Which electricity tariff suits you in West Midlands?

What your home would have paid over the past year on each Octopus, EDF and E.ON Next tariff, at West Midlands's own prices.

Electricity a year, on your bill

kWh

From your bill or the Octopus app - with solar panels, what you buy. Not sure? Typically 1,800 for a small home, 2,700 for an average home, 4,100 for a large home.

Electric car

miles/yr

Heat pump?

Solar panels

kWp

Home battery

kWh

Could you run the washing machine and dishwasher at cheap times?

Advanced

Heat pump's own use

kWh/yr

Car efficiency

mi/kWh

Car charger

Battery power

Battery efficiency

% round trip

Cheapest for your home

Agile Octopus

About £835 a year, around £70 a month · £62 a year less than the price cap

Worked out as 2,700 kWh a year in all: 2,700 everyday.

The past year on each tariff

Agile Octopus £835 /yr

£62 less than the price cap · Changes every half hour - 21.3p on average over the past year · 58.6p a day standing charge
Flexible Octopus £885 /yr

£11 less than the price cap · 25.6p at all times · 56.3p a day standing charge
E.ON Next Flex £897 /yr

Same as the price cap · 25.6p at all times · 57.2p a day standing charge
Energy price cap £897 /yr

25.6p at all times today (23.9p to 27.0p over the year, changing each quarter) · 57.2p a day standing charge · the most a standard variable tariff can charge - what most homes pay, from any supplier

Tariffs for other homes (7)

E.ON Next Pumped £886 /yr

£11 less than the price cap · 18.3p 22:00-06:00; 42.7p 16:00-19:00; 21.9p otherwise · 57.2p a day standing charge · 12-month fixed; today's rates (too new for a year's prices) · For homes with a heat pump
Cosy Octopus £897 /yr

Same as the price cap · 11.9p 04:00-07:00, 13:00-16:00, 22:00-00:00; 36.5p 16:00-19:00; 24.3p otherwise · 54.6p a day standing charge · For homes with a heat pump
Octopus Go £926 /yr

£29 more than the price cap · 8.2p 00:30-05:30; 28.3p otherwise · 56.2p a day standing charge · For electric car owners
Octopus Flux £928 /yr

£31 more than the price cap · 14.0p 02:00-05:00; 32.6p 16:00-19:00; 23.3p otherwise · 54.6p a day standing charge · For homes with solar panels and a battery
E.ON Next Drive Smart £966 /yr

£69 more than the price cap · 8.1p 00:00-06:00; 31.0p otherwise · 57.1p a day standing charge · fixed; today's rates (too new for a year's prices) · For electric car owners
E.ON Next Drive £999 /yr

£102 more than the price cap · 9.5p 00:00-06:00; 32.1p otherwise · 57.1p a day standing charge · fixed; today's rates (too new for a year's prices) · For electric car owners
Intelligent Octopus Go £1,124 /yr

£227 more than the price cap · 8.0p 23:30-05:30; 37.6p otherwise; the car charges at 8.0p whenever Octopus charges it · 58.8p a day standing charge · 12-month fixed; today's rates (too new for a year's prices) · For electric car owners

Not compared: EDF FreePhase Dynamic, whose prices change daily and are too new for a year of them.

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How this works

Your year, half hour by half hour, at each tariff's actual West Midlands prices and standing charges over the past 12 months, with that year's weather and sunshine here. Appliances you can move, hot water, car charging and a battery go to the cheapest times; heating isn't pre-heated. Each is set against Ofgem's price cap for West Midlands over the same months - the most a standard variable tariff can charge. Prices include VAT, by direct debit. A guide, not a quote.