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

South Western England

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

16%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

30.8p vs 26.5p

8%

dearer than Octopus Tracker

30.8p vs 28.4p

16%

dearer than Octopus Go

30.8p vs 26.6p

29%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

30.8p vs 23.9p

Stats for 5 Aug to 2 Nov 2026

−7.9p

Cheapest in the last 90 days was on 25 Oct

98 hours

Negative prices avg 6.5h per neg. day

17% of days

15 of 90 days had negative prices

16 hours

Longest negative period was on 20 Sep

30.8p

Average price over last 90 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
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