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

27 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026 · daily price range and average

Northern Scotland

Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonth

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.

365‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

7%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

24.9p vs 26.7p

3%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

24.9p vs 25.7p

4%

cheaper than Octopus Go

24.9p vs 25.9p

2%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

24.9p vs 25.2p

Stats for 27 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026

−12.8p

Cheapest in the last 365 days was on 5 Apr

231 hours

Negative prices avg 6.5h per neg. day

10% of days

36 of 365 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 4 Apr

24.9p

Average price over last 365 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
27 Oct 2025−1.0p17.2p41.6p
28 Oct 20253.6p16.7p38.8p
29 Oct 202512.3p21.3p42.2p
30 Oct 20251.9p19.6p37.1p
31 Oct 20251.9p14.9p34.8p
1 Nov 20252.0p12.4p38.1p
2 Nov 20258.0p17.6p39.7p
3 Nov 20250.3p15.0p38.3p
4 Nov 20251.5p16.9p38.3p
5 Nov 202514.7p21.2p39.0p
6 Nov 202517.6p23.8p45.4p
7 Nov 202518.5p23.0p39.6p
8 Nov 202517.6p22.2p40.1p
9 Nov 202517.2p21.9p40.1p
10 Nov 202516.2p21.3p39.0p
11 Nov 202511.4p20.5p37.9p
12 Nov 20254.4p17.9p37.0p
13 Nov 20250.5p17.4p39.6p
14 Nov 20259.8p19.1p32.3p
15 Nov 20258.6p19.5p40.1p
16 Nov 202515.9p22.0p38.4p
17 Nov 202513.6p21.6p40.8p
18 Nov 202518.5p24.0p41.6p
19 Nov 202518.1p23.3p40.3p
20 Nov 202517.9p25.3p46.0p
21 Nov 202518.4p31.1p55.7p
22 Nov 202518.1p22.7p38.7p
23 Nov 202514.9p20.7p38.7p
24 Nov 202513.4p23.0p39.9p
25 Nov 202517.7p28.9p67.9p
26 Nov 202517.9p25.9p52.5p
27 Nov 20258.7p19.4p34.5p
28 Nov 20257.4p18.8p35.6p
29 Nov 202512.1p21.6p36.8p
30 Nov 202511.0p19.1p38.3p
1 Dec 202512.2p20.6p37.0p
2 Dec 202512.0p21.0p41.5p
3 Dec 202516.4p23.2p42.5p
4 Dec 202516.4p22.6p41.3p
5 Dec 202515.1p21.0p33.0p
6 Dec 202513.1p19.7p35.1p
7 Dec 20255.1p20.0p37.4p
8 Dec 20252.3p17.1p36.3p
9 Dec 20256.5p18.6p34.0p
10 Dec 20254.2p16.7p35.8p
11 Dec 202510.6p19.0p36.5p
12 Dec 202516.1p21.9p38.3p
13 Dec 202510.3p20.1p36.1p
14 Dec 20257.2p15.1p32.8p
15 Dec 202513.8p20.9p37.0p
16 Dec 202516.1p23.9p44.6p
17 Dec 202514.9p20.8p35.2p
18 Dec 20250.0p17.3p34.0p
19 Dec 2025−0.3p16.5p37.3p
20 Dec 202517.0p22.1p37.0p
21 Dec 202515.9p21.9p36.6p
22 Dec 202512.1p21.3p37.6p
23 Dec 202514.1p21.5p36.2p
24 Dec 202513.9p20.4p35.5p
25 Dec 202510.2p20.2p34.8p
26 Dec 202517.6p22.3p37.0p
27 Dec 202516.7p21.8p36.8p
28 Dec 202518.1p23.0p39.3p
29 Dec 202516.4p22.6p36.6p
30 Dec 202517.7p22.6p38.3p
31 Dec 202513.2p21.6p36.5p
1 Jan 20262.8p12.8p35.0p
2 Jan 20264.0p18.9p38.4p
3 Jan 202617.4p22.3p38.5p
4 Jan 202616.9p23.1p39.0p
5 Jan 202618.6p30.0p61.7p
6 Jan 202619.2p27.6p44.5p
7 Jan 202617.8p24.0p42.6p
8 Jan 202617.6p39.2p74.1p
9 Jan 202617.5p22.8p38.6p
10 Jan 202618.4p23.6p43.1p
11 Jan 202615.2p21.9p36.8p
12 Jan 202614.8p21.7p37.8p
13 Jan 202619.2p23.8p39.5p
14 Jan 202619.8p25.7p47.6p
15 Jan 202619.1p25.8p43.6p
16 Jan 202620.9p27.1p47.8p
17 Jan 202621.7p27.8p46.1p
18 Jan 202622.1p27.0p45.1p
19 Jan 202621.8p31.7p55.2p
20 Jan 202619.6p25.2p42.3p
21 Jan 202617.1p24.5p40.8p
22 Jan 202612.9p24.1p41.3p
23 Jan 202619.6p25.5p41.9p
24 Jan 202619.3p25.0p42.5p
25 Jan 202617.9p25.2p43.1p
26 Jan 202619.8p28.3p45.4p
27 Jan 202617.6p26.0p43.3p
28 Jan 202621.4p29.6p49.7p
29 Jan 202621.9p28.0p42.8p
30 Jan 202619.7p26.3p41.9p
31 Jan 202622.1p26.8p43.5p
1 Feb 202621.7p27.1p43.6p
2 Feb 202615.5p25.4p40.1p
3 Feb 202612.6p22.9p39.5p
4 Feb 202618.2p23.6p37.6p
5 Feb 202615.5p22.5p39.0p
6 Feb 202619.0p24.2p39.3p
7 Feb 202619.7p24.2p40.8p
8 Feb 202618.5p23.8p42.1p
9 Feb 202618.1p24.9p42.6p
10 Feb 202618.5p23.9p39.6p
11 Feb 202617.9p22.5p37.1p
12 Feb 202617.8p22.0p38.0p
13 Feb 202617.9p22.4p39.8p
14 Feb 202617.6p22.2p39.9p
15 Feb 202616.4p21.1p37.7p
16 Feb 202616.5p21.1p37.5p
17 Feb 202616.2p21.2p40.8p
18 Feb 202616.1p20.3p35.3p
19 Feb 202616.1p21.3p37.5p
20 Feb 202612.4p20.6p33.7p
21 Feb 202613.5p20.0p35.5p
22 Feb 20264.8p12.7p35.3p
23 Feb 20265.1p18.4p37.5p
24 Feb 202616.3p21.2p37.8p
25 Feb 202616.4p20.8p38.1p
26 Feb 202611.1p19.3p36.5p
27 Feb 20269.7p19.8p36.8p
28 Feb 202616.9p21.4p38.5p
1 Mar 20267.3p16.7p34.4p
2 Mar 20267.0p22.1p49.2p
3 Mar 202620.2p28.0p58.2p
4 Mar 202622.2p32.2p61.0p
5 Mar 202622.7p28.8p47.6p
6 Mar 202623.4p30.7p55.9p
7 Mar 202624.9p30.5p49.9p
8 Mar 202626.8p31.7p50.1p
9 Mar 202627.0p34.7p60.2p
10 Mar 20267.7p30.5p49.7p
11 Mar 20265.8p20.6p47.5p
12 Mar 20260.4p17.4p37.3p
13 Mar 20260.0p18.1p46.6p
14 Mar 202623.0p29.6p49.6p
15 Mar 20262.0p21.1p42.4p
16 Mar 20261.9p20.5p49.0p
17 Mar 202614.9p23.6p47.8p
18 Mar 202621.2p28.2p49.9p
19 Mar 202623.3p30.3p54.7p
20 Mar 202627.2p34.5p53.5p
21 Mar 202625.8p32.6p51.7p
22 Mar 202625.0p31.4p50.7p
23 Mar 202613.1p32.3p53.5p
24 Mar 20260.7p18.7p42.6p
25 Mar 2026−0.3p12.0p45.9p
26 Mar 202619.3p28.3p49.5p
27 Mar 202620.2p29.5p47.9p
28 Mar 20260.5p17.2p47.4p
29 Mar 2026−0.1p13.9p30.2p
30 Mar 20260.5p15.6p44.1p
31 Mar 202621.9p30.0p47.4p
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 202616.9p26.2p43.4p
2 Apr 202618.5p24.9p39.1p
3 Apr 20261.5p17.2p34.8p
4 Apr 2026−5.3p9.7p28.0p
5 Apr 2026−12.8p1.9p28.5p
6 Apr 202612.5p23.7p41.0p
7 Apr 2026−4.0p19.1p40.6p
8 Apr 202614.3p25.2p47.7p
9 Apr 20268.8p19.5p33.7p
10 Apr 20263.6p21.2p38.3p
11 Apr 2026−12.3p−2.3p15.7p
12 Apr 2026−4.4p7.6p35.6p
13 Apr 202620.6p27.0p43.7p
14 Apr 202616.9p25.0p41.2p
15 Apr 20263.2p17.4p35.8p
16 Apr 202612.1p20.5p40.3p
17 Apr 20267.1p19.3p36.3p
18 Apr 20263.5p17.3p39.6p
19 Apr 202610.2p20.3p37.3p
20 Apr 202616.9p23.9p39.8p
21 Apr 20261.9p17.6p36.2p
22 Apr 2026−1.0p17.0p36.6p
23 Apr 20269.7p21.9p37.2p
24 Apr 202615.9p23.8p41.7p
25 Apr 202611.7p22.2p38.1p
26 Apr 202615.9p23.4p40.3p
27 Apr 202617.9p24.8p44.9p
28 Apr 202616.1p23.9p42.3p
29 Apr 2026−5.5p15.2p36.7p
30 Apr 2026−7.8p13.2p41.6p
1 May 202617.4p23.5p41.9p
2 May 202619.6p24.6p41.6p
3 May 202617.4p23.7p40.3p
4 May 202619.7p25.5p45.9p
5 May 202620.4p25.8p40.8p
6 May 202620.6p25.8p43.1p
7 May 202618.6p26.1p42.1p
8 May 202618.3p24.8p39.8p
9 May 202615.6p22.7p38.2p
10 May 202612.6p20.8p37.0p
11 May 202617.2p23.7p39.0p
12 May 202612.9p21.4p37.6p
13 May 202617.3p23.6p40.4p
14 May 202618.3p24.7p38.6p
15 May 202615.5p23.1p39.1p
16 May 202620.1p26.0p42.4p
17 May 202619.7p26.1p42.1p
18 May 202621.7p28.5p42.0p
19 May 202613.4p22.2p39.3p
20 May 202613.9p23.5p40.8p
21 May 202619.9p26.8p42.7p
22 May 202614.8p24.0p39.8p
23 May 202612.8p23.0p38.8p
24 May 202619.4p25.4p42.3p
25 May 202619.6p25.0p41.3p
26 May 202620.2p26.4p45.4p
27 May 202619.3p24.7p38.6p
28 May 202615.1p23.5p40.3p
29 May 202613.6p24.2p38.1p
30 May 202619.0p25.0p39.3p
31 May 202618.2p24.3p39.9p
1 Jun 202619.7p26.5p43.6p
2 Jun 202619.2p26.4p42.8p
3 Jun 202612.5p23.3p37.9p
4 Jun 2026−1.0p13.8p33.7p
5 Jun 202610.6p24.6p42.4p
6 Jun 20266.9p20.1p39.6p
7 Jun 2026−5.0p10.0p33.5p
8 Jun 202618.1p25.7p41.9p
9 Jun 202615.0p24.2p39.1p
10 Jun 202620.2p26.7p42.9p
11 Jun 202618.0p25.3p40.6p
12 Jun 20265.3p18.2p29.8p
13 Jun 2026−9.5p5.8p23.2p
14 Jun 20262.1p17.6p40.0p
15 Jun 202617.8p24.4p43.0p
16 Jun 202618.1p26.0p43.8p
17 Jun 202614.6p24.2p38.7p
18 Jun 202614.3p25.5p46.2p
19 Jun 202611.4p22.4p41.1p
20 Jun 202615.6p23.4p40.5p
21 Jun 202619.2p24.3p39.4p
22 Jun 202617.7p26.9p55.2p
23 Jun 202618.7p31.7p68.3p
24 Jun 202617.4p37.8p92.5p
25 Jun 202616.9p26.2p51.9p
26 Jun 202616.1p28.1p62.8p
27 Jun 2026−1.0p17.6p37.3p
28 Jun 2026−5.6p15.1p35.7p
29 Jun 202617.0p25.0p50.2p
30 Jun 202617.9p27.5p55.9p
1 Jul 202615.3p25.0p36.8p
2 Jul 2026−4.6p9.7p30.8p
3 Jul 202613.6p22.1p35.9p
4 Jul 2026−5.6p11.3p32.8p
5 Jul 202611.0p20.2p38.0p
6 Jul 20261.8p20.2p35.5p
7 Jul 202616.7p23.7p36.8p
8 Jul 202618.3p26.1p42.3p
9 Jul 202618.4p29.2p48.2p
10 Jul 202621.2p27.6p43.2p
11 Jul 202618.0p25.9p42.3p
12 Jul 2026−2.2p15.8p36.3p
13 Jul 202615.7p25.5p41.1p
14 Jul 202619.1p27.1p44.0p
15 Jul 202619.2p29.0p46.1p
16 Jul 202620.7p32.1p58.0p
17 Jul 202621.5p29.1p43.4p
18 Jul 20264.2p22.2p38.7p
19 Jul 202610.2p21.0p40.6p
20 Jul 202624.3p30.8p48.4p
21 Jul 202623.0p29.1p43.9p
22 Jul 202624.5p30.1p46.1p
23 Jul 202626.2p32.8p49.4p
24 Jul 202613.4p28.4p47.4p
25 Jul 2026−7.2p16.9p44.0p
26 Jul 2026−5.5p17.2p40.1p
27 Jul 202616.6p28.4p45.3p
28 Jul 202615.4p28.6p49.9p
29 Jul 202622.4p30.4p53.9p
30 Jul 202616.4p29.2p48.2p
31 Jul 202622.6p30.7p45.9p
1 Aug 20266.9p26.0p45.0p
2 Aug 202623.4p30.4p47.5p
3 Aug 202622.4p30.6p51.5p
4 Aug 202623.6p29.9p45.5p
5 Aug 2026−4.1p18.7p40.0p
6 Aug 202613.4p25.1p42.9p
7 Aug 202615.3p26.0p43.5p
8 Aug 2026−4.3p19.6p43.9p
9 Aug 20261.7p21.1p43.5p
10 Aug 202622.3p29.5p49.7p
11 Aug 202619.7p30.1p50.5p
12 Aug 202620.5p32.3p67.4p
13 Aug 202625.5p36.5p80.6p
14 Aug 202625.3p34.1p59.7p
15 Aug 202616.2p30.0p48.8p
16 Aug 202625.0p33.3p50.4p
17 Aug 202632.6p39.2p57.0p
18 Aug 202625.3p33.1p52.9p
19 Aug 202627.2p34.8p53.6p
20 Aug 202626.6p32.7p48.2p
21 Aug 202627.5p34.2p50.0p
22 Aug 202616.9p28.9p47.4p
23 Aug 202623.8p32.4p51.5p
24 Aug 202627.5p34.4p53.6p
25 Aug 202622.5p33.3p55.5p
26 Aug 202626.7p34.0p55.0p
27 Aug 202626.0p33.9p52.6p
28 Aug 202622.7p33.3p48.4p
29 Aug 202617.8p32.4p52.4p
30 Aug 202626.5p32.8p49.5p
31 Aug 2026−1.2p24.9p49.6p
1 Sep 202612.2p31.4p55.0p
2 Sep 202629.6p36.4p56.9p
3 Sep 20269.9p30.1p54.0p
4 Sep 2026−2.6p19.6p40.2p
5 Sep 2026−4.5p15.5p50.2p
6 Sep 2026−4.7p21.7p53.9p
7 Sep 202617.4p34.9p56.5p
8 Sep 20268.7p28.8p53.4p
9 Sep 202626.4p39.0p63.5p
10 Sep 202625.9p38.8p55.2p
11 Sep 202632.6p41.6p71.4p
12 Sep 2026−2.5p26.8p54.9p
13 Sep 202635.6p43.0p63.6p
14 Sep 202635.1p45.2p66.0p
15 Sep 202627.1p39.2p62.9p
16 Sep 202632.2p40.2p62.0p
17 Sep 2026−1.9p24.7p52.9p
18 Sep 2026−0.1p22.6p46.4p
19 Sep 2026−4.4p5.1p38.6p
20 Sep 2026−5.4p12.1p58.4p
21 Sep 202633.0p41.8p65.4p
22 Sep 202632.3p46.6p100.0p
23 Sep 202626.2p36.5p60.2p
24 Sep 202621.5p35.5p56.6p
25 Sep 202629.3p38.9p64.3p
26 Sep 20262.3p30.4p56.1p
27 Sep 2026−2.4p23.4p52.8p
28 Sep 202629.5p42.4p78.6p
29 Sep 202614.2p33.8p58.7p
30 Sep 202610.5p28.1p54.9p
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 202628.1p36.5p58.3p
2 Oct 202626.3p36.1p53.3p
3 Oct 202626.9p36.4p55.8p
4 Oct 20267.8p31.5p56.5p
5 Oct 202613.1p30.9p57.6p
6 Oct 202628.6p39.6p78.5p
7 Oct 202620.4p36.2p56.1p
8 Oct 202613.6p29.6p57.4p
9 Oct 20262.7p12.6p31.7p
10 Oct 2026−3.7p9.9p50.5p
11 Oct 202619.2p35.3p60.0p
12 Oct 202616.9p36.3p56.7p
13 Oct 202614.4p27.7p52.5p
14 Oct 202616.1p33.7p54.3p
15 Oct 202623.5p36.3p65.5p
16 Oct 202630.3p41.4p62.9p
17 Oct 202626.7p36.3p58.3p
18 Oct 202625.9p37.1p61.0p
19 Oct 202633.3p42.9p64.2p
20 Oct 202630.0p40.0p58.9p
21 Oct 202619.8p37.7p58.0p
22 Oct 202618.3p34.2p65.3p
23 Oct 20266.8p35.2p55.7p
24 Oct 20260.1p8.0p31.8p
25 Oct 2026−8.1p4.0p35.7p
26 Oct 20266.6p31.3p60.9p