South East England
Today’s price bands
South East England
- Average export rate
- 9.88p
- Lowest payment today
- 9.00p
- Highest payment today
- 16.00p
- Standing charge
- 0.00p
weighted by how long each price lasts
per day
Daily schedule
Today’s price bands
Prime Outgoing Octopus repeats a daily shape. The times below are the complete schedule in local time.
Lowest rate
9.00p/kWh
Highest rate
16.00p/kWh
| From | To | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 16:00 | 16.0 hours | 9.00p/kWhBest price |
| 16:00 | 19:00 | 3.0 hours | 16.00p/kWhHighest |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 5.0 hours | 9.00p/kWhBest price |
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 highest payment
- 3 hours
- 12.5% of the schedule
- Time-weighted band payment
- 9.88p/kWh
- Assumes constant use or export through the day
- Highest-to-lowest spread
- 7.00p/kWh
- A price difference, not a saving or battery profit
When to export
- Best-paid 3-hour run starts 16:00, averaging 16.00p per kWh.
- Best-paid half hour today is 16:00 at 16.00p.
- Worst-paid is 00:00 at 9.00p, so it is worth holding generation back if you can.
Use your own figures
What could Prime Outgoing Octopus pay you?
Use your own export and rate assumptions. Variable payments depend on when electricity reaches the grid.
Estimate annual export earnings
Enter your annual export and the rate you expect to apply. The best currently displayed payment is 16.00p per kWh (16:00–19:00), but it is deliberately not assumed for your whole year.
Enter all of the figures above to see the calculation.
This values only the annual kWh and rate entered. It does not forecast solar generation, household use or future export prices.
Test a battery export spread
Enter the actual import cost, intended export payment and your battery efficiency. The displayed export rate is not assumed to be the cost of charging the battery.
Enter all of the figures above to see the calculation.
Gross energy spread only, not profit: excludes standing charges, battery degradation, inverter losses beyond the stated round-trip efficiency and any change in household consumption.
The short answer
Who Prime Outgoing Octopus is most likely to work for
Prime Outgoing is most compelling for a battery home that can deliberately place meaningful export into the 4pm to 7pm peak.
In its favour
- Higher 4pm to 7pm export rate
- Predictable repeating schedule
- No exit fee in the current product data
Against it
- Lower payment for the other twenty-one hours
- Best results generally need storage
- Battery spread is not the same as profit
Read the fuller verdict and trade-offs
For solar without storage, much of the export may receive the lower rate. Compare actual export timing with a flat export tariff rather than choosing on the peak figure alone.
- The headline peak rate applies for only three hours; most unshifted solar export may earn the lower rate.
- A gross difference between cheap and peak prices is not battery profit because losses, degradation and import costs are excluded.
- Using solar electricity in the home can be worth more than exporting it and buying electricity back later.
Tariff facts at a glance
- Current version
- Prime Outgoing Octopus 12M Fixed
View product code
OUTGOING-PRIME-FIX-12M-26-06-23- Price changes
- By time band
- The same scheduled price periods repeat each day
- Export rate today
- 9.88p per kWh
- Average of the published export rates for today
- Annual illustration from history
- £247
- Based on 2,500 kWh exported in the selected region; no standing charge is assumed
Key tariff facts
- 12-month fixed term
- No exit fee on the selected offer
- Monthly Direct Debit · Single-register meter
- Compatible smart meter required
- Electricity tariff
- Pays for electricity exported to the grid
Estimated annual earnings
£247
a year
- Export
- 2,500 kWh
- Average rate
- 9.88p/kWh
Uses 31 days of Prime Outgoing Octopus prices and the 0.00p/day standing charge in South East England. Timing affects the actual earnings.
Octopus Energy: £225/year. Different basis; not directly comparable.
Price history
How Prime Outgoing Octopus prices have moved
The line is the average price for each day; the shaded range shows the cheapest and most expensive prices within it.
Choose one history view
Use a rolling period to look back from today, or open one calendar year. Selecting either view replaces the other.
Last 30 days: 31 days from 07 Sept to 07 Oct. Average prices are unchanged at the displayed precision. The shaded band shows the cheapest and most expensive price in each period.
Show these 31 figures as a table
| Period | Average | Cheapest | Most expensive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 08 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 09 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 10 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 11 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 12 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 13 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 14 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 15 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 16 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 17 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 18 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 19 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 20 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 21 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 22 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 23 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 24 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 25 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 26 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 27 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 28 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 29 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 30 Sept | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 01 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 02 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 03 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 04 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 05 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 06 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
| 07 Oct | 9.88p | 9.00p | 16.00p |
View history coverage and range
Combined across 1 version of this tariff, each shown for the period it was on sale. We hold prices from Jun 2026. A gap means no version of this tariff was on sale then.
What this selected history can show
30 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.
This summary remains at daily or monthly level. Any separate statistics panel uses the complete daily distribution fields supplied by the rollup rather than inferring them from this chart.
- Lowest complete-period rate
- 9.00p/kWh
- Highest complete-period rate
- 16.00p/kWh
- Mean of complete-period averages
- 9.88p/kWh
Regional comparison
How payments differ across Great Britain
Prime Outgoing Octopus export payment by region
The average export payment on 8 October 2026, including VAT.
Selected region
South East England
- Export payment
- 9.88p/kWh
Hover a region for its figure, or select one to load its prices.
Tap a region to load its prices.
Same displayed rate in every region with a figure: 9.88p
View all regional prices
| Region | Per kWh |
|---|---|
| Eastern England | 9.88p |
| East Midlands | 9.88p |
| London | 9.88p |
| Merseyside and North Wales | 9.88p |
| West Midlands | 9.88p |
| North East England | 9.88p |
| North West England | 9.88p |
| Southern England | 9.88p |
| South East England | 9.88p |
| South Wales | 9.88p |
| South West England | 9.88p |
| Yorkshire | 9.88p |
| Southern Scotland | 9.88p |
| Northern Scotland | 9.88p |
Northern Ireland has a separate electricity market and is not covered by these regions.
Household fit
Who Prime Outgoing Octopus 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
- Solar-and-battery homes able to export between 4pm and 7pm
- Households wanting a fixed export schedule rather than day-ahead prices
- People prepared to compare self-consumption with peak export value
Less likely to suit
- Solar homes without enough late-afternoon generation or storage
- Households that export almost everything around midday
- Anyone without a smart export meter and export MPAN
Before switching
Check the requirements and what will affect the result
What you need
What drives what you earn
- How many exported kWh land between 4pm and 7pm
- How much surplus generation remains after the household uses its own electricity
- Battery capacity, round-trip losses and the import cost of any electricity used to charge it
- The selected region's export rates
How it works
How Prime Outgoing Octopus sets its prices
There are two repeating export bands every day: a three-hour peak from 4pm to 7pm and an off-peak rate for the other twenty-one hours.
Read the full pricing explanation
A smart meter records export by time, so electricity sent to the grid in the peak band earns the peak rate.
Solar generation often falls by the evening. A battery can move surplus daytime generation into the more valuable period, but charging losses and the value of using that electricity at home still need to be considered.
Practical advice
Getting the most out of Prime Outgoing Octopus
Measure when you export
Use half-hourly export data to see how many units already land between 4pm and 7pm before assuming the peak rate will dominate earnings.
Keep the battery calculation honest
Include round-trip losses and compare the import cost or forgone self-consumption with the extra export payment.
Match the tariff to your home
Solar, a battery and your import tariff change the answer
Export income is only one side of the decision. Electricity used at home avoids an import purchase, while storing and exporting later loses some energy in the battery.
Solar without a battery
Compare the rate paid when your panels naturally export, usually through the middle of the day. A high evening rate is less useful if you cannot move generation into it.
Solar with a battery
A battery can move export into a valuable band, but the headline spread is not profit. Allow for round-trip losses, degradation and the import cost or self-consumption value of the electricity stored.
Choose import and export together
Check whether the export tariff restricts the import tariff you can hold. Even where it does not, the best export rate can be outweighed by a poor import fit for the same home.
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.
Outgoing Octopus
Outgoing pays one flat variable rate at every time.
More detail
Prime Outgoing may pay more when export can be moved into 4pm to 7pm, while the flat tariff is simpler for unshifted daytime solar.
Agile Outgoing Octopus
Agile Outgoing follows day-ahead half-hourly prices.
More detail
Prime Outgoing fixes a repeating peak and off-peak schedule, trading some upside for predictability.
Octopus Flux
Flux coordinates import and export bands around a home battery.
More detail
Prime Outgoing is an export decision, so the import tariff and battery charging cost must be compared separately.
How to switch
Moving to Prime Outgoing Octopus
- 1
Confirm the generator, smart meter and export MPAN are ready before applying.
- 2
Confirm you are an Octopus customer and that your import tariff is on the supplier's current compatibility list.
- 3
Compare the selected region's peak and off-peak rates with the times your home actually exports.
- 4
If using a battery, model charging losses and the value of self-consumption rather than treating the peak-rate spread as profit.
Frequently asked questions
Are Prime Outgoing rates payments or charges?
Payments. It is an export tariff, so the rates show what Octopus pays for each kWh sent to the grid.
When is the Prime Outgoing peak rate?
The peak export band runs from 4pm to 7pm local time each day. The other twenty-one hours use the lower export rate.
Do I need a battery?
Not as a general export requirement, but a battery is usually needed to move substantial midday solar generation into the 4pm to 7pm peak. Without one, compare your natural export timing with a flat export tariff.
Is the difference between the two rates battery profit?
No. It is a gross price spread. Battery losses, degradation, the source and cost of charging electricity, and the value of using the electricity at home are separate.
