Independent Agile Octopus energy price tracker v1

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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

29 Jul to 26 Oct 2026 · daily price range and average

London

3 Aug 10 Aug 17 Aug 24 Aug 31 Aug 7 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Sep 5 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct

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.

90‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

3%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

25.7p vs 26.4p

8%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

25.7p vs 27.9p

2%

cheaper than Octopus Go

25.7p vs 26.2p

9%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

25.7p vs 23.7p

Stats for 29 Jul to 26 Oct 2026

−7.3p

Cheapest in the last 90 days was on 25 Oct

107 hours

Negative prices avg 7h per neg. day

17% of days

15 of 90 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 19 Sep

25.7p

Average price over last 90 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
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
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