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What will your energy cost?

Your yearly use at Q4 2026 price cap rates for Great Britain. The kWh figures are on your bill or in your supplier's app.

Great Britain average rates.

Your yearly use

How you pay

kWh

A typical home uses 2,500 kWh.

kWh

A typical home uses 9,500 kWh. Set to 0 if you have no gas supply.

Set up My home and this starts from your numbers.

Carbon footprint

2.1 tonnes CO₂ a year

Shifting electricity use into cleaner half hours lowers this further. See when the grid is cleanest.

Ways to save

For your use, at today's rates.

  • Turn the thermostat down 1°Cabout 10% less heating gas£83
  • Use 20% less hot watershorter showers, a cooler boiler£47
  • Switch every bulb to LEDfrom a mix of older bulbs£53
  • Add rooftop solar3 to 4 kWp, south‑facing, self‑used£395

Your estimated bill

£1,723a year, about £144 a month

In line with a typical home in Great Britain paying by Direct Debit (£1,723), using 2,500 kWh of electricity and 9,500 kWh of gas.

Electricity
£858
£658 use, £200 standing
Gas
£865
£757 use, £108 standing

This winter, then month by month

Heating lifts winter bills. The split by month is an estimate.

October to March£1,105

£530 from October to December, £575 from January to March

January to March assumes today’s rates hold. Ofgem is expected to announce the cap for 1 January to 31 March 2027 in late November 2026.

  • Electricity
  • Gas
  • £ a month at today’s rates
Estimated bill by month at today’s rates, October first
MonthBill
Oct£144
Nov£181
Dec£205
Jan£204
Feb£193
Mar£178
Apr£137
May£109
Jun£90
Jul£86
Aug£89
Sep£109

What do your appliances cost to run?

Electricity at 26.32p per kWh and the 2025 GB average of 129 g of CO₂ per kWh. Edit the figures to match yours.

  • 350 kWh a year

    £92 a year45 kg CO₂

  • 314 kWh a year

    £83 a year40 kg CO₂

  • 146 kWh a year

    £38 a year19 kg CO₂

  • 110 kWh a year

    £29 a year14 kg CO₂

  • 164 kWh a year

    £43 a year21 kg CO₂

  • Total 1,084 kWh a year£285140 kg CO₂