What is the Smart Export Guarantee?

A Great Britain scheme, run by Ofgem since 1 January 2020, that makes larger electricity suppliers offer at least one tariff paying homes for the electricity they send to the grid from solar panels and other small generators. The rate must stay above zero, and each supplier sets its own. You need an MCS certified system (or equivalent) and a meter that records your export, usually a smart meter. Northern Ireland has no SEG.

Which supplier pays the most for exported electricity?

On our latest reads, 20p a kWh, SEG Install Exclusive (OVO fits your solar panels and home storage battery) from OVO. Who can get it: its customers, system fitted by it. Its page also says: Your installed capacity is under 30 kW; Your electricity supply is with OVO; We install your solar panels and home storage battery.

Can I get an export tariff without switching my electricity supplier?

Yes, some suppliers pay any household. On our latest reads: OVO SEG, 4p a kWh; British Gas Export SEG, 3p a kWh. The higher rates usually need you to buy your electricity from the supplier, or to have had it fit your panels or battery.

How often are these rates checked?

Every week, on each supplier's own page, and every rate shows the date we read it. A rate not checked for 14 days is shown apart and left out of the comparison. Suppliers whose terms do not allow automated reading are read by hand or not listed.

Smart Export Guarantee rates compared

01Rates

Every export rate, highest first

One row per rate: a tariff that pays one rate at peak time and another the rest of the day, or one rate with a battery and another without, has a row for each. Who can get it and the conditions are as the supplier's page states them.

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Export tariff rates by supplier, highest first
Supplier	Rate	Terms	Conditions	Read	Link
01OVOSEG Install Exclusive, OVO fits your solar panels and home storage battery	20pper kWh	Fixed or variable not statedIts customers, system fitted by it	ConditionsYour installed capacity is under 30 kW; Your electricity supply is with OVO; We install your solar panels and home storage battery	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
02E.ON NextNext Export Premium v3	17.5pper kWh	Fixed 12 monthsSystem fitted by it	ConditionsRequires a smart export meter and consent for half hourly consumption data collection; Limited to one tariff per property (no renewals); A solar or/and battery installation by E.ON Installation Services from 10/11/2025; A residential customer with a renewable generation system (i.e. solar) up to 15 kW	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
03Octopus EnergyPrime Outgoing Octopus, 16:00 to 19:00	16pper kWh	Fixed 12 monthsIts electricity customers	ConditionsBe an Octopus Energy customer; Pairs with certain Octopus import tariffs only; A smart meter that sends half-hourly export data; Not if Feed-in Tariff payments started in the last 12 months	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
04OVOSEG Install Exclusive, OVO fits your solar panels only	15pper kWh	Fixed or variable not statedIts customers, system fitted by it	ConditionsYour installed capacity is under 30 kW; Your electricity supply is with OVO	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
05E.ON NextNext Export Exclusive v3	13pper kWh	Fixed 12 monthsIts electricity customers	ConditionsRequires a smart export meter and consent for half hourly consumption data collection; Import energy tariff with E.ON Next excluding time of use tariffs i.e. Next Drive; A residential customer with a renewable generation system (i.e. solar) up to 15 kW	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
06British GasExport Premium	12pper kWh	VariableIts electricity customers	ConditionsBritish Gas electricity customers only; Systems up to 15 kW	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
07Octopus EnergyOutgoing Octopus	12pper kWh	VariableIts electricity customers	ConditionsBe an Octopus Energy customer; Pairs with certain Octopus import tariffs only; A smart meter that sends half-hourly export data; Not if Feed-in Tariff payments started in the last 12 months	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
08OVOSEG Beyond Exclusive	12pper kWh	Fixed or variable not statedIts electricity customers	ConditionsYour installed capacity is under 30 kW; Your electricity supply is with OVO	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
09Octopus EnergyPrime Outgoing Octopus, Rest of the day	9pper kWh	Fixed 12 monthsIts electricity customers	ConditionsBe an Octopus Energy customer; Pairs with certain Octopus import tariffs only; A smart meter that sends half-hourly export data; Not if Feed-in Tariff payments started in the last 12 months	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
10E.ON NextNext Flex Export v1	6pper kWh	VariableNot stated	ConditionsRequires a smart export meter and consent for half hourly consumption data collection; Customers with a renewable generation system (i.e. Solar) up to 5 MW	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
11OVOSEG	4pper kWh	Fixed or variable not statedAny household	ConditionsYour installed capacity doesn't exceed 5 MW or 50 kW for Micro-CHP; Your electricity supply is with any provider	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site
12British GasExport SEG	3pper kWh	Fixed or variable not statedAny household	ConditionsFor anyone who is not a British Gas electricity customer	Read today, 01/11/2026	Supplier site

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03Questions

Export tariffs, answered from the rates above

What is the Smart Export Guarantee?: A Great Britain scheme, run by Ofgem since 1 January 2020, that makes larger electricity suppliers offer at least one tariff paying homes for the electricity they send to the grid from solar panels and other small generators. The rate must stay above zero, and each supplier sets its own. You need an MCS certified system (or equivalent) and a meter that records your export, usually a smart meter. Northern Ireland has no SEG.
Which supplier pays the most for exported electricity?: On our latest reads, 20p a kWh, SEG Install Exclusive (OVO fits your solar panels and home storage battery) from OVO. Who can get it: its customers, system fitted by it. Its page also says: Your installed capacity is under 30 kW; Your electricity supply is with OVO; We install your solar panels and home storage battery.
Can I get an export tariff without switching my electricity supplier?: Yes, some suppliers pay any household. On our latest reads: OVO SEG, 4p a kWh; British Gas Export SEG, 3p a kWh. The higher rates usually need you to buy your electricity from the supplier, or to have had it fit your panels or battery.
How often are these rates checked?: Every week, on each supplier's own page, and every rate shows the date we read it. A rate not checked for 14 days is shown apart and left out of the comparison. Suppliers whose terms do not allow automated reading are read by hand or not listed.

04Sources

Where each rate comes from

OVO: export tariffsRead 01/11/2026
E.ON Next: export tariffsRead 01/11/2026
Octopus Energy: export tariffsRead 01/11/2026
British Gas: export tariffsRead 01/11/2026
Ofgem: Smart Export GuaranteeHow the scheme works
How we read prices

By FittedPrice Studio. Prices read at source on each seller's own site, each with the date we read it. Editorial policy. Updated 01/11/2026