Price Cap vs Cosy Octopus 12M Fixed March 2026 v2

Side-by-side comparison of Price Cap Price Cap and Octopus Cosy Octopus 12M Fixed March 2026 v2 using real UK smart-meter data. Modelled over 90 days ( — ).

Price Cap
Cheaper option

Price Cap Price Cap

Saves £17.76 over 90 days — around £72/yr annualised, on the modelled household.

Your own saving depends on when you use electricity. See how this is calculated.

Cost breakdown

  Price Cap
Price Cap
 Octopus
Cosy Octopus 12M Fixed March 2026 v2
Total cost (90 days) £201.54 £219.30
Daily average £2.24 £2.44
Annualised £817/yr £889/yr
Calculated . Levy adjustment applied to dynamic-tariff slots pre-1 April 2026.

Monthly cost

Each bar is the modelled cost for that calendar month using the modelled household’s actual half-hourly consumption pattern.

About these tariffs

Price Cap
Price Cap

Price Cap

Standard Cheaper
Full details & per-region rates
Octopus
Octopus

Cosy Octopus 12M Fixed March 2026 v2

Time of Use Fixed
Full details & per-region rates

Questions

Over the modelled 90-day period, Price Cap worked out cheaper than the other tariff by £17.76 for a representative UK home. Annualised that is roughly £72 per year. Your own saving depends on when you use electricity - shift load into cheaper windows on either tariff for a larger gap.

Price Cap is a standard tariff from Price Cap. Cosy Octopus 12M Fixed March 2026 v2 is a time of use tariff from Octopus. They differ in how the unit rate is structured across the day, which is what drives the cost difference for households with shiftable load.

We take a real UK home's half-hourly smart meter data over the previous 90 days and model the bill on each tariff using the supplier's current published rates and standing charges. Standing charges scale with the modelled period; unit rates apply per half-hour using each tariff's rate structure (standard, Economy 7, time-of-use bands, or wholesale-tracking). Full methodology and data sources are linked below.

Both Price Cap and Octopus publish per-region rates across the 14 UK DNO areas. Click through to either tariff page below to see the rates and standing charge specific to your DNO. Some tariffs require a smart meter or have other eligibility criteria set by the supplier.

The cost calculation rebuilds every night using current rates. Page caching is one hour so repeat visits within the day are fast. If a tariff's rates change mid-day, you will see the new numbers on the next nightly refresh.

How this comparison is built. Every cost figure on this page comes from modelling real half-hourly UK smart-meter data against each supplier’s current published rates and standing charges. The calculation refreshes nightly. We earn a small commission when a switch completes via a referral link — it does not affect the price you pay.

Read the full methodology Where the data comes from