Essentials
You need
- A compatible electricity meter and a currently available product version for your region.
- Any required storage-heater eligibility or compatibility confirmed before switching.
Tariff overview
Flexible Octopus Economy 7
Separate day and night rates on an Economy 7 meter
Current product version
VAR-22-11-01Used for the rates shown on this page.
Today's regional picture
Compare all 14 regions
Official GSP boundaries, shaded by today's duration-weighted average across the published time bands.
View exact rates as a table
| Region | Today's weighted average |
|---|---|
| Eastern England | not available |
| East Midlands | not available |
| London | not available |
| Merseyside and North Wales | not available |
| West Midlands | not available |
| North East England | not available |
| North West England | not available |
| Southern England | not available |
| South East England | not available |
| South Wales | not available |
| South West England | not available |
| Yorkshire | not available |
| Southern Scotland | not available |
| Northern Scotland | not available |
About Flexible Octopus Economy 7
This is Flexible Octopus read on an Economy 7 meter, which records electricity on two registers and charges a separate rate for each: a lower one for a block of overnight hours and a higher one for everything else. This page publishes both rates as the catalogue holds them. It does not rank this tariff against the others and does not show an annual cost, because working one out means deciding which half hours belong to the night register, and that switching time is set per meter and per region and is not published anywhere this site can read.
Before you switch
Is Flexible Octopus Economy 7 a fit?
A quick suitability check before you compare the live price with your own home and usage.
Reviewed 24 August 2026
Best fit
Works best if
- Your household pattern can use the favourable bands and avoid the expensive ones.
Check carefully
Watch out for
- Economy 7 switching times vary by meter and region, so this site does not invent an annual cost.
Pairing
Compatible export choices
- Check the current Octopus smart-tariff terms before pairing any export product.
Make the final check
How to verify or switch
- Check the exact tariff name, product version, regional quote, eligibility and current terms with Octopus Energy.
- Use OctoTariffs history and calculators as evidence, not as a supplier quote or guarantee of future cost.
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Source details
- Smart Tariffs terms and conditions — Octopus Energy; checked 2026-08-24. Smart-tariff eligibility, rate windows, compatibility and publication caveats.
Good to know
Questions, answered
- Why is there no annual cost on this page?
- Costing a dual-register tariff means assigning every half hour of consumption to either the day rate or the night rate. The time at which the meter switches over is configured per meter and varies by region, and no supplier publishes it, so any annual figure would rest on a guess. This site would rather show you the two rates than invent a total.
- Why is this tariff not in the rankings?
- For the same reason. A ranking needs one comparable number per tariff, and that number cannot be produced honestly for a two-register tariff without knowing the switching time for your particular meter.
- When exactly does the night rate apply?
- Somewhere in the small hours, for a block of roughly seven hours, but the precise start depends on how your meter was configured and on your region. Your bill or your in-home display is the reliable source for your own meter; it is not in any published dataset.