Gas and electricity · Great Britain · 7 suppliers' tariffs
Gas and electricity, priced for your home.
Four questions, then every tariff I hold costed for your home over the next 12 months and set against Ofgem's price cap, with its unit rates, standing charges and exit fees beside the total. Cheapest first, and I'll say when staying put is the better deal.
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Switch, fix or stay put?
What each choice looks like today for a medium home, before you tell me anything. Your own use and region change the figures, so compare for your home.
Stay on the capThe tariff you're on if you've never chosen one or your fix has ended. Its rates follow the price cap.
£0to leave
A standard variable tariff has no exit fees, and its rates move with the cap every three months. If you've never chosen a tariff, or your fix has ended, you're on it.
Switch tariffThe cheapest tariff for a medium home paying by Direct Debit, among the suppliers whose prices I hold, over the next 12 months, against staying on the cap there.
£51a year less
On the cheapest tariff I hold for a medium home, against staying on the cap, in every region.
Fix your pricesHow far the cap would have to rise for a fix to cost the same as staying on it. If it rises by more, the fix comes out cheaper; if not, the cap does. Nobody knows which, so I don't forecast it.
12.9% to 15.1%cap rise
How far the cap would have to rise on 1 January 2027 for the cheapest fix I hold to cost less than staying on it, depending on the region. A fix is a bet on that rise; I don't forecast it.
A medium home uses 2,500 kWh of electricity and 9,500 kWh of gas a year, here on a single-rate meter paying by Direct Debit. Costs are for the next 12 months with the VAT and price changes already announced, against staying on the cap, across all 14 regions.
The price cap in every region
The cap in fullWhat a supplier can charge in each of Great Britain's 14 regions, and what a medium home pays a year at those rates, beside the cheapest tariff I hold against the cap. Search for your region or postcode, pick how you pay and your meter, and sort by any column. Each region's page lists its ten cheapest tariffs.
14 regionsDirect Debit. Pence with VAT.
How do I read this table?
Each row is one region's price cap: the most a supplier can charge there on a standard variable tariff, for how you pay and your meter. Every figure is in pence with VAT. Here's how one row's yearly figure adds up.
| Electricity you use2,500 kWh × 26.32p | £658 |
|---|---|
| Electricity standing charge365 days × 54.83p | £200 |
| Gas you use9,500 kWh × 7.97p | £757 |
| Gas standing charge365 days × 29.68p | £108 |
| A year | £1,723 |
- Per kWh
- The unit rate: what each kWh you use costs.
- Per day
- The standing charge: paid for every day you're connected, however little you use.
- Medium home, a year
- Both added up for a year of a medium home's energy, so regions compare in pounds.
- Cheapest I hold
- How much less (or more) the cheapest tariff I hold there costs a medium home over 12 months than staying on the cap. It shows for Direct Debit on a single-rate meter.
- How you pay and your meter
- The cap differs for Direct Debit, paying each bill as it comes and prepayment, and for Economy 7 meters, so pick yours above.
Your home won't use exactly a medium home's energy, so treat the table as a guide. Compare for your home for your own figure.
| Electricity | Gas | A year of a medium home's energy at these rates: 2,500 kWh of electricity and 9,500 kWh of gas, plus 365 days of standing charges. | The cheapest tariff for a medium home paying by Direct Debit, among the suppliers whose prices I hold, over the next 12 months, against staying on the cap there. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What each kWh you use costs, in pence. Use more and you pay more. | A fixed charge for each day you're connected, however little you use. You pay it even on a day you use nothing. | |||||
| East MidlandsCheapest | 25.36p | 51.45p | 7.82p | 29.41p | £1,672 | £51 less |
| Eastern England | 26.61p | 51.84p | 7.91p | 29.34p | £1,713 | £51 less |
| London | 26.60p | 42.92p | 8.15p | 30.20p | £1,706 | £51 less |
| Merseyside and North WalesDearest | 27.86p | 67.66p | 7.91p | 30.08p | £1,804 | £51 less |
| North East England | 25.46p | 61.58p | 7.92p | 29.79p | £1,723 | £51 less |
| North Scotland | 26.35p | 55.14p | 7.87p | 29.87p | £1,717 | £51 less |
| North West England | 26.49p | 45.68p | 7.86p | 29.81p | £1,685 | £51 less |
| South East England | 26.88p | 52.32p | 8.05p | 29.26p | £1,734 | £51 less |
| South Scotland | 26.11p | 61.41p | 7.87p | 29.89p | £1,734 | £51 less |
| South Wales | 26.55p | 55.41p | 8.09p | 29.96p | £1,744 | £51 less |
| South West England | 26.58p | 55.58p | 8.12p | 29.31p | £1,746 | £51 less |
| Southern England | 26.47p | 47.81p | 8.17p | 29.16p | £1,719 | £51 less |
| West Midlands | 25.60p | 57.23p | 7.90p | 29.71p | £1,708 | £51 less |
| Yorkshire | 25.60p | 61.67p | 7.90p | 29.77p | £1,724 | £51 less |
| Great Britain average | 26.32p | 54.83p | 7.97p | 29.68p | £1,723 | |
East Midlands
Cheapest£1,672 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 25.36p /kWh
- 51.45p /day
- Gas
- 7.82p /kWh
- 29.41p /day
£1,713 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.61p /kWh
- 51.84p /day
- Gas
- 7.91p /kWh
- 29.34p /day
£1,706 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.60p /kWh
- 42.92p /day
- Gas
- 8.15p /kWh
- 30.20p /day
Merseyside and North Wales
Dearest£1,804 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 27.86p /kWh
- 67.66p /day
- Gas
- 7.91p /kWh
- 30.08p /day
£1,723 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 25.46p /kWh
- 61.58p /day
- Gas
- 7.92p /kWh
- 29.79p /day
£1,717 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.35p /kWh
- 55.14p /day
- Gas
- 7.87p /kWh
- 29.87p /day
£1,685 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.49p /kWh
- 45.68p /day
- Gas
- 7.86p /kWh
- 29.81p /day
£1,734 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.88p /kWh
- 52.32p /day
- Gas
- 8.05p /kWh
- 29.26p /day
£1,734 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.11p /kWh
- 61.41p /day
- Gas
- 7.87p /kWh
- 29.89p /day
£1,744 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.55p /kWh
- 55.41p /day
- Gas
- 8.09p /kWh
- 29.96p /day
£1,746 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.58p /kWh
- 55.58p /day
- Gas
- 8.12p /kWh
- 29.31p /day
£1,719 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 26.47p /kWh
- 47.81p /day
- Gas
- 8.17p /kWh
- 29.16p /day
£1,708 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 25.60p /kWh
- 57.23p /day
- Gas
- 7.90p /kWh
- 29.71p /day
£1,724 a year for a medium home
Cheapest tariff I hold: £51 less than the cap
- Electricity
- 25.60p /kWh
- 61.67p /day
- Gas
- 7.90p /kWh
- 29.77p /day
Your bill, in plain words
New to this? Six ideas cover nearly every energy bill, and every figure on these pages.
- Unit rate
- What each kWh you use costs, in pence. Use more and you pay more.
- Standing charge
- A fixed charge for each day you're connected, however little you use. You pay it even on a day you use nothing.
- kWh
- A kilowatt-hour, the unit energy is sold in: a 1,000-watt heater running for an hour uses one.
- The price cap
- The most a supplier can charge for each kWh and each day on a standard variable tariff. Ofgem sets it every three months. It caps the rates, not your bill: use more and you pay more.
- Fixed or variable
- Your unit rates and standing charges stay the same until the fix ends, whatever the cap does. You still pay for what you use. A variable tariff's rates can change, usually with the cap.
- Exit fees
- What a supplier charges to leave a fixed tariff early, for each fuel. None can be charged in the last 49 days of a fix.
Don't know how much you use? A recent bill, your annual statement or your supplier's app shows your estimated annual consumption in kWh. No bill to hand? Pick low, medium or high, or tell me what you pay a month and I'll work it out.
How I work out your prices
Your region
Suppliers price by 14 regions, so your postcode is all I need. It never goes into the page's address.
Your home
A low, medium or high-use home, your own kWh, or what you pay now. Your meter and how you pay change the rates too.
Every tariff, for 12 months
Each day's standing charge and use at that day's prices, with VAT, set against staying on the cap. Cashback never counts, mine included. Each fix says how far the cap would have to rise for it to pay off.
What I compare, and who pays me
I compare the tariffs Octopus Energy, EnergyCoop, London Power, E.ON Next, Sainsbury's Energy, EDF and Good Energy publish openly. British Gas, OVO Energy, ScottishPower, So Energy, Utilita and other suppliers don't publish theirs in a form I can use, so they aren't here. The price cap is the most any supplier can charge on a standard variable tariff.
How I rank, and how I make money
Cheapest first, on the estimate for your home, with ties in supplier then tariff name order. Commission never changes who's listed or the order. A link to a supplier that pays me may earn me commission if you switch through it; every other link earns nothing.
Suppliers that pay me now: none of them.
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Questions
What is the energy price cap?
Ofgem, the energy regulator, sets the most a supplier can charge for each kWh of gas and electricity, and for each day's standing charge, on a standard variable tariff. It sets it every three months, for each region and way of paying. It isn't a cap on your bill: use more and you pay more.
Why do prices differ by region?
Great Britain has 14 electricity distribution regions, and running each one's network costs a different amount. Every supplier prices by the same 14 regions, for gas as well as electricity, and so does the cap.
What is a standing charge?
A fixed amount for each day your home is connected, whatever you use. It pays towards the networks, the meter and running your account.
Should I fix my energy prices?
A fix holds your unit rates and standing charges for its term, so it pays off if the cap rises and costs you if it falls. Suppliers price fixes on where they think the cap is heading, so a fix often costs more than the cap at today's prices. Each fix in my results says how far the cap would have to rise for it to come out cheaper.
How do you work out what I'd pay?
For each day of the next 12 months I add the standing charge and that day's share of your use at the unit rate, then the VAT that applies that day. Gas use follows the seasons and electricity is spread evenly. Price changes a supplier or Ofgem has announced apply from their date, and a fix that ends rolls onto its supplier's standard tariff. Cashback never counts.
Do you compare every supplier?
No. I compare the suppliers that publish their prices openly, and every result list says which those are and which big suppliers are missing. The price cap is the most any supplier can charge on a standard variable tariff, so it's a fair yardstick for the rest.
Does this cover Northern Ireland?
No. Northern Ireland has its own energy market outside Ofgem's cap. The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland compares its suppliers' prices.