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 2022 · daily price range and average

Merseyside and Northern Wales

Jan 2022 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period

New Agile version · 22 Jul 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 35p to 55p per kWh.

New Agile version · 29 Aug 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 55p to 78p per kWh.

Price guarantee · 1 Oct 2022From this date until 30 Jun 2023 the government’s Energy Price Guarantee discounted Agile: a half-hour priced between 34p and 52p was charged at 34p (35.8p with VAT), and one above 52p had 17p taken off.

New Agile version · 25 Nov 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with a £1 cap and a new pricing formula.

2022 average, Agile vs other tariffs

27%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

37.5p vs 29.4p

11%

dearer than Octopus Go

37.5p vs 33.8p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2022

−11.1p

Cheapest in 2022 was on 3 Jan

35 hours

Negative prices avg 2.5h per neg. day

4% of days

13 of 365 days had negative prices

6.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 2 Jan

37.5p

Average price in 2022

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 2022−5.0p15.7p35.0p
2 Jan 2022−7.4p9.8p35.0p
3 Jan 2022−11.1p16.4p35.0p
4 Jan 202221.3p31.9p35.0p
5 Jan 202216.6p32.7p35.0p
6 Jan 202224.3p34.5p35.0p
7 Jan 202229.6p34.7p35.0p
8 Jan 202223.6p34.0p35.0p
9 Jan 202221.4p33.1p35.0p
10 Jan 202229.1p34.9p35.0p
11 Jan 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
12 Jan 202232.5p34.9p35.0p
13 Jan 202230.0p34.6p35.0p
14 Jan 202232.3p34.7p35.0p
15 Jan 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
16 Jan 202226.3p34.8p35.0p
17 Jan 202234.2p34.8p35.0p
18 Jan 202233.6p34.9p35.0p
19 Jan 202230.0p34.5p35.0p
20 Jan 202233.7p34.9p35.0p
21 Jan 202232.7p34.7p35.0p
22 Jan 202231.2p34.6p35.0p
23 Jan 202228.2p34.6p35.0p
24 Jan 202234.5p35.0p35.0p
25 Jan 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
26 Jan 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
27 Jan 202233.6p35.0p35.0p
28 Jan 202221.0p34.5p35.0p
29 Jan 20223.7p28.7p35.0p
30 Jan 202223.1p34.4p35.0p
31 Jan 202219.2p32.8p35.0p
1 Feb 202226.7p34.5p35.0p
2 Feb 202228.9p34.1p35.0p
3 Feb 202225.4p34.2p35.0p
4 Feb 202230.0p34.0p35.0p
5 Feb 202219.9p33.7p35.0p
6 Feb 2022−0.1p27.2p35.0p
7 Feb 202223.1p34.4p35.0p
8 Feb 202219.4p32.2p35.0p
9 Feb 202219.2p32.1p35.0p
10 Feb 202229.8p34.1p35.0p
11 Feb 202230.5p34.1p35.0p
12 Feb 202226.6p33.7p35.0p
13 Feb 202228.5p34.7p35.0p
14 Feb 202226.6p33.8p35.0p
15 Feb 202225.4p33.6p35.0p
16 Feb 202210.6p30.2p35.0p
17 Feb 20220.1p26.4p35.0p
18 Feb 202218.0p33.2p35.0p
19 Feb 202222.9p31.8p35.0p
20 Feb 20228.1p26.1p35.0p
21 Feb 20226.9p29.8p35.0p
22 Feb 202224.3p33.2p35.0p
23 Feb 202224.1p33.0p35.0p
24 Feb 202225.1p33.2p35.0p
25 Feb 202226.3p34.6p35.0p
26 Feb 202227.3p34.2p35.0p
27 Feb 202222.2p33.5p35.0p
28 Feb 202227.4p34.5p35.0p
1 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
2 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
3 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
4 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
5 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
6 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
7 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
8 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
11 Mar 202221.5p34.4p35.0p
12 Mar 202227.7p34.8p35.0p
13 Mar 202213.5p30.9p35.0p
14 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
16 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
17 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
18 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
19 Mar 202223.9p33.8p35.0p
20 Mar 202223.6p34.0p35.0p
21 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
22 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
23 Mar 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
24 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
25 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
26 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
27 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
28 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
29 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
30 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
31 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
1 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
2 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
3 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
4 Apr 202226.1p34.0p35.0p
5 Apr 202230.3p34.9p35.0p
6 Apr 202230.0p34.5p35.0p
7 Apr 202227.7p34.4p35.0p
8 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
11 Apr 202230.3p34.9p35.0p
12 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
13 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
14 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Apr 202230.1p34.2p35.0p
16 Apr 202210.9p30.4p35.0p
17 Apr 20220.0p22.8p35.0p
18 Apr 202213.8p27.8p35.0p
19 Apr 202225.4p33.9p35.0p
20 Apr 202230.0p33.8p35.0p
21 Apr 202228.9p33.3p35.0p
22 Apr 202225.6p33.0p35.0p
23 Apr 202224.9p31.4p35.0p
24 Apr 202218.6p30.7p35.0p
25 Apr 202226.5p34.5p35.0p
26 Apr 202221.7p33.7p35.0p
27 Apr 202226.6p33.3p35.0p
28 Apr 202230.0p34.6p35.0p
29 Apr 202230.2p34.6p35.0p
30 Apr 202217.3p30.7p35.0p
1 May 202214.1p27.2p35.0p
2 May 202221.5p30.8p35.0p
3 May 202224.6p32.6p35.0p
4 May 202221.7p32.0p35.0p
5 May 202226.2p32.6p35.0p
6 May 202220.5p29.1p35.0p
7 May 202216.2p29.0p35.0p
8 May 202220.4p29.9p35.0p
9 May 202214.2p23.7p35.0p
10 May 202212.1p20.9p35.0p
11 May 20228.1p16.4p32.2p
12 May 202211.6p19.5p35.0p
13 May 20226.9p21.3p35.0p
14 May 202213.4p23.9p35.0p
15 May 202213.7p24.6p35.0p
16 May 202217.6p25.9p35.0p
17 May 202220.8p28.6p35.0p
18 May 202213.9p27.8p35.0p
19 May 202216.2p26.1p35.0p
20 May 202218.7p27.6p35.0p
21 May 202217.3p26.7p35.0p
22 May 202218.2p28.4p35.0p
23 May 202223.6p32.3p35.0p
24 May 202224.8p31.2p35.0p
25 May 202221.0p28.4p35.0p
26 May 202220.6p27.7p35.0p
27 May 202217.7p24.9p35.0p
28 May 202222.2p29.3p35.0p
29 May 202223.5p31.8p35.0p
30 May 202230.8p34.2p35.0p
31 May 202229.6p33.7p35.0p
1 Jun 202229.5p33.5p35.0p
2 Jun 202224.3p30.1p35.0p
3 Jun 202220.8p28.3p35.0p
4 Jun 202223.1p29.5p35.0p
5 Jun 202224.3p29.5p35.0p
6 Jun 202226.1p32.3p35.0p
7 Jun 202227.6p33.2p35.0p
8 Jun 202221.7p29.6p35.0p
9 Jun 202216.9p27.1p35.0p
10 Jun 20222.9p16.7p35.0p
11 Jun 2022−4.9p14.5p32.9p
12 Jun 202213.7p25.9p35.0p
13 Jun 202227.5p32.4p35.0p
14 Jun 202229.3p33.6p35.0p
15 Jun 202231.3p34.3p35.0p
16 Jun 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
17 Jun 202232.3p34.9p35.0p
18 Jun 202223.1p32.9p35.0p
19 Jun 202218.0p30.6p35.0p
20 Jun 202234.9p35.0p35.0p
21 Jun 202234.4p34.9p35.0p
22 Jun 202231.9p34.8p35.0p
23 Jun 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
24 Jun 202232.1p34.7p35.0p
25 Jun 202225.9p31.8p35.0p
26 Jun 202222.8p30.1p35.0p
27 Jun 202227.3p34.0p35.0p
28 Jun 202226.2p32.5p35.0p
29 Jun 202232.3p34.8p35.0p
30 Jun 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
1 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
2 Jul 202228.9p33.3p35.0p
3 Jul 202225.0p34.0p35.0p
4 Jul 202227.8p34.0p35.0p
5 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
6 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
7 Jul 202233.2p34.8p35.0p
8 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Jul 202232.3p34.6p35.0p
11 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
12 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
13 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
14 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
16 Jul 202233.5p34.9p35.0p
17 Jul 202229.3p34.1p35.0p
18 Jul 202231.0p34.5p35.0p
19 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
20 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
21 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 35p to 55p per kWh.
22 Jul 202243.9p53.3p55.0p
23 Jul 202248.8p54.2p55.0p
24 Jul 202234.4p48.7p55.0p
25 Jul 202241.6p50.5p55.0p
26 Jul 202241.2p52.7p55.0p
27 Jul 202250.7p54.5p55.0p
28 Jul 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
29 Jul 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
30 Jul 202247.4p53.0p55.0p
31 Jul 202242.5p51.8p55.0p
1 Aug 202232.0p54.0p55.0p
2 Aug 202237.0p48.8p55.0p
3 Aug 202240.4p48.6p55.0p
4 Aug 202247.5p52.7p55.0p
5 Aug 202245.1p52.1p55.0p
6 Aug 202237.4p50.9p55.0p
7 Aug 202239.0p48.2p55.0p
8 Aug 202245.4p53.3p55.0p
9 Aug 202247.1p53.8p55.0p
10 Aug 202247.7p53.2p55.0p
11 Aug 202253.7p55.0p55.0p
12 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
13 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
14 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
15 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
16 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
17 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
18 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
19 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
20 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
21 Aug 202252.2p54.9p55.0p
22 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
23 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
24 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
25 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
26 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
27 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
28 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 55p to 78p per kWh.
29 Aug 202278.0p78.0p78.0p
30 Aug 202278.0p78.0p78.0p
31 Aug 202261.7p75.6p78.0p
1 Sep 202261.2p74.1p78.0p
2 Sep 202224.0p66.4p78.0p
3 Sep 202240.2p56.2p78.0p
4 Sep 202231.8p54.4p78.0p
5 Sep 202248.0p61.8p78.0p
6 Sep 202234.6p63.9p78.0p
7 Sep 202235.3p58.1p78.0p
8 Sep 202230.0p60.6p78.0p
9 Sep 202248.2p65.4p78.0p
10 Sep 202254.7p71.8p78.0p
11 Sep 202253.1p70.6p78.0p
12 Sep 202254.8p69.1p78.0p
13 Sep 202252.9p69.2p78.0p
14 Sep 202254.8p71.3p78.0p
15 Sep 202258.9p69.7p78.0p
16 Sep 202246.2p62.9p78.0p
17 Sep 202230.0p46.9p72.8p
18 Sep 202240.0p50.5p78.0p
19 Sep 202234.6p53.3p78.0p
20 Sep 202246.2p65.4p78.0p
21 Sep 202240.4p54.0p78.0p
22 Sep 202239.3p56.2p78.0p
23 Sep 202242.5p61.5p78.0p
24 Sep 202239.7p56.7p78.0p
25 Sep 202228.9p46.4p69.5p
26 Sep 202214.6p40.0p73.5p
27 Sep 202233.3p44.6p78.0p
28 Sep 202234.6p51.7p78.0p
29 Sep 202238.8p59.4p78.0p
30 Sep 202214.8p41.2p73.2p
Price guarantee. From this date until 30 Jun 2023 the government’s Energy Price Guarantee discounted Agile: a half-hour priced between 34p and 52p was charged at 34p (35.8p with VAT), and one above 52p had 17p taken off.
1 Oct 2022−9.2p21.3p44.2p
2 Oct 202230.1p39.2p60.1p
3 Oct 202228.9p39.9p60.1p
4 Oct 202223.1p35.6p55.7p
5 Oct 20222.3p28.7p36.9p
6 Oct 20222.3p21.3p36.0p
7 Oct 2022−3.1p26.3p47.5p
8 Oct 202228.1p35.4p55.9p
9 Oct 20226.9p27.6p53.9p
10 Oct 202222.0p32.0p53.3p
11 Oct 202232.8p38.7p60.1p
12 Oct 202224.5p36.8p60.1p
13 Oct 202228.6p39.2p60.1p
14 Oct 202228.6p36.9p60.1p
15 Oct 202222.4p29.5p36.0p
16 Oct 20229.9p25.1p41.2p
17 Oct 20226.9p25.2p42.4p
18 Oct 202212.7p27.2p43.8p
19 Oct 20228.1p16.7p36.0p
20 Oct 20229.3p22.6p37.4p
21 Oct 202220.6p27.2p36.0p
22 Oct 202215.7p24.4p36.1p
23 Oct 20228.5p17.9p36.0p
24 Oct 20229.9p17.7p36.0p
25 Oct 202212.7p18.6p36.0p
26 Oct 202211.6p16.8p36.0p
27 Oct 202212.7p19.3p36.0p
28 Oct 202213.4p20.1p36.0p
29 Oct 202216.4p21.8p36.0p
30 Oct 202212.7p22.8p36.0p
31 Oct 202217.1p27.1p42.0p
1 Nov 20229.7p19.9p36.0p
2 Nov 20226.9p18.6p36.0p
3 Nov 20226.3p24.0p38.3p
4 Nov 202224.5p34.2p53.6p
5 Nov 202220.9p27.2p36.0p
6 Nov 202215.2p24.0p36.0p
7 Nov 20222.0p20.0p36.0p
8 Nov 20228.5p22.8p36.0p
9 Nov 202216.2p25.1p42.4p
10 Nov 2022−3.2p19.8p36.0p
11 Nov 2022−5.5p18.1p36.0p
12 Nov 202218.0p25.7p36.0p
13 Nov 202220.8p25.9p36.0p
14 Nov 202221.8p32.4p60.1p
15 Nov 202219.2p26.6p39.7p
16 Nov 202222.1p31.0p43.2p
17 Nov 202217.9p29.7p44.7p
18 Nov 202216.2p26.7p44.3p
19 Nov 202219.2p29.1p46.6p
20 Nov 202219.0p26.5p49.9p
21 Nov 202218.7p31.8p49.8p
22 Nov 202220.8p36.0p60.1p
23 Nov 202222.9p28.5p41.3p
24 Nov 202218.5p27.9p36.0p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with a £1 cap and a new pricing formula.
25 Nov 202230.4p34.3p48.7p
26 Nov 202223.1p32.8p39.7p
27 Nov 202216.8p31.0p44.8p
28 Nov 202231.4p47.4p82.1p
29 Nov 202236.0p56.7p82.1p
30 Nov 202236.0p57.5p82.1p
1 Dec 202236.0p59.2p82.1p
2 Dec 202238.4p55.1p82.1p
3 Dec 202236.0p47.4p76.7p
4 Dec 202236.0p43.9p80.5p
5 Dec 202236.0p52.0p82.1p
6 Dec 202236.0p53.1p82.1p
7 Dec 202236.0p55.3p82.1p
8 Dec 202239.9p62.8p82.1p
9 Dec 202240.3p65.3p82.1p
10 Dec 202236.0p52.3p82.1p
11 Dec 202239.9p56.4p82.1p
12 Dec 202236.0p67.1p82.1p
13 Dec 202239.9p67.8p82.1p
14 Dec 202237.6p65.4p82.1p
15 Dec 202236.0p60.7p82.1p
16 Dec 202236.0p63.4p82.1p
17 Dec 202236.0p44.0p73.4p
18 Dec 202215.1p40.1p60.5p
19 Dec 20225.8p33.9p61.4p
20 Dec 202213.9p35.6p63.1p
21 Dec 202223.6p36.6p54.9p
22 Dec 202232.2p38.8p63.4p
23 Dec 202217.8p35.6p46.4p
24 Dec 20228.3p26.9p37.8p
25 Dec 202212.2p28.9p36.0p
26 Dec 2022−1.7p21.7p42.0p
27 Dec 20226.9p31.8p40.9p
28 Dec 2022−2.8p23.2p37.4p
29 Dec 2022−8.8p15.7p39.1p
30 Dec 2022−2.8p20.4p37.6p
31 Dec 20224.0p25.8p42.0p