Mr. EV

Energy savings

AlphaESS inverter joined to Octopus half-hourly meter reads and tariff prices.

Rolling 12 months 10 Nov 2025 – 9 Nov 2026 Updated 8th November 2026, 00:30 waiting on Octopus meter
Would have paid
£3,775.89
No panels, no battery
Saved on bills
£1,998.71
Against no solar and no battery
Actually paid
£1,777.17
Before export payments and standing charge · £1,135.03 net of export
Earned from export
£642.14
Export payments — real money in
Total benefit
£2,640.85
A lower bill plus export payments, over 17425 half-hours

Saved on bills is the gap between what you would have paid and what you actually paid. Total benefit is that saving plus the export payments.

Solar generation
9,855 kWh
46.4% used at home, 5,279 kWh exported
Top solar day
72.0 kWh
13 Jun 2026 · 42.2% used at home · £14.64 that day
Heating
6,963 kWh
£898.26 of the bill · 47.2% of what the house used · £1,936.87 without solar
Self-sufficiency
28.4%
14,760 kWh used, 10,561 kWh bought
EV charging
£192.11
2,618 kWh, excluded from savings
Battery round-trip
93.1%
5,077 kWh discharged

Where the benefit came from, by day

Solar and battery are separated by costing three worlds for every half hour — no panels and no battery, panels alone, then what actually happened — and taking the differences. A negative battery day is one that spent more storing energy than it gave back; it returns when the battery discharges. Export earnings sit inside the solar bar rather than beside it: the panels-alone world already sells its surplus, so that income is part of what solar is worth.

Solar (including export earnings) Battery
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DaySolarBatteryTotalof which exportSolar kWhImportedExported
Sun 8 Nov £0.00 −£0.21 −£0.21 £0.00 0.0 3.5 0.0
Sat 7 Nov £3.79 £3.11 £6.90 £0.44 15.6 28.3 3.6
Fri 6 Nov £4.03 £2.58 £6.61 £0.17 13.4 31.7 1.4
Thu 5 Nov £3.66 £3.59 £7.24 £0.16 12.2 39.8 1.4
Wed 4 Nov £1.72 £4.35 £6.07 £0.13 5.4 32.6 1.1
Tue 3 Nov £3.32 £3.25 £6.56 £0.17 12.2 32.6 1.4
Mon 2 Nov £3.23 £3.93 £7.16 £0.14 12.1 34.3 1.2
Sun 1 Nov £2.97 £4.65 £7.62 £0.17 9.3 25.4 1.4
Sat 31 Oct £4.48 £3.53 £8.01 £0.20 17.3 21.6 1.7
Fri 30 Oct £3.82 £4.21 £8.02 £0.19 16.7 21.1 1.6
Thu 29 Oct £3.71 £3.53 £7.24 £0.23 12.2 17.2 1.9
Wed 28 Oct £4.09 £3.02 £7.11 £0.19 17.1 25.3 1.5
Tue 27 Oct £3.51 £3.89 £7.40 £0.21 13.2 37.5 1.7
Mon 26 Oct £1.38 £4.87 £6.24 £0.16 4.4 27.4 1.4
Sun 25 Oct £5.07 £3.06 £8.14 £0.35 18.2 27.9 2.9
Sat 24 Oct £1.82 £4.73 £6.55 £0.06 5.7 38.1 0.5
Fri 23 Oct £2.49 £4.78 £7.27 £0.11 7.8 29.1 0.9
Thu 22 Oct £5.36 £3.82 £9.17 £0.17 19.8 26.8 1.4
Wed 21 Oct £3.87 £4.79 £8.66 £0.14 13.5 26.1 1.2
Tue 20 Oct £1.67 £4.37 £6.04 £0.18 5.3 27.6 1.5
Mon 19 Oct £4.72 £3.67 £8.40 £0.16 18.3 24.9 1.3
Sun 18 Oct £4.41 £5.19 £9.60 £0.18 16.4 19.4 1.5
Sat 17 Oct £5.31 £4.87 £10.18 £0.18 23.9 13.1 1.5
Fri 16 Oct £4.71 £2.79 £7.50 £0.38 20.0 19.9 3.2
Thu 15 Oct £2.48 £3.34 £5.82 £0.27 8.1 13.9 2.3
Wed 14 Oct £3.98 £3.15 £7.13 £0.24 20.2 12.8 2.0
Tue 13 Oct £3.81 £1.95 £5.76 £0.76 18.0 25.2 6.4
Mon 12 Oct £2.75 £3.92 £6.67 £0.34 8.6 22.7 2.8
Sun 11 Oct £4.91 £3.75 £8.66 £0.95 21.0 26.3 7.9
Sat 10 Oct £5.51 £3.89 £9.40 £0.17 22.9 24.1 1.4
Fri 9 Oct £3.41 £4.32 £7.73 £0.31 11.7 25.2 2.6
Thu 8 Oct £6.85 £5.11 £11.96 £0.84 29.5 22.4 7.0
Wed 7 Oct £1.54 £4.61 £6.15 £0.06 5.0 15.5 0.5
Tue 6 Oct £5.01 £1.21 £6.22 £1.77 26.6 15.4 14.8
Mon 5 Oct £4.71 £1.31 £6.02 £1.51 28.7 9.6 12.6
Sun 4 Oct £5.38 £1.33 £6.71 £1.07 28.3 1.0 8.9
Sat 3 Oct £5.05 −£0.26 £4.79 £0.06 22.1 1.2 0.5
Fri 2 Oct £5.48 £1.37 £6.85 £2.31 27.1 2.1 19.3
Thu 1 Oct £5.84 £0.61 £6.45 £2.45 27.9 14.3 20.4
Wed 30 Sep £3.20 £1.46 £4.66 £1.51 15.1 14.7 12.6
Tue 29 Sep £5.03 £2.33 £7.36 £2.70 27.4 9.1 22.5
Mon 28 Sep £1.91 £1.45 £3.37 £0.16 7.8 9.7 1.3
Sun 27 Sep £4.11 £0.06 £4.17 £0.52 24.8 8.7 4.3
Sat 26 Sep £5.10 £2.18 £7.28 £2.27 33.0 1.4 18.9
Fri 25 Sep £5.70 £1.03 £6.73 £2.10 34.8 1.0 17.5
Thu 24 Sep £4.84 £1.29 £6.13 £1.39 27.0 1.5 11.6
Wed 23 Sep £5.66 £0.95 £6.61 £1.74 31.3 1.0 14.5
Tue 22 Sep £5.15 £0.07 £5.22 £0.98 35.2 1.0 8.1
Mon 21 Sep £5.80 £1.20 £7.00 £2.34 35.7 1.0 19.5
Sun 20 Sep £4.31 −£0.24 £4.07 £0.08 30.6 1.2 0.7
Sat 19 Sep £2.61 £0.58 £3.19 £1.41 16.7 1.5 11.7
Fri 18 Sep £5.01 −£1.43 £3.58 £0.68 29.3 1.8 5.7
Thu 17 Sep £4.51 £1.13 £5.65 £1.52 26.3 1.0 12.7
Wed 16 Sep £4.95 £0.76 £5.71 £1.24 25.9 1.3 10.3
Tue 15 Sep £3.96 £1.02 £4.98 £0.86 22.1 1.1 7.2
Mon 14 Sep £4.36 £0.79 £5.15 £1.57 26.1 1.2 13.1
Sun 13 Sep £2.64 £0.71 £3.35 £0.07 15.6 1.2 0.6
Sat 12 Sep £5.62 £0.92 £6.54 £2.28 31.6 1.0 19.0
Fri 11 Sep £4.94 −£0.01 £4.93 £2.14 30.0 1.3 17.9
Thu 10 Sep £5.83 £0.85 £6.69 £1.90 30.8 1.4 15.8
Wed 9 Sep £6.08 £0.45 £6.53 £0.60 29.9 1.4 5.0
Tue 8 Sep £2.61 £1.50 £4.10 £0.03 11.6 0.9 0.2
Mon 7 Sep £6.04 £1.70 £7.74 £1.13 25.3 1.5 9.4
Sun 6 Sep £5.78 £0.01 £5.79 £2.95 36.9 1.3 24.6
Sat 5 Sep £6.33 £0.68 £7.01 £4.23 45.3 1.3 35.3
Fri 4 Sep £4.06 £1.20 £5.26 £1.79 24.5 1.2 14.9
Thu 3 Sep £4.18 −£0.40 £3.78 £1.15 24.2 1.4 9.5
Wed 2 Sep £3.93 £1.58 £5.51 £1.39 22.3 1.5 11.6
Tue 1 Sep £6.35 £0.18 £6.53 £3.54 41.4 1.1 29.5
Mon 31 Aug £4.96 £0.42 £5.38 £2.48 30.9 0.9 20.6
Sun 30 Aug £4.85 −£0.74 £4.10 £1.38 30.1 0.8 11.5
Sat 29 Aug £2.36 £0.36 £2.73 £0.17 12.3 1.1 1.4
Fri 28 Aug £5.95 £0.28 £6.23 £3.79 40.1 1.3 31.6
Thu 27 Aug £4.32 £0.21 £4.52 £2.22 28.1 1.3 18.5
Wed 26 Aug £6.81 £0.14 £6.95 £3.58 43.8 1.0 29.8
Tue 25 Aug £7.18 £0.46 £7.64 £4.55 50.4 1.0 37.9
Mon 24 Aug £7.79 £0.36 £8.15 £3.76 47.2 1.7 31.3
Sun 23 Aug £7.55 £0.89 £8.44 £2.70 41.2 1.6 22.5
Sat 22 Aug £7.50 £0.29 £7.79 £3.93 47.2 2.0 32.7
Fri 21 Aug £6.59 £0.60 £7.19 £3.36 41.5 1.5 28.0
Thu 20 Aug £6.33 £0.11 £6.43 £2.82 38.5 1.3 23.5
Wed 19 Aug £4.85 £0.65 £5.50 £2.23 31.6 1.1 18.5
Tue 18 Aug £4.48 £0.51 £4.98 £1.72 27.0 0.8 14.3
Mon 17 Aug £5.86 £0.31 £6.17 £2.54 36.5 0.7 21.2
Sun 16 Aug £5.45 £0.49 £5.93 £1.87 32.1 0.8 15.6
Sat 15 Aug £6.26 −£0.18 £6.07 £2.17 40.8 0.9 18.1
Fri 14 Aug £7.40 −£0.47 £6.93 £3.55 48.8 0.8 29.6
Thu 13 Aug £8.27 £1.41 £9.67 £3.97 52.0 0.6 33.1
Wed 12 Aug £7.84 £0.21 £8.06 £4.39 53.9 0.7 36.6
Tue 11 Aug £7.90 £0.28 £8.18 £5.06 55.8 0.8 42.2
Mon 10 Aug £8.32 £0.14 £8.47 £4.32 54.4 1.0 36.0
Sun 9 Aug £6.86 −£1.83 £5.03 £2.14 52.8 1.3 17.8
Sat 8 Aug £8.64 £0.79 £9.43 £5.05 56.1 1.0 42.1
Fri 7 Aug £8.39 −£0.19 £8.20 £5.41 58.3 1.0 45.1
Thu 6 Aug £8.32 £0.67 £8.99 £4.28 49.3 1.3 35.7
Wed 5 Aug £6.50 −£1.87 £4.63 £1.87 42.8 4.6 15.6
Tue 4 Aug £6.79 £0.14 £6.93 £2.95 40.8 0.9 24.6
Mon 3 Aug £7.48 £0.64 £8.12 £3.84 47.0 0.9 32.0
Sun 2 Aug £8.80 £0.33 £9.14 £4.78 56.2 1.1 39.8
Sat 1 Aug £9.04 £0.22 £9.27 £5.16 59.4 1.1 43.0
Fri 31 Jul £7.12 £0.55 £7.67 £4.01 48.2 0.8 33.4
Thu 30 Jul £8.41 £0.34 £8.75 £4.33 52.8 0.8 36.1
Wed 29 Jul £8.95 £0.85 £9.80 £5.32 58.4 0.9 44.4
Tue 28 Jul £8.19 −£0.35 £7.84 £3.99 51.9 1.3 33.3
Mon 27 Jul £8.23 £1.81 £10.04 £5.19 57.5 1.1 43.2
Sun 26 Jul £7.54 £0.01 £7.55 £2.57 43.4 1.0 21.4
Sat 25 Jul £9.35 £1.59 £10.94 £5.15 59.8 1.2 42.9
Fri 24 Jul £7.81 −£0.56 £7.25 £2.68 44.9 1.5 22.3
Thu 23 Jul £6.33 £0.91 £7.24 £2.93 40.5 1.8 24.4
Wed 22 Jul £6.53 £0.55 £7.08 £2.60 41.0 1.4 21.6
Tue 21 Jul £6.08 £1.93 £8.01 £2.67 36.9 1.7 22.2
Mon 20 Jul £10.04 £0.71 £10.76 £5.46 64.3 2.0 45.5
Sun 19 Jul £9.07 £0.72 £9.79 £5.99 62.9 1.4 49.9
Sat 18 Jul £8.79 −£0.22 £8.57 £5.67 61.4 1.0 47.3
Fri 17 Jul £8.00 £0.09 £8.09 £5.09 55.5 1.4 42.5
Thu 16 Jul £9.58 −£0.24 £9.34 £5.30 64.7 0.9 44.2
Wed 15 Jul £9.76 £1.20 £10.96 £5.54 66.0 1.2 46.1
Tue 14 Jul £11.88 −£0.12 £11.77 £5.20 67.1 0.9 43.3
Mon 13 Jul £9.62 −£0.52 £9.10 £5.43 67.4 1.0 45.3
Sun 12 Jul £9.19 −£0.66 £8.53 £5.44 68.3 0.9 45.3
Sat 11 Jul £9.56 £0.39 £9.95 £6.14 66.7 0.8 51.2
Fri 10 Jul £9.40 £0.78 £10.18 £5.83 62.9 0.8 48.6
Thu 9 Jul £9.28 £0.19 £9.47 £5.94 63.6 0.8 49.5
Wed 8 Jul £10.20 £0.42 £10.63 £5.22 63.5 0.7 43.5
Tue 7 Jul £9.02 £0.51 £9.53 £5.70 62.3 0.9 47.5
Mon 6 Jul £9.73 £0.57 £10.30 £5.77 64.5 0.9 48.1
Sun 5 Jul £10.40 £0.23 £10.64 £5.17 63.1 1.1 43.1
Sat 4 Jul £9.27 £0.52 £9.79 £4.50 57.2 1.2 37.5
Fri 3 Jul £10.08 −£0.07 £10.01 £6.48 68.5 1.1 54.0
Thu 2 Jul £9.40 −£0.01 £9.38 £5.58 62.2 0.9 46.5
Wed 1 Jul £7.17 −£1.03 £6.14 £2.29 43.4 1.8 19.1
Tue 30 Jun £6.52 −£1.32 £5.20 £2.23 41.5 1.6 18.6
Mon 29 Jun £9.71 £0.16 £9.88 £5.53 62.4 0.9 46.1
Sun 28 Jun £9.94 £0.27 £10.21 £4.47 59.6 0.8 37.3
Sat 27 Jun £7.14 £0.35 £7.49 £3.47 45.0 0.8 28.9
Fri 26 Jun £9.37 −£1.79 £7.58 £3.44 60.0 0.6 28.6
Thu 25 Jun £9.87 −£1.88 £7.99 £4.36 66.3 0.8 36.3
Wed 24 Jun £9.93 £0.50 £10.43 £6.11 66.4 0.5 50.9
Tue 23 Jun £7.93 £0.23 £8.15 £5.15 55.6 0.7 42.9
Mon 22 Jun £10.04 £0.05 £10.09 £6.26 67.6 1.2 52.1
Sun 21 Jun £8.13 £0.31 £8.45 £5.06 53.5 1.1 42.1
Sat 20 Jun £6.06 −£0.38 £5.68 £2.62 36.9 1.4 21.9
Fri 19 Jun £10.45 £0.46 £10.91 £6.30 70.3 1.8 52.5
Thu 18 Jun £6.02 £0.16 £6.17 £2.51 34.6 1.7 21.0
Wed 17 Jun £6.46 £0.15 £6.61 £2.94 39.2 1.8 24.5
Tue 16 Jun £9.60 £0.02 £9.61 £5.73 63.2 1.9 47.7
Mon 15 Jun £9.42 −£0.16 £9.26 £4.37 55.8 2.2 36.4
Sun 14 Jun £10.64 −£0.92 £9.72 £4.82 67.0 2.0 40.1
Sat 13 Jun £12.78 £1.86 £14.64 £5.00 72.0 2.8 41.6
Fri 12 Jun £8.61 £1.53 £10.14 £1.99 35.3 16.0 16.6
Thu 11 Jun £5.61 £1.68 £7.28 £0.69 18.0 17.3 5.7
Wed 10 Jun £0.00 −£0.05 −£0.05 £0.00 0.0 22.4 0.0
Tue 9 Jun £1.71 −£0.09 £1.63 £0.17 6.8 25.3 1.5
Mon 8 Jun £5.59 £0.94 £6.54 £1.30 23.5 16.3 10.9
Sun 7 Jun £5.91 −£1.57 £4.35 £0.91 34.8 10.4 7.6
Sat 6 Jun £4.79 £3.69 £8.48 £0.48 19.4 5.1 4.0
Fri 5 Jun £7.16 −£0.42 £6.74 £2.85 40.7 4.2 23.7
Thu 4 Jun £7.91 £0.41 £8.32 £2.10 40.1 3.9 17.5
Wed 3 Jun £5.39 £0.08 £5.47 £0.39 20.8 4.7 3.3
Tue 2 Jun £5.91 £0.26 £6.17 £1.94 31.2 2.1 16.2
Mon 1 Jun £7.63 −£0.16 £7.47 £4.01 48.7 1.5 33.5
Sun 31 May £7.17 £0.10 £7.27 £3.80 46.8 0.9 31.7
Sat 30 May £9.24 £0.34 £9.57 £5.35 60.3 1.0 44.6
Fri 29 May £7.48 £0.31 £7.79 £3.72 46.1 0.7 31.0
Thu 28 May £8.03 −£0.20 £7.83 £4.84 55.8 0.8 40.3
Wed 27 May £10.57 £0.72 £11.28 £5.61 65.5 0.8 46.8
Tue 26 May £9.56 £0.42 £9.98 £6.02 64.1 0.9 50.2
Mon 25 May £8.85 −£0.09 £8.76 £5.20 59.5 0.8 43.4
Sun 24 May £8.94 £0.32 £9.26 £5.52 60.6 1.0 46.0
Sat 23 May £9.78 £0.04 £9.82 £4.73 61.0 1.1 39.5
Fri 22 May £10.44 £1.17 £11.61 £6.12 65.1 7.0 51.0
Thu 21 May £11.31 £1.38 £12.70 £4.62 58.0 15.7 38.5
Wed 20 May £9.46 £1.31 £10.76 £2.30 39.9 21.5 19.1
Tue 19 May £6.95 £3.55 £10.50 £0.70 27.6 23.9 5.9
Mon 18 May £8.92 £3.05 £11.97 £1.42 34.5 22.7 11.8
Sun 17 May £11.41 £3.20 £14.60 £2.39 46.4 21.8 19.9
Sat 16 May £8.96 £2.12 £11.08 £1.39 35.6 21.9 11.6
Fri 15 May £9.37 £2.63 £11.99 £1.98 39.7 21.7 16.5
Thu 14 May £10.36 £2.25 £12.60 £2.93 45.8 24.3 24.4
Wed 13 May £9.20 £3.50 £12.70 £2.76 43.6 20.0 23.0
Tue 12 May £10.29 £2.63 £12.92 £2.76 49.2 22.6 23.0
Mon 11 May £7.27 £2.44 £9.71 £0.80 29.3 25.2 6.7
Sun 10 May £5.34 £3.68 £9.02 £0.71 19.4 18.0 5.9
Sat 9 May £10.66 £2.00 £12.66 £4.32 56.0 15.7 36.0
Fri 8 May £9.25 £2.01 £11.26 £2.84 44.0 17.0 23.7
Thu 7 May £6.91 £1.94 £8.84 £0.60 24.2 17.5 5.0
Wed 6 May £9.42 £1.50 £10.92 £3.09 44.9 15.5 25.7
Tue 5 May £9.67 £1.54 £11.21 £4.38 53.0 15.2 36.5
Mon 4 May £6.48 £1.30 £7.78 £1.37 27.2 20.7 11.5
Sun 3 May £8.69 £2.19 £10.88 £3.32 42.7 13.9 27.7
Sat 2 May £8.91 £0.89 £9.80 £4.66 52.2 12.0 38.8
Fri 1 May £8.57 £0.73 £9.30 £4.45 50.4 14.6 37.1
Thu 30 Apr £9.27 £2.77 £12.04 £4.08 53.5 18.0 34.0
Wed 29 Apr £9.20 £2.22 £11.42 £4.42 55.2 14.5 36.9
Tue 28 Apr £7.75 £1.50 £9.25 £3.05 43.3 15.9 25.5
Mon 27 Apr £8.83 £1.99 £10.83 £4.09 53.9 15.6 34.0
Sun 26 Apr £9.71 £0.97 £10.68 £3.59 53.0 16.7 29.9
Sat 25 Apr £9.38 £2.22 £11.60 £3.55 52.3 19.9 29.6
Fri 24 Apr £10.15 £2.31 £12.46 £4.40 59.8 22.2 36.7
Thu 23 Apr £9.56 £3.37 £12.93 £4.15 57.3 19.6 34.6
Wed 22 Apr £10.02 £2.29 £12.32 £4.20 59.3 24.3 35.0
Tue 21 Apr £7.14 £2.75 £9.89 £1.01 36.2 23.1 8.4
Mon 20 Apr £7.82 £3.03 £10.85 £2.37 40.9 20.1 19.7
Sun 19 Apr £9.31 £2.14 £11.45 £3.44 51.6 17.3 28.7
Sat 18 Apr £8.18 £1.13 £9.31 £2.81 46.5 19.8 23.4
Fri 17 Apr £7.99 £1.04 £9.02 £3.25 48.6 22.0 27.0
Thu 16 Apr £6.03 £2.02 £8.05 £0.57 23.9 31.5 4.8
Wed 15 Apr £3.72 £3.52 £7.24 £0.59 13.3 36.5 4.9
Tue 14 Apr £5.32 £3.30 £8.62 £0.63 19.2 34.5 5.3
Mon 13 Apr £4.85 £3.11 £7.97 £0.67 17.4 32.4 5.5
Sun 12 Apr £5.04 £3.22 £8.25 £0.77 18.2 32.3 6.4
Sat 11 Apr £4.16 £3.50 £7.66 £0.65 14.9 31.5 5.4
Fri 10 Apr £4.23 £2.35 £6.58 £0.59 15.2 25.0 4.9
Thu 9 Apr £2.79 £2.10 £4.89 £0.48 10.4 24.2 4.0
Wed 8 Apr £3.01 £1.63 £4.65 £0.49 11.0 30.6 4.1
Tue 7 Apr £4.05 £3.50 £7.55 £0.68 14.5 31.4 5.6
Mon 6 Apr £6.98 £3.18 £10.16 £0.61 25.2 38.3 5.1
Sun 5 Apr £5.53 £3.27 £8.80 £0.62 19.8 38.6 5.1
Sat 4 Apr £4.80 £3.33 £8.13 £0.57 17.3 49.7 4.8
Fri 3 Apr £3.11 £3.82 £6.93 £0.42 11.2 45.0 3.5
Thu 2 Apr £4.89 £3.50 £8.40 £0.64 17.5 48.0 5.3
Wed 1 Apr £4.72 £3.30 £8.01 £0.63 16.9 39.3 5.2
Tue 31 Mar £4.62 £3.15 £7.76 £0.61 16.0 44.6 5.1
Mon 30 Mar £5.87 £3.32 £9.19 £0.50 19.9 43.3 4.2
Sun 29 Mar £5.06 £2.99 £8.05 £0.50 19.1 65.3 4.2
Sat 28 Mar £6.13 £3.36 £9.49 £0.49 21.0 43.0 4.1
Fri 27 Mar £3.30 £3.58 £6.88 £0.37 11.2 47.3 3.0
Thu 26 Mar £9.29 £4.06 £13.35 £1.18 43.7 31.9 9.8
Wed 25 Mar £6.91 £3.62 £10.53 £0.79 32.9 35.7 6.6
Tue 24 Mar £3.66 £3.45 £7.11 £0.58 13.9 38.7 4.9
Mon 23 Mar £8.41 £2.37 £10.78 £1.24 37.5 26.4 10.4
Sun 22 Mar £8.12 £3.31 £11.43 £1.27 36.4 25.5 10.6
Sat 21 Mar £10.56 £3.24 £13.81 £0.73 42.3 32.5 6.1
Fri 20 Mar £8.67 £5.25 £13.92 £0.65 34.9 27.6 5.4
Thu 19 Mar £8.09 £3.06 £11.15 £1.88 39.5 21.5 15.6
Wed 18 Mar £7.83 £2.53 £10.36 £1.89 38.5 30.0 15.8
Tue 17 Mar £8.89 £4.22 £13.11 £0.66 33.5 36.9 5.5
Mon 16 Mar £6.35 £3.65 £10.00 £0.67 22.8 45.5 5.6
Sun 15 Mar £5.78 £3.65 £9.43 £0.79 20.9 43.1 6.6
Sat 14 Mar £8.94 £4.82 £13.76 £0.86 36.8 34.3 7.2
Fri 13 Mar £7.22 £3.60 £10.83 £0.82 25.9 38.7 6.8
Thu 12 Mar £2.90 £4.32 £7.22 £0.42 9.8 42.9 3.5
Wed 11 Mar £7.75 £2.58 £10.33 £0.77 32.0 36.3 6.4
Tue 10 Mar £4.62 £3.70 £8.32 £0.66 16.3 40.9 5.5
Mon 9 Mar £5.48 £3.66 £9.13 £0.65 21.0 39.2 5.4
Sun 8 Mar £2.70 £3.30 £6.00 £0.48 9.2 51.4 4.0
Sat 7 Mar £2.99 £3.52 £6.51 £0.39 10.1 53.9 3.2
Fri 6 Mar £3.44 £3.55 £7.00 £0.53 11.8 30.5 4.4
Thu 5 Mar £6.62 £3.19 £9.81 £0.82 30.6 23.5 6.8
Wed 4 Mar £6.80 £2.67 £9.47 £0.82 31.0 26.9 6.8
Tue 3 Mar £6.28 £3.29 £9.56 £0.70 27.8 26.8 5.8
Mon 2 Mar £6.65 £3.41 £10.06 £0.73 29.6 35.6 6.1
Sun 1 Mar £1.61 £2.26 £3.87 £0.25 5.8 56.2 2.1
Sat 28 Feb £5.43 £3.26 £8.69 £0.91 19.5 42.6 6.0
Fri 27 Feb £1.66 £3.57 £5.23 £0.42 5.6 49.3 2.8
Thu 26 Feb £3.12 £4.04 £7.16 £0.61 10.6 37.9 4.1
Wed 25 Feb £5.98 £1.98 £7.96 £0.82 25.4 31.1 5.5
Tue 24 Feb £5.64 £3.47 £9.12 £0.79 23.1 34.1 5.3
Mon 23 Feb £2.58 £3.52 £6.10 £0.47 8.7 52.7 3.1
Sun 22 Feb £1.57 £3.71 £5.28 £0.46 5.3 54.6 3.1
Sat 21 Feb £2.37 £3.87 £6.24 £0.42 8.0 62.8 2.8
Fri 20 Feb £2.76 £3.81 £6.57 £0.51 9.3 62.5 3.4
Thu 19 Feb £1.98 £3.97 £5.95 £0.37 6.7 63.9 2.5
Wed 18 Feb £2.70 £4.21 £6.91 £0.41 9.1 66.5 2.7
Tue 17 Feb £6.06 £3.63 £9.69 £0.69 21.4 55.7 4.6
Mon 16 Feb £4.38 £3.57 £7.95 £0.66 14.8 56.9 4.4
Sun 15 Feb £0.77 £3.90 £4.67 £0.24 2.6 83.4 1.6
Sat 14 Feb £5.93 £3.58 £9.51 £0.70 21.8 51.9 4.6
Fri 13 Feb £3.76 £1.87 £5.63 £0.52 13.9 49.2 3.5
Thu 12 Feb £2.34 £3.53 £5.87 £0.38 7.9 57.3 2.5
Wed 11 Feb £2.87 £3.87 £6.75 £0.34 9.7 74.4 2.2
Tue 10 Feb £1.72 £3.77 £5.49 £0.33 5.8 83.5 2.2
Mon 9 Feb £1.69 £3.39 £5.07 £0.37 5.7 73.5 2.5
Sun 8 Feb £2.13 £3.23 £5.37 £0.60 7.2 64.4 4.0
Sat 7 Feb £1.01 £3.07 £4.07 £0.38 3.4 66.8 2.5
Fri 6 Feb £1.66 £3.52 £5.18 £0.37 5.6 62.6 2.4
Thu 5 Feb £0.76 £3.34 £4.10 £0.30 2.6 70.4 2.0
Wed 4 Feb £4.39 £3.17 £7.56 £0.74 15.2 57.0 5.0
Tue 3 Feb £0.89 £3.05 £3.94 £0.33 3.0 71.5 2.2
Mon 2 Feb £1.45 £2.77 £4.23 £0.48 4.9 69.3 3.2
Sun 1 Feb £1.36 £2.91 £4.27 £0.45 4.6 63.1 3.0
Sat 31 Jan £3.09 £2.82 £5.91 £0.66 10.5 60.1 4.4
Fri 30 Jan £2.76 £3.39 £6.15 £0.41 9.3 62.0 2.7
Thu 29 Jan £2.16 £3.24 £5.40 £0.33 7.3 71.9 2.2
Wed 28 Jan £4.20 £3.18 £7.38 £0.55 14.2 57.3 3.7
Tue 27 Jan £0.80 £3.09 £3.89 £0.32 2.7 71.0 2.1
Mon 26 Jan £1.69 £3.30 £4.99 £0.30 5.7 68.3 2.0
Sun 25 Jan £1.72 £3.18 £4.90 £0.48 5.8 59.0 3.2
Sat 24 Jan £3.11 £3.30 £6.41 £0.38 13.0 57.5 2.5
Fri 23 Jan £1.75 £3.49 £5.24 £0.29 5.9 65.2 2.0
Thu 22 Jan £1.16 £3.67 £4.82 £0.33 3.9 64.8 2.2
Wed 21 Jan £0.62 £3.18 £3.80 £0.33 2.1 62.8 2.2
Tue 20 Jan £1.99 £3.73 £5.71 £0.41 6.7 56.2 2.7
Mon 19 Jan £1.12 £3.71 £4.84 £0.31 3.9 61.7 2.1
Sun 18 Jan £1.19 £2.63 £3.82 £0.42 4.0 59.1 2.8
Sat 17 Jan £1.64 £0.65 £2.29 £0.34 7.3 59.6 2.2
Fri 16 Jan £1.23 £2.28 £3.52 £0.34 4.2 60.9 2.3
Thu 15 Jan £0.13 £1.42 £1.56 £0.34 0.5 65.6 2.3
Wed 14 Jan £0.93 £2.03 £2.95 £0.34 3.1 59.6 2.2
Tue 13 Jan £0.11 £1.77 £1.88 £0.22 0.4 66.0 1.5
Mon 12 Jan £0.24 £1.98 £2.22 £0.21 0.9 66.0 1.4
Sun 11 Jan £0.39 £1.27 £1.66 £0.11 2.0 78.3 0.7
Sat 10 Jan £1.08 £2.59 £3.67 £0.18 3.6 79.6 1.2
Fri 9 Jan £0.26 £1.97 £2.23 £0.19 0.9 85.2 1.3
Thu 8 Jan £0.36 £2.24 £2.60 £0.17 1.2 83.5 1.1
Wed 7 Jan £1.37 £2.73 £4.10 £0.22 4.6 76.1 1.4
Tue 6 Jan £0.15 £0.18 £0.32 £0.03 0.5 98.1 0.2
Mon 5 Jan £0.12 £0.09 £0.21 £0.04 0.5 78.6 0.3
Sun 4 Jan £0.16 −£0.10 £0.06 £0.07 0.5 86.9 0.5
Sat 3 Jan £0.30 £1.79 £2.09 £0.19 1.0 74.6 1.3
Fri 2 Jan £0.39 £1.52 £1.91 £0.17 1.3 85.5 1.1
Thu 1 Jan £1.27 £2.40 £3.66 £0.24 4.3 66.1 1.6
Wed 31 Dec £2.64 £3.34 £5.98 £0.17 9.0 70.5 1.1
Tue 30 Dec £2.77 £2.11 £4.88 £0.16 9.7 74.7 1.1
Mon 29 Dec £1.13 £3.59 £4.71 £0.23 3.8 68.0 1.5
Sun 28 Dec £0.80 £3.64 £4.44 £0.28 2.7 61.8 1.8
Sat 27 Dec £2.58 £3.53 £6.11 £0.13 8.7 87.6 0.9
Fri 26 Dec £1.87 £3.59 £5.46 £0.15 6.3 98.5 1.0
Thu 25 Dec £2.64 £3.61 £6.25 £0.18 8.9 112.4 1.2
Wed 24 Dec £2.78 £3.65 £6.43 £0.19 9.4 87.3 1.3
Tue 23 Dec £0.41 £4.27 £4.69 £0.32 1.4 74.8 2.1
Mon 22 Dec £1.60 £3.44 £5.04 £0.43 5.4 58.3 2.9
Sun 21 Dec £1.04 £3.46 £4.50 £0.34 3.5 61.6 2.3
Sat 20 Dec £2.59 £3.64 £6.23 £0.41 8.9 59.9 2.7
Fri 19 Dec £2.53 £3.85 £6.38 £0.48 8.8 53.8 3.2
Thu 18 Dec £0.18 £4.03 £4.20 £0.28 0.6 72.4 1.9
Wed 17 Dec £1.63 £3.76 £5.39 £0.25 5.5 63.8 1.7
Tue 16 Dec £1.07 £4.10 £5.16 £0.37 3.6 53.8 2.4
Mon 15 Dec £0.39 £3.92 £4.31 £0.32 1.3 65.6 2.1
Sun 14 Dec £1.51 £3.73 £5.24 £0.36 5.1 73.2 2.4
Sat 13 Dec £2.75 £2.94 £5.70 £0.47 9.3 54.5 3.1
Fri 12 Dec £0.80 £3.78 £4.58 £0.40 2.7 55.0 2.6
Thu 11 Dec £1.54 £3.68 £5.22 £0.36 5.2 67.9 2.4
Wed 10 Dec £2.23 £3.63 £5.85 £0.62 7.7 44.2 4.1
Tue 9 Dec £0.44 £3.84 £4.29 £0.41 1.5 52.2 2.7
Mon 8 Dec £0.67 £3.84 £4.51 £0.40 2.6 57.1 2.6
Sun 7 Dec £0.38 £3.04 £3.42 £0.45 1.3 51.1 3.0
Sat 6 Dec £1.76 £3.50 £5.26 £0.54 6.4 48.5 3.6
Fri 5 Dec £2.10 £3.96 £6.06 £0.35 7.1 61.0 2.4
Thu 4 Dec £0.83 £3.66 £4.49 £0.29 2.8 62.3 1.9
Wed 3 Dec £1.70 £3.56 £5.26 £0.50 5.9 54.0 3.3
Tue 2 Dec £2.30 £4.04 £6.34 £0.50 7.9 51.0 3.3
Mon 1 Dec £0.24 £3.89 £4.13 £0.29 0.8 58.4 1.9
Sun 30 Nov £3.07 £3.47 £6.54 £0.34 10.4 70.5 2.3
Sat 29 Nov £0.50 £3.87 £4.37 £0.31 2.1 77.8 2.1
Fri 28 Nov £2.66 £3.80 £6.47 £0.45 9.0 58.8 3.0
Thu 27 Nov £0.83 £3.95 £4.78 £0.35 2.8 65.4 2.4
Wed 26 Nov £3.22 £7.38 £10.60 £0.39 11.2 56.1 2.6
Tue 25 Nov £3.02 £3.64 £6.65 £0.38 10.4 61.5 2.5
Mon 24 Nov £2.25 £3.38 £5.63 £0.40 7.6 54.5 2.7
Sun 23 Nov £2.27 £3.60 £5.88 £0.47 9.1 53.1 3.1
Sat 22 Nov £1.36 £3.45 £4.81 £0.26 4.6 63.4 1.7
Fri 21 Nov £3.03 £3.43 £6.46 £0.52 12.2 55.2 3.5
Thu 20 Nov £2.98 £3.17 £6.15 £0.37 11.0 62.6 2.5
Wed 19 Nov £1.71 £3.01 £4.72 £0.37 6.2 60.8 2.4
Tue 18 Nov £2.01 £3.31 £5.32 £0.42 6.8 58.5 2.8
Mon 17 Nov £3.66 £3.89 £7.55 £0.83 13.5 42.4 5.5
Sun 16 Nov £1.16 £3.48 £4.63 £0.42 3.9 48.2 2.8
Sat 15 Nov £2.93 £2.58 £5.51 £0.62 11.1 41.7 4.1
Fri 14 Nov £0.95 £3.18 £4.13 £0.59 3.2 39.3 3.9
Thu 13 Nov £2.44 £1.73 £4.18 £0.65 10.2 34.9 4.3
Wed 12 Nov £2.57 £3.59 £6.16 £0.67 9.9 38.4 4.5
Tue 11 Nov £1.54 £3.55 £5.09 £0.64 5.2 47.0 4.3
Mon 10 Nov £0.65 £3.35 £4.00 £0.44 2.2 46.9 2.9

Cumulative benefit

Running total across the selected window.

Friday 23 October 2026, half by half

Energy arriving above the line, energy leaving below it, and the price you were paying on the same timeline. Charging through a cheap window and discharging through an expensive one is the shape to look for.

Solar generated Imported Exported (below the line)

Inverter versus meter

The two measure at different points in the circuit and will never agree exactly. A few percent of drift is normal; a consistent double-digit gap means one feed is wrong and the solar/battery split should be treated with suspicion. The headline figures come from the meter either way.

DayMeter importInverter importDriftMeter exportInverter exportDrift
Sun 8 Nov 3.54 23.58 565.5% 0.00 3.51 —
Sat 7 Nov 28.32 25.84 -8.8% 3.64 2.75 -24.5%
Fri 6 Nov 31.68 28.51 -10.0% 1.41 0.05 -96.4%
Thu 5 Nov 39.84 36.85 -7.5% 1.35 0.06 -95.6%
Wed 4 Nov 32.60 29.31 -10.1% 1.12 0.06 -94.6%
Tue 3 Nov 32.58 29.35 -9.9% 1.40 0.07 -95.0%
Mon 2 Nov 34.28 31.48 -8.2% 1.20 0.05 -95.8%
Sun 1 Nov 25.39 22.10 -13.0% 1.40 0.08 -94.3%
Sat 31 Oct 21.64 18.14 -16.2% 1.69 0.06 -96.5%
Fri 30 Oct 21.06 18.16 -13.8% 1.56 0.32 -79.5%
Thu 29 Oct 17.18 13.85 -19.4% 1.92 0.07 -96.4%
Wed 28 Oct 25.28 23.69 -6.3% 1.54 0.06 -96.1%
Tue 27 Oct 37.50 35.72 -4.7% 1.74 0.13 -92.5%
Mon 26 Oct 27.39 25.98 -5.1% 1.36 0.13 -90.4%

Return on investment

Measured across everything on record (7 Apr 2025 to 8 Nov 2026), not the range selected above — annualising a fortnight of summer would roughly double the apparent return. The yearly figure comes from the trailing twelve months, so it covers a full seasonal cycle.

Recovered so far
£4,536
of £18,990
23.9% recovered £14,454 to go
Benefit per year
£2,653
Trailing 12 months
Annual return
14.0%
Of the £18,990 outlay
Full payback
5.4 yrs
Around Apr 2032
Versus saving it
+£3,159
Ahead of £1,377 at 4.50% a year
Versus investing it
−£3,789
Behind £8,325 from FTSE All-World

£18,990 put into FTSE All-World (VWRP.L) on 7 Apr 2025 and left alone would have been worth £27,315 on 6 Nov 2026 — a gain of £8,325. The system has handed back £4,536 over the same dates. That is the real closing price of a real fund, not an assumed rate; it is an accumulating class, so dividends are in it. No dealing costs and no tax, both of which would only make the fund look worse. The energy bills are already in this, which is the part that catches people out: £4,536 is not profit, it is the bill that did not arrive. Hold the money instead and you pay that bill in full — so the two sides are the financial benefit of each world over the same dates, with the electricity accounted for on both. Gains are compared with gains: an investment still has its £18,990 at the end and this system has hardware with a finite life instead. Two things the comparison leaves out, both of which favour the panels — these savings are not taxed, and they rise with the price of electricity. And 1.6 years is far too short a run for a stock market to mean much: this is what happened, not what tends to.

Left in a savings account at 4.50% instead, it would have earned £1,377 over the same period — the risk-free version of the same question. That rate is a sustained one rather than a headline best-buy: the base rate was 3.75% in October 2026 and the accounts paying a flat rate with no stepped bonus were around 4.3%. Interest on a balance this size runs close to the personal savings allowance, and past it for a higher-rate payer, which this does not deduct.