Hi all,
My whopping 40p per kWh tariff ends next month, what provider out there would be next in line in terms of their export rate?
Looking around it looks to be Octopus Flux
I’m happy with my EON Drive v7 tariff as I now have a hybrid and GivEnergy wall charger, unless of course the SEG is conditional on the provider also providing electricity import?
Midlands_Solar Looking around it looks to be Octopus Flux
I’m happy with my EON Drive v7 tariff as I now have a hybrid and GivEnergy wall charger, unless of course the SEG is conditional on the provider also providing electricity import?
Generally you only get a good rate if you are also an import customer. Eg octopus only pay 4p to non-import customers.
And flux in particular is a pair of import/export tariffs - you must take them together and a pair.
I think Scottish power pay 12 to non-import customers, but they have weird rules about how the battery is configured, since they pay only for solar, not battery export. (?)
I happened to be logged into ChatGPT, so asked it your question.
This is what it came back with:
🔝 Highest-Paying UK Export Tariffs (as of April 2025)
Most of these require you to take electricity from the same supplier.
E.ON Next – Next Export Premium Plus: 40p/kWh
Requires: E.ON Next import supply. For customers with solar + battery installed by E.ON after 1 Jan 2024.
Octopus Energy – Intelligent Octopus Flux: 29.4p/kWh (time-of-use)
Requires: Octopus import supply. Designed for customers with solar and a GivEnergy battery.
Octopus Energy – Octopus Flux: 25.9p/kWh (time-of-use)
Requires: Octopus import supply. For solar + battery users.
E.ON Next – Next Export Premium: 25p/kWh
Requires: E.ON Next import supply. For customers with solar installed by E.ON after 1 Jan 2024.
EDF Energy – Export Exclusive 12m: 20p/kWh
Requires: EDF Energy import supply. For EDF customers with solar PV.
⚡ Standalone Export Tariffs (no import supply required)
These let you keep your current electricity provider while selling your export separately.
Octopus Energy – Outgoing Lite: 8p/kWh
Standalone SEG export only. No need to take Octopus electricity supply.
Scottish Power – SmartGen+ Export: 12p/kWh
Standalone SEG export only. Available to non-Scottish Power customers.
Good Energy – Smart Export: 20p/kWh
Standalone available with a Smart meter. Subject to eligibility.
E.ON Next – Next Export: 16.5p/kWh
Standalone export version of E.ON’s tariff. Lower than their bundled rate.
HTH.
[unknown] bear in mind that the headline 29p export on Octopus flux is only during the peak rate 4-7pm, it’s just 10p during the day. So you really need a big battery and a decent inverter to make the most of that upside, otherwise daytime solar export pays quite poorly.
I’d say either Eon Next Drive or Octopus Intelligent Flux are the best paying. If you have an EV then go with Eon as there’s no cheap import rate on OIF
Thanks all, looks like I’ll be sticking with EON Next Drive for import, and for their export tariff
[unknown]
I am on IOF and I get 23p kWh during the day and 30p at peak rate