Import cost · the full record
The power we rely on costs the most when we need it most
The homepage shows how hard Britain is relying on its interconnectors. This is what that reliance costs: the price Britain pays to import electricity, valued at the GB system price. First the spend rate over the last year, then the whole daily record since 2016 — the cheap-import calms in pale, the expensive squeeze days in deep red, and the costliest single days marked.
01 · Spend rate · the last year
What Britain is paying to import, right now
The half-hourly import-spend rate (£ per hour) over the last year: net imports valued at the GB system price. The dial reads the latest settled half-hour against the year's range.
02 · Daily cost · since 2016
Every day's import bill since 2016
The cost of every day's net imports since 2016 — pale on the cheap-import calms, deep red on the expensive squeeze days, with the costliest single days on record marked. The record stands at £94.4m, on 9 September 2021.
Reading the import record…