Best SEG & solar export rates

Quick answer: The best flat rate you can get without buying any kit is 13p/kWh, and Fuse Energy pays it without you switching your electricity supply (E.ON Next and EDF match it for their own supply customers). Higher rates come with strings: Good Energy pay 25p if they install your solar panels and battery, OVO and So Energy 20p on systems they installed, EDF 18p on kit bought from EDF. If you already have a battery, a time-of-use tariff like Octopus Flux can beat any flat rate at peak. The floor is around 1p, so switching off a bad tariff is often worth hundreds a year.

Rates below were checked on 28 September 2026. Rows marked “supplier website” come straight from the supplier’s own tariff pages that day; the rest are cross-checked comparison-site data with the source named. Suppliers change export rates often — always confirm on the supplier’s site before switching. We don’t take commission from any of them.

How to pick the right export tariff

The best rates come with strings attached. The 15p–25p headline tariffs almost all require you to buy your electricity from the same supplier, and the very highest are locked to systems that supplier installed. Compare the whole package: a 20p export rate paired with an expensive import tariff can cost you more overall than 12p export with a cheap import deal.

Battery owners should look at smart tariffs, not flat ones. Time-of-use tariffs pay most for evening-peak export. A battery lets you hold your solar power until then — that’s how peak rates near 29p become achievable in practice. Our smart tariff guide works through the maths, and the battery comparison covers the hardware.

Northern Ireland has no SEG. The scheme covers Great Britain only — NI exporters use supplier arrangements like Power NI’s export tariff instead. Our Northern Ireland solar guide explains the difference.

New to exporting? Start with our SEG income guide or the solar panels hub. Figures on this page are checked monthly; the date at the top is the last check.