Energy was last better‑than‑free: yesterday Next

On the Agile Octopus tariff, customers get paid to use electricity when there’s too much in the grid.

That’s cheaper than Octopus Energy paying to store it.

The price changes every half-hour.

How free electricity works

Region

Daily prices

1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · daily price range and average

London

Jan 2024 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Agile was cheaperfor the full period Agile was cheaperfor the full period Agile was cheaperfor the full period Agile was cheaperfor the full period

New Agile version · 3 Apr 2024A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.

New Agile version · 1 Oct 2024A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.

2024 average, Agile vs other tariffs

36%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

16.8p vs 26.2p

20%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

16.8p vs 21.1p

31%

cheaper than Octopus Go

16.8p vs 24.4p

31%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

16.8p vs 24.3p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024

−8.4p

Cheapest in 2024 was on 13 Apr

155 hours

Negative prices avg 3.5h per neg. day

12% of days

45 of 366 days had negative prices

7 hours

Longest negative period was on 25 Aug

16.8p

Average price in 2024

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 2024−2.4p11.6p32.8p
2 Jan 2024−1.9p13.6p31.7p
3 Jan 202413.9p17.9p34.8p
4 Jan 202413.1p19.0p37.8p
5 Jan 202414.8p19.3p34.6p
6 Jan 202415.1p19.7p36.8p
7 Jan 202413.4p19.4p35.3p
8 Jan 202414.5p19.9p37.8p
9 Jan 202414.2p19.7p38.1p
10 Jan 202414.1p20.9p38.5p
11 Jan 202414.4p20.5p37.8p
12 Jan 202414.0p20.0p35.7p
13 Jan 202413.7p17.9p34.9p
14 Jan 202413.3p17.3p32.8p
15 Jan 202412.5p18.3p35.0p
16 Jan 202412.6p19.3p35.3p
17 Jan 202412.9p19.3p35.4p
18 Jan 202412.6p17.3p31.5p
19 Jan 202412.0p16.4p30.4p
20 Jan 202411.4p15.6p31.2p
21 Jan 20248.2p14.2p31.4p
22 Jan 20240.9p13.4p31.1p
23 Jan 20240.5p13.4p29.2p
24 Jan 2024−1.9p12.3p29.3p
25 Jan 20248.7p16.0p30.4p
26 Jan 20246.6p13.9p30.2p
27 Jan 20249.2p14.4p30.6p
28 Jan 20246.3p11.7p30.0p
29 Jan 20248.5p16.2p31.9p
30 Jan 202411.1p16.0p31.4p
31 Jan 20247.6p15.0p29.8p
1 Feb 20247.4p15.1p30.7p
2 Feb 20244.2p13.7p28.8p
3 Feb 20240.0p11.3p30.1p
4 Feb 2024−1.6p7.6p29.1p
5 Feb 2024−2.6p11.7p29.7p
6 Feb 20241.3p13.6p29.8p
7 Feb 202412.7p17.4p37.8p
8 Feb 20249.7p16.0p28.4p
9 Feb 20246.1p14.4p29.4p
10 Feb 202410.1p16.0p31.9p
11 Feb 20249.9p16.0p31.7p
12 Feb 20248.1p14.9p30.2p
13 Feb 202411.6p15.4p30.0p
14 Feb 202410.9p15.3p29.0p
15 Feb 202410.1p14.3p29.1p
16 Feb 202410.1p14.3p28.9p
17 Feb 20248.4p14.3p29.1p
18 Feb 20247.6p13.5p29.0p
19 Feb 20247.3p13.0p27.9p
20 Feb 20247.6p13.4p27.3p
21 Feb 20243.4p12.3p27.7p
22 Feb 20243.1p12.6p29.3p
23 Feb 20248.2p14.1p29.6p
24 Feb 202410.7p14.8p29.8p
25 Feb 20248.5p14.0p28.9p
26 Feb 20248.8p13.7p29.1p
27 Feb 202410.4p14.4p29.8p
28 Feb 20247.3p14.2p28.4p
29 Feb 20246.5p14.0p29.4p
1 Mar 202410.9p15.3p30.7p
2 Mar 202410.1p15.5p30.7p
3 Mar 202411.8p15.4p32.3p
4 Mar 20249.8p15.2p31.5p
5 Mar 20249.2p15.7p34.6p
6 Mar 202412.2p16.5p34.4p
7 Mar 202411.0p15.7p31.5p
8 Mar 20246.1p14.1p29.7p
9 Mar 20245.0p10.5p28.6p
10 Mar 20245.6p13.8p30.1p
11 Mar 202411.6p16.4p31.8p
12 Mar 20249.7p15.2p29.7p
13 Mar 20248.0p14.3p30.7p
14 Mar 20245.7p14.0p29.4p
15 Mar 20248.2p13.9p30.4p
16 Mar 202411.3p15.3p29.1p
17 Mar 202410.5p15.3p31.6p
18 Mar 202410.4p16.0p32.9p
19 Mar 20248.9p16.1p35.8p
20 Mar 202412.6p18.3p40.3p
21 Mar 20245.9p15.0p34.0p
22 Mar 20241.3p12.1p31.6p
23 Mar 2024−0.6p4.5p26.3p
24 Mar 2024−3.8p9.9p32.5p
25 Mar 202411.8p16.5p34.8p
26 Mar 20248.6p16.0p31.1p
27 Mar 20248.4p14.7p32.8p
28 Mar 20247.7p14.8p31.5p
29 Mar 20246.5p14.9p31.5p
30 Mar 202411.4p16.3p34.9p
31 Mar 20248.5p14.8p30.8p
1 Apr 20247.4p14.5p30.3p
2 Apr 202411.1p15.7p31.3p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.
3 Apr 20248.3p14.0p30.4p
4 Apr 20248.3p14.2p30.4p
5 Apr 20242.5p10.8p26.9p
6 Apr 2024−3.8p2.8p19.9p
7 Apr 2024−1.7p3.7p22.3p
8 Apr 20244.2p14.6p33.1p
9 Apr 20240.8p10.8p26.3p
10 Apr 2024−0.2p11.7p29.5p
11 Apr 2024−2.1p10.7p29.2p
12 Apr 2024−1.5p7.1p25.2p
13 Apr 2024−8.4p4.2p19.5p
14 Apr 2024−3.9p5.1p29.9p
15 Apr 2024−1.0p7.9p26.7p
16 Apr 2024−0.6p10.8p29.8p
17 Apr 20249.1p16.6p31.9p
18 Apr 20247.6p17.1p31.1p
19 Apr 20244.5p12.1p28.2p
20 Apr 202410.1p16.1p30.9p
21 Apr 202410.5p16.0p32.7p
22 Apr 202413.1p17.5p32.2p
23 Apr 202412.6p17.2p31.5p
24 Apr 202412.4p16.8p30.2p
25 Apr 202412.3p17.3p33.2p
26 Apr 202413.2p17.7p33.4p
27 Apr 202412.6p17.4p32.6p
28 Apr 202410.1p16.2p29.6p
29 Apr 20248.4p15.4p32.1p
30 Apr 20248.0p14.9p28.1p
1 May 20248.6p16.3p30.4p
2 May 20248.2p14.9p28.9p
3 May 202413.0p17.0p30.4p
4 May 202413.0p16.8p33.0p
5 May 202413.4p17.6p31.2p
6 May 202413.2p18.1p33.0p
7 May 202413.0p17.7p32.3p
8 May 202412.4p16.8p31.5p
9 May 202412.4p16.6p31.2p
10 May 202413.0p17.1p31.9p
11 May 20249.2p15.7p30.2p
12 May 20240.4p9.2p29.4p
13 May 20248.6p15.1p32.1p
14 May 20247.3p15.7p32.1p
15 May 202412.5p16.8p31.0p
16 May 202412.4p17.1p31.9p
17 May 202412.4p17.3p32.2p
18 May 202412.0p16.7p29.4p
19 May 202412.2p16.9p30.7p
20 May 202412.8p17.7p32.3p
21 May 202413.9p18.6p33.2p
22 May 20247.9p17.2p29.4p
23 May 20243.6p15.2p31.1p
24 May 202414.7p19.9p34.8p
25 May 202411.6p18.0p31.5p
26 May 20249.3p17.2p31.0p
27 May 202411.1p18.0p35.3p
28 May 202410.5p18.5p32.8p
29 May 20246.8p16.2p30.4p
30 May 20248.6p15.6p30.9p
31 May 20249.4p17.2p31.5p
1 Jun 20248.6p16.7p33.1p
2 Jun 202410.1p15.6p31.8p
3 Jun 202412.8p19.2p34.6p
4 Jun 20244.7p16.4p33.1p
5 Jun 20243.3p14.2p31.9p
6 Jun 202410.4p18.3p32.3p
7 Jun 20244.0p15.7p30.8p
8 Jun 2024−8.4p8.0p29.4p
9 Jun 2024−2.0p8.8p31.5p
10 Jun 20249.4p16.2p32.1p
11 Jun 20249.8p17.4p31.5p
12 Jun 202414.5p20.0p33.6p
13 Jun 20248.5p18.1p33.6p
14 Jun 20246.7p17.0p31.5p
15 Jun 202412.0p18.0p32.3p
16 Jun 20241.5p14.0p30.6p
17 Jun 202414.2p19.7p35.7p
18 Jun 202415.0p19.6p33.2p
19 Jun 202413.4p18.5p31.4p
20 Jun 202414.2p19.2p35.0p
21 Jun 202412.6p18.2p31.2p
22 Jun 202412.6p18.1p31.5p
23 Jun 202412.2p17.9p30.7p
24 Jun 202414.5p18.8p35.3p
25 Jun 202412.7p19.0p34.8p
26 Jun 202413.8p19.3p35.2p
27 Jun 20241.6p13.0p27.5p
28 Jun 2024−2.7p7.9p28.4p
29 Jun 202411.3p18.4p33.4p
30 Jun 20248.2p17.0p30.6p
1 Jul 202410.7p18.1p31.1p
2 Jul 20249.1p17.0p33.6p
3 Jul 20240.3p15.1p29.4p
4 Jul 2024−2.3p3.5p19.3p
5 Jul 2024−1.9p14.2p33.8p
6 Jul 2024−3.8p10.2p19.1p
7 Jul 20244.2p15.0p29.4p
8 Jul 202413.5p18.7p34.0p
9 Jul 202410.3p17.1p31.5p
10 Jul 20249.2p15.6p29.4p
11 Jul 202412.7p16.9p31.5p
12 Jul 202412.6p16.9p29.6p
13 Jul 202411.1p16.3p30.0p
14 Jul 20244.4p13.8p29.5p
15 Jul 202412.6p17.7p33.1p
16 Jul 202411.4p16.7p29.1p
17 Jul 202412.9p17.6p31.9p
18 Jul 202412.5p17.3p31.8p
19 Jul 202411.3p17.1p30.4p
20 Jul 202412.6p17.0p31.5p
21 Jul 202410.3p16.1p30.1p
22 Jul 202410.9p16.7p29.0p
23 Jul 202412.0p17.5p31.0p
24 Jul 202412.9p16.8p29.3p
25 Jul 202412.9p17.3p31.5p
26 Jul 202412.6p16.8p30.8p
27 Jul 202413.4p17.4p32.4p
28 Jul 202413.0p17.3p31.3p
29 Jul 202411.4p16.7p31.7p
30 Jul 202413.7p18.1p33.6p
31 Jul 202414.2p18.5p33.6p
1 Aug 202414.4p18.9p32.5p
2 Aug 202411.5p17.6p30.4p
3 Aug 202412.4p18.3p31.1p
4 Aug 20249.4p16.5p28.9p
5 Aug 20247.8p14.3p31.5p
6 Aug 202411.2p16.4p29.1p
7 Aug 20245.3p12.1p29.4p
8 Aug 20241.3p15.7p30.1p
9 Aug 2024−3.0p5.2p24.6p
10 Aug 2024−1.1p8.2p30.6p
11 Aug 20242.1p17.5p33.8p
12 Aug 2024−0.4p11.3p35.7p
13 Aug 20247.4p17.4p33.4p
14 Aug 202413.6p18.3p32.7p
15 Aug 20243.0p13.1p29.6p
16 Aug 20247.4p16.1p29.8p
17 Aug 20247.7p16.0p29.7p
18 Aug 20242.1p12.7p30.1p
19 Aug 202411.6p17.9p33.4p
20 Aug 20242.5p12.5p31.4p
21 Aug 2024−0.6p7.9p29.1p
22 Aug 2024−2.1p7.1p33.4p
23 Aug 2024−2.1p7.9p30.0p
24 Aug 2024−2.5p13.5p29.1p
25 Aug 2024−2.7p5.2p28.4p
26 Aug 20245.0p13.2p33.1p
27 Aug 20240.5p12.9p33.6p
28 Aug 202412.9p19.4p35.5p
29 Aug 20249.3p19.6p36.2p
30 Aug 202413.9p19.4p36.8p
31 Aug 20244.6p17.7p36.8p
1 Sep 20242.8p13.7p34.6p
2 Sep 202415.3p21.1p38.6p
3 Sep 202415.2p20.7p36.1p
4 Sep 202414.9p20.1p37.1p
5 Sep 202412.9p18.1p31.6p
6 Sep 202410.0p18.3p33.6p
7 Sep 202414.5p19.9p37.4p
8 Sep 202412.4p18.4p32.8p
9 Sep 202411.8p17.9p35.4p
10 Sep 2024−1.1p9.1p31.7p
11 Sep 20242.1p13.5p34.0p
12 Sep 202412.4p18.5p36.4p
13 Sep 202413.3p19.1p34.3p
14 Sep 2024−0.7p13.9p33.6p
15 Sep 20249.4p17.8p36.9p
16 Sep 202414.3p19.2p35.7p
17 Sep 202413.7p18.7p36.7p
18 Sep 202413.0p18.1p36.3p
19 Sep 202413.8p18.4p35.4p
20 Sep 202411.8p18.1p36.8p
21 Sep 202413.0p18.1p36.1p
22 Sep 202414.5p19.3p35.7p
23 Sep 202413.9p20.3p41.2p
24 Sep 202412.7p18.1p35.4p
25 Sep 202414.3p19.5p38.6p
26 Sep 20241.2p16.7p31.9p
27 Sep 2024−1.7p13.5p33.5p
28 Sep 202411.7p18.7p37.8p
29 Sep 20242.1p17.7p36.8p
30 Sep 20240.5p16.4p35.7p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.
1 Oct 20242.2p16.9p36.9p
2 Oct 202413.2p18.6p36.9p
3 Oct 202415.3p20.4p39.7p
4 Oct 202410.5p18.7p37.8p
5 Oct 20245.0p16.3p36.3p
6 Oct 20248.2p17.4p36.3p
7 Oct 202411.7p20.4p47.3p
8 Oct 202412.7p19.8p39.1p
9 Oct 20247.7p17.9p35.5p
10 Oct 20244.5p17.1p38.8p
11 Oct 202414.4p20.2p41.9p
12 Oct 2024−1.1p16.8p36.0p
13 Oct 2024−1.1p15.6p39.9p
14 Oct 202413.7p24.9p65.3p
15 Oct 20242.1p19.3p36.8p
16 Oct 2024−1.4p15.5p35.8p
17 Oct 202414.9p20.6p45.7p
18 Oct 202413.3p19.1p37.6p
19 Oct 202412.6p19.1p38.6p
20 Oct 2024−1.5p7.1p29.4p
21 Oct 2024−1.5p14.8p41.2p
22 Oct 202414.7p20.6p43.0p
23 Oct 202412.5p20.5p41.0p
24 Oct 20249.0p18.6p38.1p
25 Oct 202416.8p23.4p48.8p
26 Oct 202415.8p21.6p38.5p
27 Oct 202413.1p20.0p38.1p
28 Oct 202412.4p21.3p41.8p
29 Oct 202416.8p23.2p54.1p
30 Oct 202415.1p22.7p46.6p
31 Oct 202413.9p20.6p40.6p
1 Nov 202414.0p20.8p40.7p
2 Nov 202414.9p20.6p39.9p
3 Nov 202415.8p20.8p40.7p
4 Nov 202415.5p24.2p60.7p
5 Nov 202416.1p27.7p81.7p
6 Nov 202416.5p26.4p65.7p
7 Nov 202416.5p21.4p38.6p
8 Nov 202417.0p21.9p38.4p
9 Nov 202418.2p23.6p42.2p
10 Nov 202417.8p21.9p38.9p
11 Nov 202415.8p21.5p39.7p
12 Nov 202416.8p24.0p48.2p
13 Nov 202417.2p25.0p45.4p
14 Nov 202417.2p23.4p42.2p
15 Nov 202417.6p22.5p36.3p
16 Nov 202413.9p20.9p38.6p
17 Nov 20248.6p20.2p40.5p
18 Nov 202414.9p23.9p42.4p
19 Nov 202416.9p23.3p38.6p
20 Nov 202413.9p22.3p38.7p
21 Nov 202417.9p23.3p38.2p
22 Nov 202414.2p23.5p43.8p
23 Nov 2024−3.8p19.1p38.6p
24 Nov 2024−2.4p6.4p34.3p
25 Nov 2024−2.1p15.3p38.2p
26 Nov 202413.0p24.3p51.5p
27 Nov 202418.0p23.8p38.6p
28 Nov 202418.5p23.9p40.2p
29 Nov 202416.8p22.7p39.5p
30 Nov 202415.3p21.0p37.3p
1 Dec 202410.5p20.4p40.2p
2 Dec 20247.1p21.0p41.5p
3 Dec 202417.4p27.3p51.3p
4 Dec 202417.9p27.9p47.1p
5 Dec 20241.3p20.2p36.1p
6 Dec 20240.0p18.3p39.1p
7 Dec 20245.9p15.8p33.0p
8 Dec 20242.5p16.2p38.4p
9 Dec 202411.8p21.8p39.3p
10 Dec 202416.8p25.3p48.6p
11 Dec 202416.4p39.1p89.9p
12 Dec 202417.8p49.7p100.0p
13 Dec 202417.2p31.5p67.7p
14 Dec 202414.0p20.5p36.5p
15 Dec 20240.0p12.6p33.4p
16 Dec 2024−0.6p15.3p36.1p
17 Dec 20245.6p18.1p33.8p
18 Dec 20240.9p14.6p34.6p
19 Dec 20240.7p15.3p35.3p
20 Dec 20243.5p16.9p34.8p
21 Dec 2024−0.5p6.4p26.0p
22 Dec 2024−1.4p6.8p29.8p
23 Dec 20240.0p17.1p37.4p
24 Dec 202410.1p19.6p36.1p
25 Dec 202412.1p20.0p34.7p
26 Dec 202417.5p22.8p38.6p
27 Dec 202419.2p24.6p42.8p
28 Dec 202417.9p23.2p39.0p
29 Dec 202413.8p20.9p37.8p
30 Dec 20246.8p19.3p38.8p
31 Dec 2024−4.2p12.2p32.8p