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

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

South Western England

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

365‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

11%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

23.7p vs 26.6p

7%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

23.7p vs 25.4p

9%

cheaper than Octopus Go

23.7p vs 25.9p

6%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

23.7p vs 25.1p

Stats for 27 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026

−12.4p

Cheapest in the last 365 days was on 5 Apr

236 hours

Negative prices avg 6.5h per neg. day

10% of days

37 of 365 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 4 Apr

23.7p

Average price over last 365 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
27 Oct 2025−1.0p16.4p39.3p
28 Oct 20253.5p16.0p36.6p
29 Oct 202511.8p20.3p39.9p
30 Oct 20251.8p18.7p35.0p
31 Oct 20251.8p14.2p32.8p
1 Nov 20251.9p11.8p35.9p
2 Nov 20257.7p16.8p37.5p
3 Nov 20250.2p14.3p36.2p
4 Nov 20251.4p16.1p36.2p
5 Nov 202514.1p20.2p36.8p
6 Nov 202516.9p22.7p43.0p
7 Nov 202517.7p22.0p37.4p
8 Nov 202516.9p21.2p37.9p
9 Nov 202516.5p20.9p37.9p
10 Nov 202515.5p20.3p36.8p
11 Nov 202510.9p19.5p35.8p
12 Nov 20254.2p17.1p35.0p
13 Nov 20250.5p16.6p37.4p
14 Nov 20259.4p18.2p30.4p
15 Nov 20258.2p18.6p37.9p
16 Nov 202515.2p21.0p36.3p
17 Nov 202513.0p20.6p38.6p
18 Nov 202517.7p23.0p39.3p
19 Nov 202517.4p22.2p38.1p
20 Nov 202517.1p24.2p43.6p
21 Nov 202517.6p29.8p52.9p
22 Nov 202517.4p21.6p36.5p
23 Nov 202514.3p19.8p36.6p
24 Nov 202512.8p21.9p37.7p
25 Nov 202517.0p27.6p64.5p
26 Nov 202517.2p24.8p49.8p
27 Nov 20258.4p18.6p32.5p
28 Nov 20257.1p17.9p33.6p
29 Nov 202511.6p20.6p34.8p
30 Nov 202510.6p18.3p36.2p
1 Dec 202511.7p19.7p34.9p
2 Dec 202511.5p20.1p39.2p
3 Dec 202515.7p22.2p40.2p
4 Dec 202515.7p21.6p39.1p
5 Dec 202514.5p20.0p31.1p
6 Dec 202512.6p18.8p33.1p
7 Dec 20254.9p19.1p35.3p
8 Dec 20252.2p16.3p34.3p
9 Dec 20256.2p17.8p32.1p
10 Dec 20254.0p15.9p33.8p
11 Dec 202510.2p18.1p34.5p
12 Dec 202515.5p21.0p36.2p
13 Dec 20259.9p19.2p34.1p
14 Dec 20256.9p14.4p30.9p
15 Dec 202513.2p20.0p35.0p
16 Dec 202515.5p22.8p42.2p
17 Dec 202514.2p19.8p33.2p
18 Dec 20250.0p16.5p32.1p
19 Dec 2025−0.2p15.8p35.2p
20 Dec 202516.3p21.1p35.0p
21 Dec 202515.2p20.9p34.5p
22 Dec 202511.6p20.3p35.5p
23 Dec 202513.5p20.5p34.2p
24 Dec 202513.3p19.5p33.5p
25 Dec 20259.8p19.3p32.8p
26 Dec 202516.9p21.3p35.0p
27 Dec 202516.0p20.8p34.7p
28 Dec 202517.4p22.0p37.1p
29 Dec 202515.7p21.6p34.6p
30 Dec 202517.0p21.6p36.2p
31 Dec 202512.6p20.7p34.5p
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 20266.2p29.8p57.7p