GridGauge Live

GridGauge Live puts the UK electricity grid in your pocket — see how clean your power is right now, track what you're paying, and get AI price predictions for your tariff.

Key Features:

Carbon & Grid

- Live carbon intensity for your region with green/amber/red signal

- Interactive UK regional map with 48-hour timeline rewind — scrub through time to watch intensity and generation mix shift across every region

- Real-time generation outturn mix — see exactly where your electricity comes from right now, with net import/export flows

- Regional vs national carbon comparison

- Grid records tracking — lowest carbon, greenest grid & cheapest rate

- Interconnector flows between GB, France, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands & Norway — see live directional power trade

- Grid frequency monitor with live 50 Hz gauge, status badge & sparkline history

- National demand and system imbalance price

Forecasts

- Best Time Planner — find the greenest or cheapest window for any duration (carbon-only mode available)

- 24-hour and 48-hour carbon intensity forecasts

- Wind and solar generation forecasts from NESO (up to 14 days ahead)

- National demand forecasts

Octopus Energy Integration

- Connect your account to see personal import, export & gas rates

- Rate schedule grid with Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and extended day views

- AI price predictions that fill in future rates before they're published

- Predicted rates styled distinctly so you always know what's confirmed vs forecast

- Cheapest window highlights for variable tariffs

- Live usage, cost estimates & usage history tracking

- Customisable rate colour boundaries

Share & Widgets

- Share grid snapshots as styled cards to social media

- Android home screen widgets for at-a-glance carbon and rate data

- Push notifications when new tariff prices are published

Personalisation

- 18 UK regions supported

- Light mode, dark mode & system theme

- Configurable rate colour thresholds for import and export

- Contextual explainer buttons on every card — learn what the data means