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Home Battery Savings in Northern Scotland

On Octopus Go in Northern Scotland, you pay 9.5p/kWh overnight and 33.72p during the day. An 11.5kWh battery charges at the cheap rate and saves you £915/year.

TL;DR

Octopus Go in Northern Scotland charges 9.5p/kWh overnight (00:30–05:30) and 33.72p during the day. An 11.5kWh Habo Energy battery charges overnight and powers your home during the day, avoiding the 33.72p daytime rate. That’s a saving of 24.2p on every stored kWh, or approximately £915/year.

Octopus Go rates in Northern Scotland

Northern Scotland: 33.72p daytime / 9.5p overnight

On the current Octopus Go 12-month fixed tariff (GO-FIX-12M-26-03-23), households in Northern Scotland pay 33.72p/kWh during the day and 9.5p/kWh overnight (00:30–05:30), with a standing charge of 47.71p/day. The off-peak rate is the same across all regions; the daytime rate varies.

For comparison, the standard variable tariff in Northern Scotland is 25.02p/kWh (Ofgem cap, Q2 2026) – a flat rate with no cheap overnight window.

This covers postcodes: AB, DD, HS, IV, KW, PH, ZE – including Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Perth. Your distribution network operator is Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks.

About Northern Scotland

Northern Scotland has the highest per-household electricity consumption in Great Britain due to its cold climate and widespread reliance on electric heating beyond the gas grid. Frequent low wholesale electricity prices during windy periods create particularly strong savings opportunities for battery owners on time-of-use tariffs.

According to MCS data, at least 3,943 certified home battery installations have been completed in the Northern Scotland region since September 2023 – part of a nationwide surge in domestic battery uptake.

Your savings with an 11.5kWh battery

The battery charges overnight at 9.5p and powers your home during the day, avoiding the 33.72p daytime rate. The saving is the difference between those rates, multiplied by how much energy the battery delivers each cycle.

9.5p
Octopus Go
overnight rate
33.72p
Octopus Go
daytime rate (Northern Scotland)
24.2p
Saved per kWh
on stored energy
£915
Estimated annual saving
(11.5kWh battery)
The calculation (Octopus Go rates for Northern Scotland, April 2026)
11.5kWh × 90% round-trip efficiency = 10.35kWh usable per cycle
(33.72p daytime − 9.5p overnight) × 10.35kWh = 251p saved per day
251p × 365 days = £915/year

Rates from the Octopus Energy API (product GO-FIX-12M-26-03-23, April 2026). Assumes one full battery cycle per day. Actual savings depend on your usage patterns.

How Northern Scotland compares

The Octopus Go off-peak rate (9.5p) is the same everywhere, but the daytime rate varies by region – so regions with higher daytime rates see bigger savings.

RegionGo daytime rateSpreadAnnual saving
South Wales31.67p22.2p£838
West Midlands32.02p22.5p£851
East Midlands32.32p22.8p£862
Northern England32.36p22.9p£864
London32.64p23.1p£874
South West England33.15p23.6p£893
Northern Scotland33.72p24.2p£915
North West England33.75p24.2p£916
South East England33.87p24.4p£921
Eastern England34.32p24.8p£938
Southern England34.42p24.9p£941
Yorkshire34.49p25.0p£944
Southern Scotland34.54p25.0p£946
North Wales & Merseyside35.73p26.2p£991

What Habo Energy offers

One 11.5kWh battery. Everything included – inverter, cables, mounting kit, and MCS certified installation. Pre-configured for UK time-of-use tariffs. If you’d prefer to use your own electrician, that’s fine too.

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