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