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

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Daily prices

1 Jan to 26 Oct 2026 · daily price range and average

London

Jan 2026 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 CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths

Levies cut by 3.5p · 1 Apr 2026Every Agile price fell by 3.5p per kWh when the government took some levies off electricity bills.

VAT cut to 0% · 1 Oct 2026VAT on home electricity is 0% from this date until 31 Mar 2027. It was 5%, not the usual 20%, so this saves only about 1.3p on a typical price, which normal day-to-day changes can hide.

2026 average, Agile vs other tariffs

18%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

21.3p vs 26.1p

16%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

21.3p vs 25.4p

17%

cheaper than Octopus Go

21.3p vs 25.7p

12%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

21.3p vs 24.3p

Stats for 1 Jan to 26 Oct 2026

−11.3p

Cheapest in 2026 was on 5 Apr

248.5 hours

Negative prices avg 7h per neg. day

12% of days

35 of 299 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 4 Apr

21.3p

Average price in 2026

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DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 20262.3p11.0p31.3p
2 Jan 20263.4p16.0p34.1p
3 Jan 202614.5p18.8p34.2p
4 Jan 202614.1p19.5p34.6p
5 Jan 202615.5p25.3p53.5p
6 Jan 202616.0p23.3p39.1p
7 Jan 202614.8p20.2p37.6p
8 Jan 202614.7p32.9p63.8p
9 Jan 202614.6p19.2p34.2p
10 Jan 202615.3p19.9p38.1p
11 Jan 202612.6p18.5p32.8p
12 Jan 202612.3p18.3p33.6p
13 Jan 202616.0p20.1p35.0p
14 Jan 202616.5p21.7p41.8p
15 Jan 202615.9p21.7p38.4p
16 Jan 202617.4p22.9p41.9p
17 Jan 202618.1p23.5p40.5p
18 Jan 202618.4p22.8p39.6p
19 Jan 202618.1p26.7p48.1p
20 Jan 202616.3p21.3p37.4p
21 Jan 202614.3p20.7p36.1p
22 Jan 202610.8p20.3p36.5p
23 Jan 202616.3p21.5p37.0p
24 Jan 202616.1p21.1p37.5p
25 Jan 202614.9p21.3p38.0p
26 Jan 202616.5p23.8p40.0p
27 Jan 202614.7p22.0p38.2p
28 Jan 202617.9p24.9p43.5p
29 Jan 202618.2p23.6p37.8p
30 Jan 202616.4p22.1p37.0p
31 Jan 202618.4p22.6p38.4p
1 Feb 202618.1p22.9p38.5p
2 Feb 202612.9p21.4p35.5p
3 Feb 202610.5p19.4p35.0p
4 Feb 202615.1p19.9p33.4p
5 Feb 202612.9p19.0p34.6p
6 Feb 202615.8p20.5p34.9p
7 Feb 202616.4p20.5p36.1p
8 Feb 202615.4p20.1p37.2p
9 Feb 202615.1p21.0p37.6p
10 Feb 202615.4p20.2p35.1p
11 Feb 202614.9p19.0p33.0p
12 Feb 202614.8p18.6p33.8p
13 Feb 202614.9p18.9p35.3p
14 Feb 202614.7p18.7p35.3p
15 Feb 202613.7p17.9p33.5p
16 Feb 202613.7p17.9p33.4p
17 Feb 202613.5p17.9p36.1p
18 Feb 202613.4p17.2p31.5p
19 Feb 202613.4p18.0p33.4p
20 Feb 202610.3p17.4p30.2p
21 Feb 202611.2p16.9p31.7p
22 Feb 20264.0p10.8p31.5p
23 Feb 20264.2p15.6p33.4p
24 Feb 202613.6p17.9p33.6p
25 Feb 202613.7p17.6p33.8p
26 Feb 20269.2p16.3p32.5p
27 Feb 20268.1p16.8p32.8p
28 Feb 202614.1p18.1p34.2p
1 Mar 20266.1p14.2p30.7p
2 Mar 20265.8p18.7p43.1p
3 Mar 202616.8p23.6p50.6p
4 Mar 202618.5p27.1p52.9p
5 Mar 202618.9p24.3p41.8p
6 Mar 202619.5p25.8p48.7p
7 Mar 202620.8p25.7p43.7p
8 Mar 202622.3p26.7p43.8p
9 Mar 202622.5p29.1p52.3p
10 Mar 20266.4p25.7p43.5p
11 Mar 20264.9p17.4p41.7p
12 Mar 20260.3p14.8p33.2p
13 Mar 20260.0p15.3p41.0p
14 Mar 202619.1p24.9p43.5p
15 Mar 20261.7p17.9p37.4p
16 Mar 20261.6p17.4p43.0p
17 Mar 202612.4p19.9p41.9p
18 Mar 202617.6p23.8p43.7p
19 Mar 202619.4p25.5p47.7p
20 Mar 202622.7p29.0p46.7p
21 Mar 202621.5p27.4p45.1p
22 Mar 202620.8p26.4p44.3p
23 Mar 202610.9p27.2p46.7p
24 Mar 20260.5p15.8p37.6p
25 Mar 2026−0.2p10.3p40.3p
26 Mar 202616.1p23.8p43.4p
27 Mar 202616.8p24.9p42.0p
28 Mar 20260.4p14.6p41.6p
29 Mar 2026−0.0p11.8p27.3p
30 Mar 20260.4p13.3p38.9p
31 Mar 202618.0p25.3p41.6p
Levies cut by 3.5p. Every Agile price fell by 3.5p per kWh when the government took some levies off electricity bills.
1 Apr 202613.5p21.6p37.7p
2 Apr 202614.9p20.4p34.1p
3 Apr 20260.7p14.0p30.5p
4 Apr 2026−5.0p7.8p22.7p
5 Apr 2026−11.3p1.3p23.2p
6 Apr 20269.8p19.4p35.7p
7 Apr 2026−3.9p15.6p35.3p
8 Apr 202611.3p20.7p41.2p
9 Apr 20266.8p15.9p29.6p
10 Apr 20262.4p17.4p33.5p
11 Apr 2026−10.9p−2.3p14.6p
12 Apr 2026−4.2p6.0p31.1p
13 Apr 202616.6p22.2p37.9p
14 Apr 202613.5p20.5p35.9p
15 Apr 20262.1p14.2p31.4p
16 Apr 20269.5p16.7p35.1p
17 Apr 20265.3p15.8p31.8p
18 Apr 20262.3p14.1p34.5p
19 Apr 20267.9p16.6p32.6p
20 Apr 202613.5p19.6p34.7p
21 Apr 20261.0p14.4p31.7p
22 Apr 2026−1.4p13.9p32.0p
23 Apr 20267.5p17.9p32.5p
24 Apr 202612.7p19.5p36.3p
25 Apr 20269.2p18.2p33.2p
26 Apr 202612.7p19.2p35.1p
27 Apr 202614.3p20.3p38.9p
28 Apr 202612.9p19.6p36.8p
29 Apr 2026−5.2p12.4p32.1p
30 Apr 2026−7.1p10.6p36.2p
1 May 202613.9p19.2p36.4p
2 May 202615.8p20.2p36.2p
3 May 202613.9p19.4p35.1p
4 May 202615.8p20.9p39.8p
5 May 202616.4p21.2p35.6p
6 May 202616.5p21.2p37.4p
7 May 202615.0p21.4p36.6p
8 May 202614.7p20.3p34.7p
9 May 202612.5p18.6p33.3p
10 May 20269.9p17.0p32.3p
11 May 202613.7p19.4p34.0p
12 May 202610.1p17.5p32.9p
13 May 202613.9p19.4p35.2p
14 May 202614.7p20.2p33.7p
15 May 202612.4p19.0p34.1p
16 May 202616.2p21.3p36.8p
17 May 202615.9p21.4p36.6p
18 May 202617.5p23.5p36.5p
19 May 202610.6p18.2p34.3p
20 May 202611.0p19.3p35.6p
21 May 202616.0p22.0p37.1p
22 May 202611.7p19.6p34.7p
23 May 202610.1p18.9p33.9p
24 May 202615.6p20.8p36.8p
25 May 202615.8p20.5p36.0p
26 May 202616.2p21.7p39.4p
27 May 202615.5p20.3p33.6p
28 May 202612.0p19.2p35.1p
29 May 202610.8p19.9p33.2p
30 May 202615.2p20.5p34.3p
31 May 202614.6p19.9p34.8p
1 Jun 202615.8p21.8p37.9p
2 Jun 202615.5p21.7p37.2p
3 Jun 20269.8p19.1p33.1p
4 Jun 2026−1.4p11.2p29.6p
5 Jun 20268.3p20.2p36.8p
6 Jun 20265.2p16.5p34.5p
7 Jun 2026−4.7p8.0p29.4p
8 Jun 202614.5p21.1p36.4p
9 Jun 202611.9p19.9p34.1p
10 Jun 202616.2p21.9p37.2p
11 Jun 202614.5p20.7p35.3p
12 Jun 20263.9p14.8p26.3p
13 Jun 2026−8.5p4.5p18.8p
14 Jun 20261.2p14.4p34.8p
15 Jun 202614.2p20.1p37.4p
16 Jun 202614.5p21.3p38.1p
17 Jun 202611.6p19.8p33.8p
18 Jun 202611.4p20.9p40.0p
19 Jun 20268.9p18.3p35.7p
20 Jun 202612.4p19.2p35.2p
21 Jun 202615.4p19.9p34.3p
22 Jun 202614.1p22.1p47.5p
23 Jun 202615.0p26.1p58.4p
24 Jun 202613.9p31.2p76.5p
25 Jun 202613.5p21.5p44.8p
26 Jun 202612.9p23.1p53.9p
27 Jun 2026−1.4p14.3p32.6p
28 Jun 2026−5.3p12.3p31.3p
29 Jun 202613.6p20.5p43.3p
30 Jun 202614.3p22.6p48.1p
1 Jul 202612.2p20.5p32.2p
2 Jul 2026−4.4p7.8p27.2p
3 Jul 202610.8p18.1p31.4p
4 Jul 2026−5.2p9.1p28.9p
5 Jul 20268.6p16.5p33.2p
6 Jul 20260.9p16.5p31.1p
7 Jul 202613.3p19.4p32.2p
8 Jul 202614.7p21.4p36.8p
9 Jul 202614.8p24.0p41.6p
10 Jul 202617.1p22.7p37.5p
11 Jul 202614.4p21.3p36.8p
12 Jul 2026−2.4p12.8p31.8p
13 Jul 202612.5p21.0p35.8p
14 Jul 202615.3p22.2p38.2p
15 Jul 202615.4p23.8p40.0p
16 Jul 202616.7p26.4p49.8p
17 Jul 202617.4p23.9p37.7p
18 Jul 20263.0p18.2p33.8p
19 Jul 20267.9p17.2p35.3p
20 Jul 202619.7p25.4p41.9p
21 Jul 202618.5p23.9p38.1p
22 Jul 202619.8p24.7p39.9p
23 Jul 202621.3p27.0p42.7p
24 Jul 202610.6p23.3p41.0p
25 Jul 2026−6.6p13.8p38.2p
26 Jul 2026−5.2p14.0p35.0p
27 Jul 202613.3p23.3p39.3p
28 Jul 202612.2p23.5p43.1p
29 Jul 202618.1p25.0p46.4p
30 Jul 202613.1p24.0p41.7p
31 Jul 202618.2p25.3p39.8p
1 Aug 20265.2p21.3p39.0p
2 Aug 202618.9p25.1p41.1p
3 Aug 202618.1p25.2p44.4p
4 Aug 202619.1p24.6p39.4p
5 Aug 2026−4.0p15.3p34.9p
6 Aug 202610.6p20.6p37.2p
7 Aug 202612.2p21.4p37.7p
8 Aug 2026−4.2p16.0p38.1p
9 Aug 20260.8p17.3p37.7p
10 Aug 202618.0p24.2p43.0p
11 Aug 202615.8p24.7p43.6p
12 Aug 202616.5p26.6p57.7p
13 Aug 202620.7p30.1p68.6p
14 Aug 202620.5p28.1p51.3p
15 Aug 202612.9p24.7p42.2p
16 Aug 202620.2p27.4p43.6p
17 Aug 202626.5p32.3p49.0p
18 Aug 202620.5p27.3p45.6p
19 Aug 202622.1p28.7p46.2p
20 Aug 202621.6p26.9p41.6p
21 Aug 202622.3p28.2p43.2p
22 Aug 202613.5p23.8p41.0p
23 Aug 202619.3p26.6p44.5p
24 Aug 202622.4p28.4p46.2p
25 Aug 202618.2p27.4p47.8p
26 Aug 202621.7p28.0p47.3p
27 Aug 202621.1p27.9p45.3p
28 Aug 202618.3p27.4p41.9p
29 Aug 202614.2p26.7p45.1p
30 Aug 202621.5p27.0p42.8p
31 Aug 2026−1.6p20.4p42.8p
1 Sep 20269.6p25.8p47.3p
2 Sep 202624.0p30.0p48.9p
3 Sep 20267.7p24.8p46.5p
4 Sep 2026−2.7p16.1p35.0p
5 Sep 2026−4.4p12.6p43.3p
6 Sep 2026−4.5p17.8p46.5p
7 Sep 202613.9p28.7p48.6p
8 Sep 20266.7p23.7p46.0p
9 Sep 202621.4p32.2p54.5p
10 Sep 202621.0p32.0p47.5p
11 Sep 202626.6p34.4p61.0p
12 Sep 2026−2.7p22.0p47.3p
13 Sep 202629.1p35.5p54.5p
14 Sep 202628.7p37.3p56.6p
15 Sep 202622.0p32.4p53.9p
16 Sep 202626.3p33.2p53.2p
17 Sep 2026−2.1p20.2p45.6p
18 Sep 2026−0.7p18.5p40.1p
19 Sep 2026−4.3p3.9p33.7p
20 Sep 2026−5.0p9.8p50.2p
21 Sep 202626.9p34.5p56.0p
22 Sep 202626.3p38.5p86.7p
23 Sep 202621.2p30.1p51.7p
24 Sep 202617.3p29.2p48.6p
25 Sep 202623.8p32.1p55.1p
26 Sep 20261.3p25.0p48.3p
27 Sep 2026−2.6p19.2p45.5p
28 Sep 202624.0p35.0p67.1p
29 Sep 202611.3p27.8p50.5p
30 Sep 20268.2p23.1p47.3p
VAT cut to 0%. VAT on home electricity is 0% from this date until 31 Mar 2027. It was 5%, not the usual 20%, so this saves only about 1.3p on a typical price, which normal day-to-day changes can hide.
1 Oct 202622.8p30.1p50.1p
2 Oct 202621.4p29.7p45.8p
3 Oct 202621.9p30.0p47.9p
4 Oct 20265.9p26.0p48.6p
5 Oct 202610.3p25.5p49.5p
6 Oct 202623.3p32.7p66.8p
7 Oct 202616.4p29.8p48.2p
8 Oct 202610.8p24.4p49.3p
9 Oct 20261.7p10.2p27.9p
10 Oct 2026−3.6p7.9p43.5p
11 Oct 202615.4p29.1p51.5p
12 Oct 202613.6p30.0p48.7p
13 Oct 202611.5p22.8p45.2p
14 Oct 202612.9p27.8p46.7p
15 Oct 202619.1p29.9p56.0p
16 Oct 202624.7p34.2p53.9p
17 Oct 202621.7p30.0p50.1p
18 Oct 202621.1p30.6p52.3p
19 Oct 202627.2p35.5p55.0p
20 Oct 202624.4p33.0p50.6p
21 Oct 202615.9p31.1p49.8p
22 Oct 202614.7p28.2p55.8p
23 Oct 20265.2p29.0p47.8p
24 Oct 2026−0.5p6.3p28.0p
25 Oct 2026−7.3p3.0p31.2p
26 Oct 20264.9p25.8p52.2p