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Daily prices

1 Jan to 2 Nov 2026 · daily price range and average

South Western England

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

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.

2026 average, Agile vs other tariffs

6%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

24.9p vs 26.5p

4%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

24.9p vs 25.9p

5%

cheaper than Octopus Go

24.9p vs 26.2p

1%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

24.9p vs 24.7p

Stats for 1 Jan to 2 Nov 2026

−12.4p

Cheapest in 2026 was on 5 Apr

234.5 hours

Negative prices avg 6.5h per neg. day

11% of days

35 of 306 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 4 Apr

24.9p

Average price in 2026

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DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 20262.7p12.2p33.0p
2 Jan 20263.9p18.0p36.2p
3 Jan 202616.7p21.3p36.4p
4 Jan 202616.2p22.0p36.8p
5 Jan 202617.9p28.7p58.6p
6 Jan 202618.4p26.4p42.1p
7 Jan 202617.0p22.9p40.3p
8 Jan 202616.9p37.5p70.5p
9 Jan 202616.8p21.8p36.4p
10 Jan 202617.6p22.5p40.8p
11 Jan 202614.5p20.9p34.7p
12 Jan 202614.2p20.7p35.7p
13 Jan 202618.4p22.8p37.3p
14 Jan 202619.0p24.6p45.1p
15 Jan 202618.3p24.6p41.3p
16 Jan 202620.0p25.9p45.3p
17 Jan 202620.8p26.6p43.7p
18 Jan 202621.2p25.8p42.7p
19 Jan 202620.9p30.3p52.4p
20 Jan 202618.8p24.1p40.0p
21 Jan 202616.4p23.4p38.5p
22 Jan 202612.4p23.0p39.1p
23 Jan 202618.8p24.4p39.6p
24 Jan 202618.5p23.9p40.2p
25 Jan 202617.1p24.1p40.8p
26 Jan 202619.0p27.0p43.0p
27 Jan 202616.9p24.9p41.0p
28 Jan 202620.5p28.3p47.1p
29 Jan 202621.0p26.8p40.5p
30 Jan 202618.9p25.1p39.6p
31 Jan 202621.2p25.6p41.2p
1 Feb 202620.8p25.9p41.3p
2 Feb 202614.9p24.3p37.9p
3 Feb 202612.1p21.9p37.3p
4 Feb 202617.4p22.5p35.5p
5 Feb 202614.8p21.5p36.9p
6 Feb 202618.2p23.2p37.1p
7 Feb 202618.9p23.2p38.6p
8 Feb 202617.7p22.8p39.8p
9 Feb 202617.4p23.8p40.3p
10 Feb 202617.7p22.8p37.4p
11 Feb 202617.1p21.5p35.1p
12 Feb 202617.0p21.0p35.9p
13 Feb 202617.1p21.4p37.6p
14 Feb 202616.9p21.2p37.7p
15 Feb 202615.7p20.2p35.6p
16 Feb 202615.8p20.2p35.5p
17 Feb 202615.6p20.2p38.6p
18 Feb 202615.5p19.4p33.3p
19 Feb 202615.5p20.3p35.4p
20 Feb 202611.9p19.6p31.7p
21 Feb 202612.9p19.1p33.5p
22 Feb 20264.6p12.1p33.3p
23 Feb 20264.9p17.6p35.5p
24 Feb 202615.6p20.2p35.7p
25 Feb 202615.7p19.9p35.9p
26 Feb 202610.6p18.4p34.5p
27 Feb 20269.3p18.9p34.7p
28 Feb 202616.2p20.5p36.3p
1 Mar 20267.0p16.0p32.4p
2 Mar 20266.7p21.1p46.6p
3 Mar 202619.3p26.8p55.3p
4 Mar 202621.3p30.8p57.9p
5 Mar 202621.8p27.5p45.1p
6 Mar 202622.5p29.4p53.0p
7 Mar 202623.9p29.2p47.3p
8 Mar 202625.7p30.3p47.5p
9 Mar 202625.8p33.1p57.2p
10 Mar 20267.4p29.2p47.1p
11 Mar 20265.6p19.7p45.0p
12 Mar 20260.3p16.6p35.2p
13 Mar 20260.0p17.3p44.2p
14 Mar 202622.0p28.3p47.1p
15 Mar 20261.9p20.2p40.1p
16 Mar 20261.9p19.6p46.5p
17 Mar 202614.3p22.5p45.3p
18 Mar 202620.3p27.0p47.3p
19 Mar 202622.3p29.0p51.9p
20 Mar 202626.1p33.0p50.7p
21 Mar 202624.7p31.2p49.0p
22 Mar 202623.9p30.0p48.0p
23 Mar 202612.6p30.9p50.8p
24 Mar 20260.6p17.8p40.3p
25 Mar 2026−0.2p11.5p43.4p
26 Mar 202618.5p27.0p46.9p
27 Mar 202619.3p28.2p45.4p
28 Mar 20260.5p16.4p45.0p
29 Mar 2026−0.1p13.2p28.5p
30 Mar 20260.5p14.9p41.7p
31 Mar 202621.0p28.7p44.9p
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 202616.1p24.9p40.9p
2 Apr 202617.6p23.7p36.8p
3 Apr 20261.3p16.3p32.6p
4 Apr 2026−5.2p9.1p26.7p
5 Apr 2026−12.4p1.6p27.2p
6 Apr 202611.9p22.5p38.6p
7 Apr 2026−4.0p18.0p38.2p
8 Apr 202613.6p24.0p45.0p
9 Apr 20268.3p18.5p31.6p
10 Apr 20263.3p20.1p36.1p
11 Apr 2026−12.0p−2.5p14.4p
12 Apr 2026−4.3p7.1p33.4p
13 Apr 202619.6p25.7p41.2p
14 Apr 202616.1p23.8p38.8p
15 Apr 20262.9p16.4p33.6p
16 Apr 202611.5p19.4p37.9p
17 Apr 20266.6p18.3p34.1p
18 Apr 20263.2p16.4p37.3p
19 Apr 20269.6p19.3p35.1p
20 Apr 202616.1p22.7p37.5p
21 Apr 20261.7p16.7p34.0p
22 Apr 2026−1.1p16.1p34.4p
23 Apr 20269.2p20.8p35.0p
24 Apr 202615.1p22.6p39.3p
25 Apr 202611.0p21.1p35.8p
26 Apr 202615.1p22.2p38.0p
27 Apr 202617.0p23.5p42.3p
28 Apr 202615.3p22.7p39.9p
29 Apr 2026−5.4p14.4p34.5p
30 Apr 2026−7.6p12.4p39.2p
1 May 202616.5p22.3p39.4p
2 May 202618.7p23.4p39.2p
3 May 202616.5p22.5p38.0p
4 May 202618.7p24.2p43.3p
5 May 202619.4p24.5p38.5p
6 May 202619.6p24.5p40.6p
7 May 202617.7p24.8p39.7p
8 May 202617.4p23.5p37.5p
9 May 202614.8p21.5p35.9p
10 May 202611.9p19.7p34.7p
11 May 202616.3p22.5p36.7p
12 May 202612.2p20.3p35.4p
13 May 202616.5p22.4p38.0p
14 May 202617.4p23.4p36.3p
15 May 202614.8p22.0p36.8p
16 May 202619.1p24.7p39.9p
17 May 202618.8p24.8p39.7p
18 May 202620.6p27.1p39.6p
19 May 202612.7p21.1p37.0p
20 May 202613.2p22.3p38.5p
21 May 202618.9p25.4p40.2p
22 May 202614.0p22.8p37.5p
23 May 202612.1p21.9p36.5p
24 May 202618.5p24.1p39.9p
25 May 202618.7p23.8p39.0p
26 May 202619.2p25.1p42.9p
27 May 202618.3p23.4p36.3p
28 May 202614.4p22.3p38.0p
29 May 202612.9p23.0p35.8p
30 May 202618.0p23.7p37.0p
31 May 202617.3p23.1p37.6p
1 Jun 202618.7p25.2p41.1p
2 Jun 202618.3p25.1p40.4p
3 Jun 202611.8p22.1p35.6p
4 Jun 2026−1.1p13.0p31.7p
5 Jun 202610.0p23.3p39.9p
6 Jun 20266.5p19.1p37.3p
7 Jun 2026−4.9p9.3p31.4p
8 Jun 202617.2p24.4p39.4p
9 Jun 202614.3p23.0p36.8p
10 Jun 202619.2p25.4p40.4p
11 Jun 202617.2p24.0p38.2p
12 Jun 20265.0p17.2p27.8p
13 Jun 2026−9.3p5.4p22.1p
14 Jun 20261.9p16.7p37.6p
15 Jun 202616.9p23.2p40.6p
16 Jun 202617.2p24.7p41.3p
17 Jun 202613.8p23.0p36.4p
18 Jun 202613.6p24.2p43.6p
19 Jun 202610.7p21.2p38.7p
20 Jun 202614.8p22.2p38.1p
21 Jun 202618.2p23.0p37.1p
22 Jun 202616.8p25.6p52.2p
23 Jun 202617.7p30.2p64.8p
24 Jun 202616.5p36.1p88.5p
25 Jun 202616.1p24.9p49.1p
26 Jun 202615.3p26.7p59.6p
27 Jun 2026−1.1p16.6p35.1p
28 Jun 2026−5.6p14.3p33.5p
29 Jun 202616.2p23.8p47.4p
30 Jun 202617.0p26.2p52.9p
1 Jul 202614.6p23.7p34.6p
2 Jul 2026−4.5p9.1p28.8p
3 Jul 202612.9p21.0p33.7p
4 Jul 2026−5.5p10.6p30.8p
5 Jul 202610.4p19.1p35.8p
6 Jul 20261.6p19.2p33.4p
7 Jul 202615.8p22.5p34.6p
8 Jul 202617.4p24.8p39.9p
9 Jul 202617.5p27.8p45.5p
10 Jul 202620.2p26.2p40.8p
11 Jul 202617.1p24.6p39.9p
12 Jul 2026−2.3p14.9p34.1p
13 Jul 202614.9p24.3p38.7p
14 Jul 202618.1p25.7p41.5p
15 Jul 202618.2p27.5p43.5p
16 Jul 202619.7p30.5p54.9p
17 Jul 202620.5p27.7p40.9p
18 Jul 20263.9p21.1p36.4p
19 Jul 20269.6p19.9p38.2p
20 Jul 202623.1p29.3p45.7p
21 Jul 202621.9p27.7p41.4p
22 Jul 202623.3p28.6p43.5p
23 Jul 202625.0p31.2p46.7p
24 Jul 202612.7p27.0p44.8p
25 Jul 2026−7.0p16.0p41.5p
26 Jul 2026−5.5p16.3p37.8p
27 Jul 202615.8p27.0p42.8p
28 Jul 202614.6p27.2p47.2p
29 Jul 202621.4p28.9p51.0p
30 Jul 202615.6p27.8p45.5p
31 Jul 202621.5p29.3p43.3p
1 Aug 20266.5p24.7p42.4p
2 Aug 202622.3p29.0p44.8p
3 Aug 202621.3p29.2p48.6p
4 Aug 202622.5p28.4p42.9p
5 Aug 2026−4.1p17.7p37.7p
6 Aug 202612.7p23.8p40.4p
7 Aug 202614.5p24.7p41.0p
8 Aug 2026−4.3p18.6p41.4p
9 Aug 20261.4p20.0p41.0p
10 Aug 202621.2p28.0p47.0p
11 Aug 202618.7p28.6p47.8p
12 Aug 202619.5p30.7p63.9p
13 Aug 202624.3p34.7p76.5p
14 Aug 202624.1p32.4p56.6p
15 Aug 202615.4p28.5p46.1p
16 Aug 202623.8p31.7p47.7p
17 Aug 202631.1p37.3p53.9p
18 Aug 202624.1p31.5p50.0p
19 Aug 202626.0p33.2p50.7p
20 Aug 202625.4p31.1p45.5p
21 Aug 202626.2p32.6p47.3p
22 Aug 202616.1p27.5p44.7p
23 Aug 202622.7p30.8p48.7p
24 Aug 202626.3p32.8p50.7p
25 Aug 202621.4p31.7p52.6p
26 Aug 202625.5p32.4p52.0p
27 Aug 202624.8p32.2p49.7p
28 Aug 202621.6p31.7p45.7p
29 Aug 202616.9p30.9p49.5p
30 Aug 202625.2p31.3p46.8p
31 Aug 2026−1.3p23.7p46.9p
1 Sep 202611.6p29.9p52.0p
2 Sep 202628.2p34.7p53.8p
3 Sep 20269.3p28.6p51.1p
4 Sep 2026−2.6p18.6p37.9p
5 Sep 2026−4.5p14.7p47.4p
6 Sep 2026−4.6p20.6p51.0p
7 Sep 202616.5p33.2p53.5p
8 Sep 20268.2p27.4p50.5p
9 Sep 202625.1p37.1p60.2p
10 Sep 202624.6p37.0p52.2p
11 Sep 202631.1p39.7p67.8p
12 Sep 2026−2.5p25.5p51.9p
13 Sep 202634.0p41.0p60.2p
14 Sep 202633.5p43.1p62.6p
15 Sep 202625.8p37.4p59.6p
16 Sep 202630.7p38.3p58.8p
17 Sep 2026−1.9p23.4p50.1p
18 Sep 2026−0.3p21.5p43.8p
19 Sep 2026−4.4p4.7p36.3p
20 Sep 2026−5.3p11.4p55.3p
21 Sep 202631.5p39.9p62.0p
22 Sep 202630.8p44.4p97.3p
23 Sep 202624.9p34.7p57.0p
24 Sep 202620.5p33.8p53.5p
25 Sep 202627.9p37.1p61.0p
26 Sep 20262.0p28.9p53.1p
27 Sep 2026−2.4p22.3p49.9p
28 Sep 202628.1p40.4p74.7p
29 Sep 202613.5p32.2p55.6p
30 Sep 20269.9p26.7p51.9p
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 202626.8p34.7p55.3p
2 Oct 202625.1p34.4p50.4p
3 Oct 202625.7p34.7p52.8p
4 Oct 20267.3p30.0p53.6p
5 Oct 202612.4p29.4p54.6p
6 Oct 202627.3p37.8p74.6p
7 Oct 202619.4p34.4p53.1p
8 Oct 202612.9p28.2p54.3p
9 Oct 20262.4p11.9p29.8p
10 Oct 2026−3.7p9.3p47.8p
11 Oct 202618.2p33.6p56.9p
12 Oct 202616.1p34.6p53.7p
13 Oct 202613.7p26.3p49.7p
14 Oct 202615.3p32.1p51.4p
15 Oct 202622.4p34.6p62.2p
16 Oct 202628.9p39.5p59.6p
17 Oct 202625.4p34.6p55.3p
18 Oct 202624.7p35.3p57.8p
19 Oct 202631.7p40.9p60.9p
20 Oct 202628.6p38.1p55.9p
21 Oct 202618.8p36.0p55.0p
22 Oct 202617.4p32.6p61.9p
23 Oct 20266.4p33.5p52.7p
24 Oct 2026−0.0p7.4p29.9p
25 Oct 2026−7.9p3.6p33.6p
26 Oct 20263.1p28.8p57.7p
27 Oct 20262.1p23.9p61.9p
28 Oct 202630.2p41.6p61.9p
29 Oct 202639.1p47.0p68.8p
30 Oct 202636.6p45.0p67.7p
31 Oct 202640.3p47.1p66.5p
1 Nov 202639.7p46.4p66.3p
2 Nov 202638.6p46.0p69.6p