Market figures

Current Ofgem energy price cap

The headline annual figure and capped unit rates and standing charges for a typical Direct Debit household.

Provenance

Provenance documented

What it is: The headline annual figure and capped unit rates and standing charges for a typical Direct Debit household.
How it is produced: Published third-party figure
Source: Ofgem — energy price cap unit rates and standing charges
Coverage: England, Scotland and Wales
Period: The cap period currently in force
Last verified: 7 November 2026
Update cadence: Each Ofgem cap period, on the day the period begins
Where it lives: Database table confirmed_cap_periods (published headline, rates, basis and dates), read through useConfirmedCapPeriods(); energy_market_records and regional_cap_rates hold the same period and are added together by one checked promotion step
Delivered by: Read live from the database

One canonical record per cap period holds Ofgem's published headline figure, unit rates and standing charges for both fuels.
Ofgem's published headline and the total calculated from its rates are shown as separate figures; neither is altered to match the other.
Only a record whose effective dates cover today and whose status is 'official' is treated as current. Future records do not activate early.
Where no valid current record exists, pages show 'Awaiting verified update' rather than a stale figure.

Current Ofgem energy price cap — published data table
Field	Value	Unit
Cap period	1 October – 31 December 2026
Effective from	2026-10-01	date
Effective to	2026-12-31	date
Coverage	Average across England, Scotland and Wales
Payment method	Direct Debit
Consumption basis	Ofgem's 2026 Typical Domestic Consumption Values at medium consumption (dual fuel)
Electricity unit rate	26.32	p/kWh
Electricity standing charge	54.83	p/day
Gas unit rate	7.97	p/kWh
Gas standing charge	29.68	p/day
Electricity consumption basis	2500	kWh/year
Gas consumption basis	9500	kWh/year
Ofgem published headline annual figure	1723	£/year
Calculated at these rates on that basis (before Ofgem's rounding)	1723.61	£/year
Same cap at Ofgem's previous typical use (2700 kWh electricity / 11500 kWh gas)	1935	£/year

PowerGuardian public data register — current Ofgem energy price cap
Ofgem price cap, 1 Oct 2026 to 31 Dec 2026, Average across England, Scotland and Wales, Direct Debit, single-rate meter; checked 9 Nov 2026
Source: Ofgem — Energy price cap will rise by 4% from October 2026
Source URL: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/news/changes-energy-price-cap-between-1-october-and-31-december-2026
Ofgem published on: 2026-08-26
VAT: Government has removed VAT from domestic electricity between 1 October 2026 and 30 June 2027, so the electricity rates carry no VAT. Gas still includes VAT at 5%.
The headline is Ofgem's own published figure; the calculated line is arithmetic on its rates and is shown separately, not substituted for it.
The cap limits rates, not bills. Your bill depends on your actual usage.

The cap limits rates, not bills. Your own bill depends on how much energy you actually use.
The headline figure is Ofgem's Direct Debit benchmark household. Prepayment and standard-credit customers pay on a different basis.
Regional variation is not reflected in the headline number.

Consumption basis behind the cap headline — The benchmark household consumption Ofgem uses to convert capped rates into the published headline figure.
Ofgem Typical Domestic Consumption Values — The standard medium-household gas and electricity consumption figures used as calculator defaults.
PowerGuardian price-cap outlook — Our estimates of the price cap in future periods. The numbers are currently withheld because we cannot show the calculation behind them.

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