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

Period

Region

Price spike (a cold snap and Demand Flexibility Service events)

Wed 29 Nov · Thu 30 Nov · Fri 1 Dec

What caused it · More notable days

Wednesday 29 Nov 2023 · half-hourly prices

South Eastern England

Price for each half-hour
Negative price (you’re paid to use power)

Stats for Wednesday 29 Nov 2023

17.0p

Cheapest half-hour 12am – 12.30am

70.3p

Dearest half-hour 4.30pm – 5pm

0 hours

Negative prices none on 29 Nov 2023

18.1p avg

Cheapest 3 hours 12am – 3am

31.5p

Average price on 29 Nov 2023

Show as a table

Time	Price
12am – 12.30am	17.0p
12.30am – 1am	20.2p
1am – 1.30am	18.5p
1.30am – 2am	17.3p
2am – 2.30am	17.8p
2.30am – 3am	17.9p
3am – 3.30am	20.3p
3.30am – 4am	18.5p
4am – 4.30am	20.5p
4.30am – 5am	18.5p
5am – 5.30am	22.9p
5.30am – 6am	21.1p
6am – 6.30am	24.8p
6.30am – 7am	24.3p
7am – 7.30am	29.8p
7.30am – 8am	35.4p
8am – 8.30am	31.2p
8.30am – 9am	33.3p
9am – 9.30am	30.9p
9.30am – 10am	30.5p
10am – 10.30am	31.0p
10.30am – 11am	30.1p
11am – 11.30am	32.7p
11.30am – 12pm	32.4p
12pm – 12.30pm	32.9p
12.30pm – 1pm	33.3p
1pm – 1.30pm	33.6p
1.30pm – 2pm	33.3p
2pm – 2.30pm	34.7p
2.30pm – 3pm	35.6p
3pm – 3.30pm	36.0p
3.30pm – 4pm	47.6p
4pm – 4.30pm	56.5p
4.30pm – 5pm	70.3p
5pm – 5.30pm	61.5p
5.30pm – 6pm	61.4p
6pm – 6.30pm	53.0p
6.30pm – 7pm	49.1p
7pm – 7.30pm	34.0p
7.30pm – 8pm	32.8p
8pm – 8.30pm	33.0p
8.30pm – 9pm	29.6p
9pm – 9.30pm	32.7p
9.30pm – 10pm	26.0p
10pm – 10.30pm	26.2p
10.30pm – 11pm	20.9p
11pm – 11.30pm	20.0p
11.30pm – 12am	19.2p