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 2021 · daily price range and average

Northern Scotland

Jan 2021 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period

2021 average, Agile vs other tariffs

30%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

24.6p vs 18.9p

54%

dearer than Octopus Go

24.6p vs 16.0p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2021

−2.5p

Cheapest in 2021 was on 20 Oct

1 hour

Negative prices avg 0.5h per neg. day

1% of days

2 of 365 days had negative prices

0.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 21 May

24.6p

Average price in 2021

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 20219.6p16.6p35.0p
2 Jan 202111.1p17.3p35.0p
3 Jan 202110.6p16.3p35.0p
4 Jan 20218.8p16.2p35.0p
5 Jan 202111.1p17.4p35.0p
6 Jan 202111.1p20.9p35.0p
7 Jan 202111.8p19.5p35.0p
8 Jan 202112.6p21.4p35.0p
9 Jan 202112.6p17.7p35.0p
10 Jan 202113.9p18.2p35.0p
11 Jan 202110.6p17.2p35.0p
12 Jan 202112.1p21.0p35.0p
13 Jan 202115.0p25.3p35.0p
14 Jan 202113.4p21.8p35.0p
15 Jan 202113.1p23.8p35.0p
16 Jan 20218.8p16.0p35.0p
17 Jan 20218.5p16.0p35.0p
18 Jan 202110.7p17.3p35.0p
19 Jan 202110.9p16.5p34.8p
20 Jan 202110.8p17.1p35.0p
21 Jan 20215.5p16.0p35.0p
22 Jan 202111.1p17.4p35.0p
23 Jan 202112.3p17.6p35.0p
24 Jan 202112.7p18.7p35.0p
25 Jan 202112.1p17.3p35.0p
26 Jan 202111.6p18.5p35.0p
27 Jan 202111.1p18.1p35.0p
28 Jan 20219.1p16.2p35.0p
29 Jan 20217.3p15.9p35.0p
30 Jan 20218.0p16.5p35.0p
31 Jan 202110.1p16.3p35.0p
1 Feb 202112.1p19.8p35.0p
2 Feb 20218.8p15.9p34.8p
3 Feb 20218.8p15.7p33.5p
4 Feb 202111.8p16.0p34.1p
5 Feb 202111.3p16.3p35.0p
6 Feb 20219.1p16.3p34.7p
7 Feb 20211.0p13.4p35.0p
8 Feb 20214.8p15.0p35.0p
9 Feb 202112.1p17.5p35.0p
10 Feb 202111.9p19.5p35.0p
11 Feb 202111.9p19.9p35.0p
12 Feb 20219.3p15.9p32.7p
13 Feb 20218.1p14.5p33.0p
14 Feb 20217.3p13.9p33.8p
15 Feb 20217.0p14.9p35.0p
16 Feb 20217.2p14.2p33.8p
17 Feb 20215.5p13.4p32.3p
18 Feb 20215.6p13.4p31.5p
19 Feb 20215.8p13.6p31.5p
20 Feb 20213.0p13.0p31.6p
21 Feb 20212.5p12.2p34.8p
22 Feb 20219.8p15.2p35.0p
23 Feb 20213.6p12.4p30.0p
24 Feb 20211.5p11.7p32.3p
25 Feb 20216.6p13.9p35.0p
26 Feb 202110.6p14.8p34.5p
27 Feb 20219.8p15.7p35.0p
28 Feb 202110.3p14.6p35.0p
1 Mar 20219.5p15.8p35.0p
2 Mar 202110.4p17.7p35.0p
3 Mar 202110.6p20.6p35.0p
4 Mar 202111.3p16.2p34.5p
5 Mar 202111.2p16.6p35.0p
6 Mar 202111.5p17.3p35.0p
7 Mar 202110.6p17.4p35.0p
8 Mar 202110.1p17.4p35.0p
9 Mar 202110.6p15.5p33.3p
10 Mar 20216.8p14.9p29.0p
11 Mar 20212.5p13.0p31.9p
12 Mar 20213.5p14.3p34.3p
13 Mar 20215.0p14.3p34.3p
14 Mar 20211.2p13.4p33.8p
15 Mar 202110.9p17.2p35.0p
16 Mar 202110.9p15.7p32.3p
17 Mar 202111.3p15.7p34.0p
18 Mar 202111.8p16.1p31.8p
19 Mar 202112.6p18.1p35.0p
20 Mar 202111.6p15.6p34.1p
21 Mar 202110.7p16.0p35.0p
22 Mar 202110.3p16.0p35.0p
23 Mar 202110.6p14.8p31.5p
24 Mar 202110.6p15.1p32.3p
25 Mar 20219.4p15.6p31.7p
26 Mar 20215.5p14.7p34.7p
27 Mar 20214.0p12.5p32.3p
28 Mar 20210.4p7.7p28.2p
29 Mar 20212.2p11.9p30.5p
30 Mar 20218.6p14.9p31.0p
31 Mar 202110.1p15.4p29.2p
1 Apr 202110.8p15.6p30.5p
2 Apr 202111.3p15.9p29.7p
3 Apr 202111.8p16.1p31.5p
4 Apr 20210.5p13.9p29.2p
5 Apr 20211.3p11.3p31.3p
6 Apr 20219.3p15.8p30.2p
7 Apr 202113.1p18.2p35.0p
8 Apr 202112.6p17.0p31.5p
9 Apr 202112.1p18.8p34.6p
10 Apr 202113.1p17.6p32.3p
11 Apr 202112.1p17.4p33.3p
12 Apr 202112.9p19.9p35.0p
13 Apr 202114.2p24.8p35.0p
14 Apr 202113.5p22.4p35.0p
15 Apr 202113.4p18.9p35.0p
16 Apr 202114.1p19.2p35.0p
17 Apr 202113.4p18.4p34.7p
18 Apr 202114.6p19.1p34.9p
19 Apr 202113.1p19.2p35.0p
20 Apr 202114.1p18.8p34.8p
21 Apr 202113.9p17.9p31.7p
22 Apr 202113.1p18.2p34.3p
23 Apr 202113.4p18.6p34.3p
24 Apr 202112.6p17.2p32.7p
25 Apr 202111.8p16.8p31.5p
26 Apr 202113.8p18.8p34.3p
27 Apr 202112.6p17.9p32.0p
28 Apr 202112.1p18.2p32.9p
29 Apr 202112.2p19.2p35.0p
30 Apr 202114.9p21.5p35.0p
1 May 202113.6p19.7p35.0p
2 May 202114.6p19.9p35.0p
3 May 20218.8p18.5p35.0p
4 May 20210.1p15.2p35.0p
5 May 202116.1p20.8p35.0p
6 May 202115.1p20.8p35.0p
7 May 202115.6p21.6p35.0p
8 May 202110.1p18.4p34.8p
9 May 20214.3p17.5p33.5p
10 May 202112.1p19.9p32.9p
11 May 202113.5p19.7p35.0p
12 May 202114.6p21.7p35.0p
13 May 202116.2p23.2p35.0p
14 May 202116.6p22.7p35.0p
15 May 202116.9p21.3p35.0p
16 May 202115.8p21.4p35.0p
17 May 202115.9p21.9p35.0p
18 May 202116.7p22.2p35.0p
19 May 202115.9p21.9p35.0p
20 May 20213.9p18.3p33.1p
21 May 2021−1.3p15.6p32.7p
22 May 20217.6p19.0p35.0p
23 May 202112.6p19.3p33.3p
24 May 202110.1p19.6p35.0p
25 May 20219.8p19.8p35.0p
26 May 202115.1p21.0p35.0p
27 May 202117.0p21.8p35.0p
28 May 202116.2p22.6p35.0p
29 May 202113.9p19.9p35.0p
30 May 202113.8p19.2p32.3p
31 May 202112.3p19.0p33.3p
1 Jun 202112.9p19.3p34.9p
2 Jun 202113.9p19.9p35.0p
3 Jun 202114.9p19.8p34.8p
4 Jun 202114.9p20.0p34.9p
5 Jun 202113.1p18.9p32.8p
6 Jun 202114.6p20.2p35.0p
7 Jun 202114.9p19.4p33.2p
8 Jun 202113.7p19.4p34.0p
9 Jun 202113.2p19.6p35.0p
10 Jun 202113.6p19.5p33.3p
11 Jun 202113.4p19.4p34.2p
12 Jun 202114.7p20.9p34.8p
13 Jun 202113.6p20.2p33.0p
14 Jun 202111.6p20.0p35.0p
15 Jun 202115.6p21.4p34.5p
16 Jun 202113.9p21.0p35.0p
17 Jun 202116.6p21.9p35.0p
18 Jun 202115.5p21.3p35.0p
19 Jun 202115.6p21.2p35.0p
20 Jun 202117.9p22.2p35.0p
21 Jun 202115.1p21.2p35.0p
22 Jun 202116.4p21.5p35.0p
23 Jun 202117.1p22.3p35.0p
24 Jun 202116.9p22.7p35.0p
25 Jun 202116.2p21.8p35.0p
26 Jun 202116.5p23.0p35.0p
27 Jun 202116.9p22.0p35.0p
28 Jun 202116.4p23.3p35.0p
29 Jun 202116.9p23.1p35.0p
30 Jun 202117.5p23.1p35.0p
1 Jul 202118.9p24.0p35.0p
2 Jul 202119.5p25.1p35.0p
3 Jul 202119.2p24.3p35.0p
4 Jul 202119.8p24.6p35.0p
5 Jul 202115.9p23.2p35.0p
6 Jul 202119.2p24.8p35.0p
7 Jul 202119.2p24.3p35.0p
8 Jul 202119.2p24.4p35.0p
9 Jul 202117.9p24.5p35.0p
10 Jul 202120.2p25.5p35.0p
11 Jul 202117.6p23.7p35.0p
12 Jul 202118.1p25.8p35.0p
13 Jul 202117.3p24.1p35.0p
14 Jul 202117.5p22.6p35.0p
15 Jul 202118.3p23.0p35.0p
16 Jul 202116.9p23.1p35.0p
17 Jul 202116.5p22.9p35.0p
18 Jul 202115.6p23.4p35.0p
19 Jul 202118.9p24.1p35.0p
20 Jul 202120.2p25.4p35.0p
21 Jul 202119.5p27.0p35.0p
22 Jul 202119.3p25.8p35.0p
23 Jul 202119.7p25.5p35.0p
24 Jul 202118.9p25.7p35.0p
25 Jul 202120.8p25.8p35.0p
26 Jul 202119.2p28.3p35.0p
27 Jul 202119.9p27.2p35.0p
28 Jul 202120.3p25.8p35.0p
29 Jul 20218.9p23.4p35.0p
30 Jul 202119.9p26.3p35.0p
31 Jul 202119.9p25.6p35.0p
1 Aug 202120.0p26.3p35.0p
2 Aug 202121.1p28.9p35.0p
3 Aug 202120.9p27.3p35.0p
4 Aug 202121.4p26.7p35.0p
5 Aug 202121.1p26.5p35.0p
6 Aug 202118.4p25.4p35.0p
7 Aug 202110.2p23.8p35.0p
8 Aug 20211.8p22.5p35.0p
9 Aug 202121.0p27.1p35.0p
10 Aug 202119.6p26.8p35.0p
11 Aug 202121.0p27.1p35.0p
12 Aug 202120.7p26.6p35.0p
13 Aug 202119.4p26.9p35.0p
14 Aug 202118.9p27.5p35.0p
15 Aug 202120.9p27.1p35.0p
16 Aug 20216.3p25.0p35.0p
17 Aug 202120.4p28.3p35.0p
18 Aug 202122.8p28.9p35.0p
19 Aug 202122.2p30.4p35.0p
20 Aug 202123.1p28.4p35.0p
21 Aug 202121.6p26.9p35.0p
22 Aug 202118.1p26.8p35.0p
23 Aug 202120.7p27.4p35.0p
24 Aug 202121.0p28.5p35.0p
25 Aug 202121.3p28.4p35.0p
26 Aug 202120.2p27.4p35.0p
27 Aug 202123.2p28.9p35.0p
28 Aug 202120.4p27.9p35.0p
29 Aug 202121.7p28.1p35.0p
30 Aug 202119.5p28.0p35.0p
31 Aug 202120.9p30.5p35.0p
1 Sep 202123.7p30.4p35.0p
2 Sep 202124.7p32.2p35.0p
3 Sep 202125.2p32.4p35.0p
4 Sep 202126.8p31.5p35.0p
5 Sep 202125.2p30.9p35.0p
6 Sep 202124.8p32.9p35.0p
7 Sep 202124.2p32.4p35.0p
8 Sep 202126.6p32.3p35.0p
9 Sep 202125.0p32.4p35.0p
10 Sep 202127.5p33.1p35.0p
11 Sep 202120.7p31.6p35.0p
12 Sep 202124.2p32.9p35.0p
13 Sep 202120.2p32.7p35.0p
14 Sep 202123.9p32.8p35.0p
15 Sep 202125.5p33.7p35.0p
16 Sep 202125.2p34.0p35.0p
17 Sep 202127.2p33.1p35.0p
18 Sep 202129.4p33.1p35.0p
19 Sep 202128.7p32.4p35.0p
20 Sep 202125.5p33.0p35.0p
21 Sep 202130.8p34.3p35.0p
22 Sep 202132.8p34.8p35.0p
23 Sep 202112.1p31.7p35.0p
24 Sep 202130.2p34.3p35.0p
25 Sep 202132.3p34.2p35.0p
26 Sep 202128.8p33.1p35.0p
27 Sep 202124.3p31.6p35.0p
28 Sep 202127.2p34.0p35.0p
29 Sep 202127.2p33.8p35.0p
30 Sep 202121.4p34.1p35.0p
1 Oct 202116.1p32.7p35.0p
2 Oct 202131.2p34.8p35.0p
3 Oct 202118.9p31.5p35.0p
4 Oct 202127.4p34.7p35.0p
5 Oct 202129.7p34.7p35.0p
6 Oct 202127.6p34.2p35.0p
7 Oct 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
8 Oct 202132.3p34.9p35.0p
9 Oct 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Oct 202131.0p34.7p35.0p
11 Oct 202131.2p34.9p35.0p
12 Oct 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
13 Oct 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
14 Oct 202133.3p34.9p35.0p
15 Oct 202134.4p35.0p35.0p
16 Oct 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
17 Oct 202130.2p34.6p35.0p
18 Oct 202129.2p34.8p35.0p
19 Oct 202111.2p34.3p35.0p
20 Oct 2021−2.5p28.2p35.0p
21 Oct 20216.3p30.6p35.0p
22 Oct 202115.4p32.3p35.0p
23 Oct 202129.2p34.4p35.0p
24 Oct 202113.1p30.5p35.0p
25 Oct 202124.2p33.9p35.0p
26 Oct 202116.2p34.5p35.0p
27 Oct 20218.1p30.3p35.0p
28 Oct 202134.0p34.9p35.0p
29 Oct 202129.7p34.5p35.0p
30 Oct 20210.0p26.5p35.0p
31 Oct 20211.5p21.4p35.0p
1 Nov 20210.0p23.3p35.0p
2 Nov 202129.5p33.9p35.0p
3 Nov 202124.2p33.9p35.0p
4 Nov 202128.7p34.3p35.0p
5 Nov 202133.3p34.9p35.0p
6 Nov 20215.0p32.9p35.0p
7 Nov 20214.6p27.9p35.0p
8 Nov 202129.0p34.4p35.0p
9 Nov 202134.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Nov 202130.2p34.6p35.0p
11 Nov 202128.8p34.0p35.0p
12 Nov 202126.9p33.9p35.0p
13 Nov 202127.7p34.2p35.0p
14 Nov 202126.2p34.3p35.0p
15 Nov 202131.1p34.4p35.0p
16 Nov 202131.0p34.8p35.0p
17 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
18 Nov 202134.3p35.0p35.0p
19 Nov 202134.8p35.0p35.0p
20 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
21 Nov 202128.7p34.5p35.0p
22 Nov 202132.8p34.9p35.0p
23 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
24 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
25 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
26 Nov 202132.8p34.9p35.0p
27 Nov 202134.5p35.0p35.0p
28 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
29 Nov 202128.2p34.9p35.0p
30 Nov 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
1 Dec 202127.0p34.8p35.0p
2 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
3 Dec 202127.7p34.6p35.0p
4 Dec 202131.1p34.9p35.0p
5 Dec 202127.0p34.7p35.0p
6 Dec 202124.3p34.8p35.0p
7 Dec 202123.3p34.8p35.0p
8 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Dec 202133.5p35.0p35.0p
11 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
12 Dec 202132.8p34.9p35.0p
13 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
14 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
16 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
17 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
18 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
19 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
20 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
21 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
22 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
23 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
24 Dec 202135.0p35.0p35.0p
25 Dec 202119.2p32.1p35.0p
26 Dec 202125.7p32.6p35.0p
27 Dec 202126.7p34.7p35.0p
28 Dec 202128.7p34.6p35.0p
29 Dec 202115.3p33.8p35.0p
30 Dec 20210.0p27.1p35.0p
31 Dec 20211.1p26.8p35.0p