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Tariff overview

Outgoing Octopus

A flat rate for the electricity you export

Current product version

OUTGOING-VAR-24-10-26
Used for the rates shown on this page.

Current regional picture

Compare all 14 regions

Official GSP boundaries, shaded by the current all-day unit rate.

Official GSP geography

Great Britain electricity regions

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Great Britain electricity tariff regionsA geographic map of the fourteen Grid Supply Point groups, shaded from lower to higher the current all-day unit rate.Eastern England: 12.00 p/kWhEast Midlands: 12.00 p/kWhLondon: 12.00 p/kWhMerseyside and North Wales: 12.00 p/kWhWest Midlands: 12.00 p/kWhNorth East England: 12.00 p/kWhNorth West England: 12.00 p/kWhSouthern England: 12.00 p/kWhSouth East England: 12.00 p/kWhSouth Wales: 12.00 p/kWhSouth West England: 12.00 p/kWhYorkshire: 12.00 p/kWhSouthern Scotland: 12.00 p/kWhNorthern Scotland: 12.00 p/kWhEastern England: 12.00 p/kWhA12.00pEast Midlands: 12.00 p/kWhB12.00pLondon: 12.00 p/kWhC12.00pMerseyside and North Wales: 12.00 p/kWhD12.00pWest Midlands: 12.00 p/kWhE12.00pNorth East England: 12.00 p/kWhF12.00pNorth West England: 12.00 p/kWhG12.00pSouthern England: 12.00 p/kWhH12.00pSouth East England: 12.00 p/kWhJ12.00pSouth Wales: 12.00 p/kWhK12.00pSouth West England: 12.00 p/kWhL12.00pYorkshire: 12.00 p/kWhM12.00pSouthern Scotland: 12.00 p/kWhN12.00pNorthern Scotland: 12.00 p/kWhP12.00p

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The same regions in a larger list, ordered from lowest to highest average rate.

Approximate GSP boundaries from the National Energy System Operator, February 2026. These are electricity-network regions, not administrative boundaries. Use your postcode to confirm your region.
View exact rates as a table
Current unit rate by region
RegionCurrent unit rate
Eastern England12.00 p/kWh
East Midlands12.00 p/kWh
London12.00 p/kWh
Merseyside and North Wales12.00 p/kWh
West Midlands12.00 p/kWh
North East England12.00 p/kWh
North West England12.00 p/kWh
Southern England12.00 p/kWh
South East England12.00 p/kWh
South Wales12.00 p/kWh
South West England12.00 p/kWh
Yorkshire12.00 p/kWh
Southern Scotland12.00 p/kWh
Northern Scotland12.00 p/kWh

Long-term context

The last 48 months across Great Britain

Outgoing Octopus monthly rates averaged across the regions of Great BritainOutgoing Octopus monthly rates averaged across the regions of Great Britain from Oct 2022 to Sept 2026. Ranges from 12.00p to 15.00p per kWh. Most recent period Sept 2026: 12.00p per kWh, counted from 9 of 30 days. 2 periods are drawn from part of the calendar rather than all of it: Oct 2024 (4 of 31 days), Sept 2026 (9 of 30 days). A month is partly counted where a version went on or came off sale inside it, and the current month is always still in progress.12.00p12.75p13.50p14.25p15.00pOct 2022Oct 23Sept 24Sept 25Sept 202612.00p latest

Explore the chart. Hover, focus or select any point to see its exact values.

Points are interactive: hover, focus or select one for exact values. The line is the plain average of the regional monthly means — all 14 regions, in every month — and the shaded band runs from the lowest-paying of those regions to the highest-paying in that month. So the band is the spread BETWEEN regions, not the spread within a month — a regional page’s chart shows the latter. Nobody pays the line; it describes the country rather than a bill. 2 periods are drawn from part of the calendar rather than all of it: Oct 2024 (4 of 31 days), Sept 2026 (9 of 30 days). A month is partly counted where a version went on or came off sale inside it, and the current month is always still in progress. They are drawn hollow.

About Outgoing Octopus

Outgoing Octopus is the flat-rate version of the export tariff: one rate for every unit of electricity you send to the grid, whatever time of day it leaves the house. It suits an export setup that cannot easily be shifted, solar panels with no battery for instance, which generate when the sun is out rather than when the grid is short. There is nothing to schedule and nothing to watch: the rate is the rate, and what you earn is the rate multiplied by the units you export.

Before you switch

Is Outgoing Octopus a fit?

A quick suitability check before you compare the live price with your own home and usage.

Reviewed 24 August 2026

Essentials

You need

  • Eligible generation and an export-capable smart-meter setup confirmed by Octopus.
  • Any required solar eligibility or compatibility confirmed before switching.

Best fit

Works best if

  • You value a simpler rate structure over active half-hourly scheduling.

Check carefully

Watch out for

  • Export rates are payments, not discounts to subtract from an assumed import bill.

Pairing

Compatible export choices

  • This is an export product; verify which import tariff Octopus permits it to be paired with.

Make the final check

How to verify or switch

  1. Check the exact tariff name, product version, regional quote, eligibility and current terms with Octopus Energy.
  2. Use OctoTariffs history and calculators as evidence, not as a supplier quote or guarantee of future cost.
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Questions, answered

How does the flat rate compare with the Agile export rate?
The flat rate pays the same amount in every half hour, while the Agile export rate moves with the wholesale market and pays most in the evening peak and least overnight. Which one earns more depends entirely on when your system exports, which is why the two are published as separate products.
Does the Ofgem price cap apply to this tariff?
No. The cap governs what you are charged for the energy you use, and it does not apply to what you are paid for the energy you export. There is no cap figure that an export rate can meaningfully be measured against.
Is there a standing charge on export?
Export accounts generally do not carry one, because a standing charge belongs to the import tariff that supplies the house: export is a payment made to you rather than a bill sent to you. What this particular product publishes is a question for the rates shown on this page, which report what the catalogue holds rather than what this answer assumes.