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  1. 01 Your electricity use
  2. 02 Your suggested system
  3. 03 Your free quote

LET’S PUT SOME NUMBERS TO IT

What could your
home save?

Enter your electricity bill or daily use. We’ll recommend a battery with enough usable capacity to cover your whole day.

No contact details needed to calculate.
YOUR HOME & ENERGY
How would you like to enter your usage?
Electricity only, including the standing charge.
Your electricity rates
p/kWh
Enter your single electricity unit rate. If you pay different rates, use your blended average: usage charges in pounds ÷ total kWh × 100, excluding standing charges. For example, £100 ÷ 400 kWh × 100 = 25p/kWh.
Leave unticked if you pay one rate, or want to explore a future overnight tariff.
p/kWh
We start at 7p/kWh as an illustration of a future tariff, not a guaranteed available rate. Change it to a rate you can get.

32p current · 7p assumed future overnight

We remember your overnight rate and this choice on this browser until you change them or reset.
Where can I find an overnight tariff?

Compare the supplier’s current quote, cheap hours and eligibility. These are examples to explore, not recommendations or guaranteed prices.

  • British Gas Charge Power — a home-battery tariff; no EV or solar required. Check its quoted day rate and overnight discount.
  • Intelligent Octopus Go — a whole-home overnight rate for eligible EV owners, with a compatible car or charger.
  • E.ON Next Drive Smart — an EV tariff with whole-home cheap hours; check vehicle, charger and battery-charging compatibility.

These tariffs require a suitable smart meter and half-hourly readings. A battery alone does not qualify you for an EV tariff. Check the whole tariff, including day rates and standing charges, before switching. Our calculator holds the standing charge constant and assumes a full overnight recharge.

Supplier pages checked 17 September 2026. Offers and terms can change; 7p/kWh is our editable illustration.
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Your system and optional extras
kWh is how much energy is stored. kW is how quickly it can be supplied. Only listed combinations are available.
Price and calculation assumptions

The displayed cash price includes standard installation, delivery and selected extras. Eligible September offers are included automatically. VAT treatment and any additional work are confirmed in your written quote. Borrowing costs are excluded.

Fixed assumptions
90% of battery capacity is usable each day. All covered consumption is charged at the existing or assumed future overnight rate you entered, assuming a full recharge every night. Standing charge: 57.19p/day in every calculation, before and after the battery.

Standing charge source: Ofgem GB average, Direct Debit, July–September 2026, including VAT. Used as our national estimate; Northern Ireland is outside Ofgem’s price cap. Actual tariffs vary.

Suggested for your usage
Installed system price—Standard price · September 2026
Simple payback—Before financing costs

YOUR ESTIMATED ANNUAL SAVING

—/ year

That’s about — a month.

This estimate combines a battery with a switch to a suitable overnight tariff. The overnight rate is an assumption, not a confirmed tariff offer.

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Assumes a full overnight charge each day. Charging losses are not included.
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Estimate assumes full overnight charging and excludes charging losses. Final costs and suitability are confirmed after assessment.

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YOUR NEXT STEP

A quote built
around your home.

Tell us what you need. We’ll help you find the right battery and arrange your personalised quote.

  1. We review your usage, tariff and installation postcode.
  2. We confirm the equipment, location and work your home needs.
  3. You receive a written quote before deciding. This enquiry is not an order.
Your selected battery and inverter estimate

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Tell us where you’d like the battery installed and how to contact you.

We’ll contact you about your enquiry and email you a copy, including any calculator estimate. No obligation.

We use your details to respond to this enquiry and prepare your quote. How we handle your information.

AFTER YOUR BATTERY PURCHASE

Where you stand,
year by year.

See your total electricity savings each year, after subtracting the cost of your selected battery.

Upfront system cost—Paid at installation
Cost recovered by—First year-end with the system cost recovered.
Your position after 10 years—Total bill savings minus the system cost

Cost still to recoverSavings after cost

Years from installation · financial position (£)

Each bar = total electricity bill savings to that year − the upfront system price. Zero is the point where those savings have paid back the cost. No interest is added to the savings.

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Cumulative electricity savings less the upfront system price
YearThat year’s savingTotal savingsYour position

What the figures assume

The bars use your selected system’s displayed price and estimated electricity savings. They assume the system is paid for upfront and show bill savings, not a bank balance or the battery’s resale value.

Rates and yearly usage stay constant. Charging losses, tax, inflation, degradation, servicing, replacements and finance costs are excluded. The model assumes the battery operates at the same performance for the full selected period.

The savings-account and stock figures in the optional comparison illustrate the first year only. Stock returns can be negative and savings rates can change. All figures are estimates.

Further reading: MoneyHelper: saving and investing · FCA: investment risks

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Compare with savings and investments

BATTERY. SAVINGS. STOCKS.

What could the same
money do for you?

Compare the bill savings from your battery with interest from a savings account and an illustrative stock-market return.

THE SAME UPFRONT AMOUNT—

20 kWh battery

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% a year
% a year

4.5% and 7% are example assumptions from our model. Enter your own rates; these are not current offers or forecasts.

The first-year picture.

First-year saving or return, before tax and fees
DX Energy batteryEstimated bill saving · — of cost
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Savings accountInterest at 4.5%
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Stock marketIllustrative return at 7.0%
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The battery percentage is annual bill savings divided by its price. The purchase cost still needs to be recovered. Savings and stocks retain an underlying balance, so the annual figures alone don’t tell the whole story.

How we calculate and recommend

Your electricity use: we subtract the fixed standing charge from your monthly bill and divide the rest by your current blended rate. Or enter daily kWh directly. Monthly bills give an average day; use a higher-demand day if you want a more cautious size estimate.

Usable capacity: 90% of the labelled battery size is available each day. A 10 kWh battery supplies 9 kWh; 15 kWh supplies 13.5 kWh; 20 kWh supplies 18 kWh. The largest listed 40 kWh battery supplies 36 kWh.

Your recommendation: we select the lowest-priced listed system whose usable capacity covers the daily use entered, including eligible September prices. If prices tie, we prefer the included inverter upgrade. This is a storage estimate: actual inverter output, peak demand and overnight charging suitability are confirmed during assessment. You can choose another system or return to the recommendation.

Before a battery: all consumption is priced at the entered blended rate (32p/kWh by default), plus the standing charge. With a correctly sized battery: all consumption is priced at the entered overnight rate (7p/kWh by default), plus the same standing charge. If you manually choose a smaller battery, its uncovered usage stays at the blended rate.

Annual saving: daily use covered by the battery × (blended rate − overnight rate) × 365, converting pence to pounds. Standing charges are unchanged and do not create a saving. All calculations use 57.19p/day: Ofgem’s July–September 2026 GB Direct Debit average, including VAT, held constant for the illustration. This is a GB benchmark, not a Northern Ireland tariff.

This simplified scenario assumes the battery fully recharges every night and can supply the demand entered. The 90% factor represents usable capacity, not round-trip efficiency. Charging losses, peak loads, seasonal changes and recharge-speed limits are not modelled. Inverter sizing and overnight charging must be confirmed at assessment, so full coverage here is not a guarantee about every day’s actual bill.

September 2026 list prices and eligible inverter offers are used. EV and solar connection add to the price but no separate savings are modelled. Solar generation, export income, degradation, maintenance, replacement, inflation, tax changes and borrowing costs are excluded.

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