Independent Agile Octopus energy price tracker

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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.

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Region

5 Aug to 2 Nov 2026 · daily price range and average

Northern Scotland

10 Aug 17 Aug 24 Aug 31 Aug 7 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Sep 5 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct 2 Nov

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

23%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

32.4p vs 26.4p

14%

dearer than Octopus Tracker

32.4p vs 28.3p

23%

dearer than Octopus Go

32.4p vs 26.4p

36%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

32.4p vs 23.9p

Stats for 5 Aug to 2 Nov 2026

−8.1p

Cheapest in the last 90 days was on 25 Oct

95 hours

Negative prices avg 7h per neg. day

16% of days

14 of 90 days had negative prices

16 hours

Longest negative period was on 20 Sep

32.4p

Average price over last 90 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
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 20263.4p30.2p60.9p
27 Oct 20262.3p25.2p65.2p
28 Oct 202631.6p43.6p65.2p
29 Oct 202641.0p49.2p72.5p
30 Oct 202638.4p47.1p71.3p
31 Oct 202642.2p49.4p70.0p
1 Nov 202641.6p48.7p69.9p
2 Nov 202640.5p48.2p73.3p