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

21 Feb to 31 Dec 2018 · daily price range and average

South Western England

Jan 2018 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period

Agile launched · 21 Feb 2018Agile launched, with prices capped at 35p per kWh.

2018 average, Agile vs other tariffs

2%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

15.6p vs 15.2p

Stats for 21 Feb to 31 Dec 2018

−2.7p

Cheapest in 2018 was on 8 Dec

1.5 hours

Negative prices avg 1.5h per neg. day

0% of days

1 of 314 days had negative prices

1.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 8 Dec

15.6p

Average price in 2018

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
Agile launched. Agile launched, with prices capped at 35p per kWh.
21 Feb 201810.7p14.2p33.0p
22 Feb 201810.9p14.5p33.3p
23 Feb 201811.1p15.1p34.0p
24 Feb 201811.0p14.6p35.0p
25 Feb 201810.1p13.8p33.5p
26 Feb 201810.6p14.9p32.7p
27 Feb 201811.6p15.9p33.3p
28 Feb 201811.1p17.9p35.0p
1 Mar 201811.8p21.4p35.0p
2 Mar 201812.4p28.1p35.0p
3 Mar 201810.6p19.4p35.0p
4 Mar 201810.6p17.3p35.0p
5 Mar 201810.6p15.5p35.0p
6 Mar 201810.6p13.8p31.9p
7 Mar 201810.2p14.6p33.3p
8 Mar 20189.8p14.5p34.5p
9 Mar 20189.9p14.1p32.1p
10 Mar 20189.9p13.7p33.8p
11 Mar 201810.3p14.5p35.0p
12 Mar 201810.2p14.0p35.0p
13 Mar 201811.1p18.3p35.0p
14 Mar 20189.4p14.8p33.0p
15 Mar 20188.4p14.5p33.1p
16 Mar 201810.8p14.7p31.8p
17 Mar 20188.5p14.4p31.3p
18 Mar 201810.5p14.4p32.5p
19 Mar 201810.9p14.8p35.0p
20 Mar 201810.3p14.3p32.1p
21 Mar 201810.8p13.8p29.4p
22 Mar 201810.3p14.2p31.8p
23 Mar 201810.0p14.2p31.0p
24 Mar 201810.6p14.9p34.0p
25 Mar 201810.1p13.7p28.0p
26 Mar 201810.1p13.9p27.8p
27 Mar 20188.6p12.5p24.1p
28 Mar 20189.4p13.4p26.0p
29 Mar 20189.9p13.7p26.1p
30 Mar 20189.9p13.6p27.4p
31 Mar 20189.8p13.3p26.5p
1 Apr 20189.9p13.6p28.2p
2 Apr 20189.7p13.3p27.0p
3 Apr 20189.2p13.9p27.7p
4 Apr 20189.4p13.1p23.6p
5 Apr 20188.9p13.3p27.2p
6 Apr 20188.9p12.8p26.0p
7 Apr 20189.3p14.0p28.5p
8 Apr 20189.8p13.5p26.0p
9 Apr 20189.7p14.3p27.4p
10 Apr 201810.1p13.6p26.5p
11 Apr 20189.4p14.2p27.0p
12 Apr 201810.3p14.9p29.6p
13 Apr 201810.4p16.0p30.3p
14 Apr 201810.4p14.2p28.7p
15 Apr 20189.2p13.5p28.6p
16 Apr 20188.9p13.6p28.5p
17 Apr 20186.0p13.0p28.5p
18 Apr 20188.9p13.3p26.5p
19 Apr 20187.2p13.9p28.5p
20 Apr 20188.2p13.5p27.0p
21 Apr 20189.2p13.0p28.2p
22 Apr 20186.8p13.2p27.1p
23 Apr 20184.2p12.2p27.2p
24 Apr 20188.2p14.1p30.1p
25 Apr 20189.7p13.1p25.6p
26 Apr 20189.7p13.5p25.4p
27 Apr 20189.8p15.7p27.0p
28 Apr 201810.0p13.8p28.5p
29 Apr 20189.7p13.9p29.4p
30 Apr 20188.9p14.3p29.4p
1 May 20189.1p13.6p27.1p
2 May 20188.9p14.6p28.7p
3 May 201810.1p14.1p27.5p
4 May 201810.1p13.9p26.5p
5 May 20189.3p13.6p25.6p
6 May 20187.0p12.9p24.3p
7 May 20189.3p13.4p26.5p
8 May 20189.3p13.7p27.1p
9 May 20189.4p13.3p24.8p
10 May 20188.9p14.1p27.7p
11 May 20188.6p13.5p25.9p
12 May 201810.4p13.6p27.7p
13 May 201810.1p13.5p26.0p
14 May 20188.7p13.8p28.0p
15 May 20189.9p14.0p28.5p
16 May 20188.7p14.7p29.3p
17 May 20189.7p13.8p27.0p
18 May 201810.4p14.2p28.5p
19 May 20189.7p14.4p27.2p
20 May 20187.7p14.0p27.7p
21 May 20187.2p13.9p31.3p
22 May 20189.0p14.5p28.8p
23 May 201810.1p14.5p29.0p
24 May 201810.1p14.5p29.2p
25 May 20189.7p15.1p27.6p
26 May 20189.7p14.3p27.5p
27 May 20184.8p12.0p26.5p
28 May 201810.8p15.0p29.7p
29 May 20189.0p14.6p28.1p
30 May 201810.4p15.2p30.4p
31 May 201811.2p15.4p28.9p
1 Jun 201811.4p15.7p28.5p
2 Jun 201810.4p15.4p30.9p
3 Jun 201810.1p14.8p28.5p
4 Jun 20188.7p14.9p29.1p
5 Jun 201810.3p14.7p27.2p
6 Jun 201810.1p15.3p30.3p
7 Jun 20189.7p14.9p29.4p
8 Jun 20189.2p14.9p28.0p
9 Jun 201810.5p15.6p32.9p
10 Jun 20189.7p14.4p28.9p
11 Jun 20188.5p14.3p28.9p
12 Jun 20189.7p14.4p29.7p
13 Jun 201810.2p13.9p26.5p
14 Jun 20184.8p12.6p26.3p
15 Jun 201811.0p14.9p29.5p
16 Jun 201810.1p14.4p27.2p
17 Jun 20186.0p13.7p28.0p
18 Jun 20187.6p13.6p26.5p
19 Jun 201810.4p15.1p28.6p
20 Jun 20187.2p13.9p30.4p
21 Jun 20186.4p13.8p28.0p
22 Jun 20189.1p14.0p28.9p
23 Jun 20188.9p13.7p27.5p
24 Jun 20189.7p13.9p27.2p
25 Jun 20189.3p14.9p31.4p
26 Jun 20189.7p14.6p31.4p
27 Jun 201810.3p14.9p30.6p
28 Jun 201810.3p14.7p30.4p
29 Jun 201810.1p14.3p27.0p
30 Jun 20189.7p13.9p26.5p
1 Jul 201810.1p14.2p26.4p
2 Jul 20189.3p14.6p28.5p
3 Jul 20189.8p14.8p30.0p
4 Jul 201811.1p15.9p31.8p
5 Jul 201810.5p15.0p30.4p
6 Jul 201810.9p14.7p29.4p
7 Jul 201810.9p14.7p30.1p
8 Jul 20189.4p14.9p28.9p
9 Jul 201810.9p15.0p30.9p
10 Jul 20189.6p14.6p29.3p
11 Jul 20189.9p15.1p30.6p
12 Jul 201810.5p15.2p29.9p
13 Jul 201810.1p15.5p29.8p
14 Jul 201810.8p15.3p28.9p
15 Jul 201811.4p14.7p28.2p
16 Jul 201811.1p16.0p31.4p
17 Jul 201810.3p16.0p31.8p
18 Jul 201811.1p15.9p31.5p
19 Jul 201811.4p15.6p29.9p
20 Jul 201811.4p15.5p32.1p
21 Jul 201811.6p16.5p31.0p
22 Jul 201810.4p14.6p28.5p
23 Jul 201811.2p15.7p30.9p
24 Jul 201811.4p15.6p30.0p
25 Jul 201811.5p15.6p30.4p
26 Jul 201811.4p15.7p29.1p
27 Jul 201811.4p15.7p29.0p
28 Jul 20188.9p13.6p23.6p
29 Jul 20187.7p13.4p28.0p
30 Jul 201810.0p14.8p29.4p
31 Jul 201811.0p15.2p29.5p
1 Aug 201810.6p15.3p30.4p
2 Aug 201811.3p15.4p29.6p
3 Aug 201811.2p15.7p28.9p
4 Aug 201810.9p15.1p29.4p
5 Aug 201810.9p15.2p30.1p
6 Aug 20189.4p14.9p30.4p
7 Aug 201810.6p15.2p29.2p
8 Aug 201811.6p15.2p29.4p
9 Aug 201811.1p15.5p30.4p
10 Aug 201811.4p15.6p29.7p
11 Aug 201811.4p15.3p29.4p
12 Aug 201811.7p15.8p28.9p
13 Aug 201811.8p16.0p29.4p
14 Aug 201811.9p16.4p28.2p
15 Aug 201811.8p16.0p28.7p
16 Aug 201810.6p15.8p29.9p
17 Aug 201810.9p15.4p28.5p
18 Aug 20189.9p15.4p28.9p
19 Aug 20189.9p15.9p30.9p
20 Aug 201812.1p18.6p35.0p
21 Aug 201811.5p16.9p28.6p
22 Aug 20189.9p16.5p30.6p
23 Aug 201811.8p16.5p28.0p
24 Aug 201811.1p16.2p30.1p
25 Aug 20189.5p16.0p31.3p
26 Aug 20189.7p16.1p30.9p
27 Aug 20182.4p14.1p27.7p
28 Aug 201812.6p17.2p32.2p
29 Aug 201813.0p17.0p28.6p
30 Aug 201813.0p18.1p34.7p
31 Aug 201813.5p17.2p31.4p
1 Sep 20189.7p16.9p34.1p
2 Sep 201811.6p16.0p29.5p
3 Sep 201812.0p17.3p34.0p
4 Sep 201813.3p17.5p32.6p
5 Sep 201812.1p17.8p32.5p
6 Sep 201813.1p17.6p31.8p
7 Sep 201812.3p18.0p33.8p
8 Sep 201813.5p18.2p31.8p
9 Sep 201811.9p17.5p32.1p
10 Sep 20189.7p17.0p34.0p
11 Sep 20187.0p17.2p34.7p
12 Sep 201812.3p18.4p34.5p
13 Sep 201812.1p18.1p32.1p
14 Sep 201813.0p17.7p31.4p
15 Sep 201812.3p17.5p31.5p
16 Sep 20186.0p15.1p31.9p
17 Sep 20188.5p16.6p28.5p
18 Sep 20186.6p15.7p31.2p
19 Sep 20182.9p14.1p30.4p
20 Sep 20189.1p16.9p33.2p
21 Sep 20185.8p16.7p30.9p
22 Sep 20189.3p18.1p35.0p
23 Sep 201812.8p18.6p32.8p
24 Sep 201813.8p19.1p35.0p
25 Sep 201811.6p18.6p34.7p
26 Sep 20187.5p17.1p34.2p
27 Sep 201812.6p17.7p34.1p
28 Sep 201812.8p17.8p34.0p
29 Sep 201811.1p17.9p34.5p
30 Sep 201812.1p17.8p34.5p
1 Oct 20189.7p17.1p35.0p
2 Oct 20189.1p16.1p33.3p
3 Oct 201812.3p18.2p33.3p
4 Oct 201813.0p17.9p34.3p
5 Oct 201813.6p17.7p34.2p
6 Oct 201812.9p17.7p34.3p
7 Oct 20189.9p17.2p34.7p
8 Oct 201811.6p17.1p33.7p
9 Oct 201810.3p17.2p35.0p
10 Oct 201812.5p17.3p33.3p
11 Oct 201810.6p16.8p34.5p
12 Oct 20188.5p15.6p32.8p
13 Oct 201811.2p16.3p33.3p
14 Oct 201813.5p18.4p35.0p
15 Oct 201812.9p18.2p35.0p
16 Oct 201812.6p17.3p33.3p
17 Oct 201812.4p17.8p35.0p
18 Oct 201812.1p17.2p35.0p
19 Oct 201812.4p16.8p35.0p
20 Oct 201812.6p17.0p35.0p
21 Oct 20189.5p16.3p35.0p
22 Oct 20189.5p15.7p34.5p
23 Oct 20187.9p15.2p34.5p
24 Oct 20188.8p15.8p34.5p
25 Oct 201812.4p16.9p33.3p
26 Oct 201811.6p16.5p31.8p
27 Oct 201810.6p16.4p33.5p
28 Oct 201810.8p16.8p35.0p
29 Oct 201811.8p16.9p35.0p
30 Oct 201812.7p17.5p35.0p
31 Oct 201812.1p17.0p33.0p
1 Nov 201812.1p16.3p35.0p
2 Nov 201811.7p16.3p34.2p
3 Nov 20187.5p14.8p30.9p
4 Nov 20188.2p15.6p35.0p
5 Nov 201810.9p15.9p35.0p
6 Nov 20189.7p15.5p30.9p
7 Nov 201811.1p15.8p33.3p
8 Nov 201811.4p15.5p31.1p
9 Nov 201810.3p15.9p31.5p
10 Nov 201811.6p16.2p33.0p
11 Nov 20187.2p15.5p33.8p
12 Nov 20187.7p15.0p34.0p
13 Nov 20189.7p15.8p35.0p
14 Nov 20188.9p15.7p33.3p
15 Nov 201812.1p16.5p32.8p
16 Nov 201813.3p17.0p35.0p
17 Nov 201812.6p16.7p35.0p
18 Nov 201811.0p16.5p35.0p
19 Nov 201812.1p16.8p34.4p
20 Nov 201811.1p16.4p33.3p
21 Nov 201812.5p17.2p35.0p
22 Nov 201812.1p19.8p35.0p
23 Nov 201812.2p18.7p35.0p
24 Nov 201812.7p17.6p35.0p
25 Nov 201812.1p17.0p35.0p
26 Nov 201811.6p19.2p35.0p
27 Nov 201811.9p16.5p32.0p
28 Nov 20189.7p15.9p31.8p
29 Nov 20189.6p15.4p30.4p
30 Nov 20186.7p15.2p32.1p
1 Dec 201812.3p16.8p33.3p
2 Dec 201811.1p16.1p33.3p
3 Dec 201812.1p17.2p35.0p
4 Dec 201812.9p18.9p35.0p
5 Dec 201812.3p16.7p33.3p
6 Dec 201812.0p16.1p30.4p
7 Dec 20185.6p15.0p31.8p
8 Dec 2018−2.7p13.2p32.1p
9 Dec 20185.8p15.1p33.3p
10 Dec 201810.0p16.5p35.0p
11 Dec 201812.1p16.4p31.4p
12 Dec 201811.6p17.2p32.0p
13 Dec 201811.2p16.5p32.6p
14 Dec 201812.8p17.5p33.3p
15 Dec 201812.5p16.4p32.2p
16 Dec 201811.4p17.2p34.8p
17 Dec 201812.0p17.7p31.4p
18 Dec 201810.4p16.3p32.3p
19 Dec 201812.6p16.6p31.5p
20 Dec 201813.1p17.0p33.3p
21 Dec 201813.2p17.6p32.8p
22 Dec 201810.6p16.6p32.0p
23 Dec 201813.3p17.5p35.0p
24 Dec 201813.5p17.5p34.5p
25 Dec 20180.0p14.1p30.7p
26 Dec 201811.9p16.8p33.3p
27 Dec 201813.4p17.5p35.0p
28 Dec 201812.3p17.2p34.8p
29 Dec 201810.4p16.2p32.1p
30 Dec 201812.3p16.2p32.1p
31 Dec 201811.1p15.6p33.9p