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

Southern 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%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

14.5p vs 14.8p

Stats for 21 Feb to 31 Dec 2018

−2.4p

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

14.5p

Average price in 2018

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
Agile launched. Agile launched, with prices capped at 35p per kWh.
21 Feb 20189.7p13.2p32.2p
22 Feb 20189.9p13.5p32.4p
23 Feb 201810.1p14.0p33.1p
24 Feb 201810.1p13.6p35.0p
25 Feb 20189.2p12.9p32.6p
26 Feb 20189.7p13.9p31.9p
27 Feb 201810.6p14.8p32.5p
28 Feb 201810.2p16.6p35.0p
1 Mar 201810.8p19.9p35.0p
2 Mar 201811.3p27.0p35.0p
3 Mar 20189.7p18.1p35.0p
4 Mar 20189.7p16.1p35.0p
5 Mar 20189.7p14.4p34.5p
6 Mar 20189.7p12.8p31.2p
7 Mar 20189.3p13.6p32.4p
8 Mar 20188.9p13.5p33.5p
9 Mar 20189.1p13.2p31.4p
10 Mar 20189.0p12.8p32.9p
11 Mar 20189.4p13.5p34.1p
12 Mar 20189.3p13.0p34.4p
13 Mar 201810.2p17.1p35.0p
14 Mar 20188.6p13.7p32.2p
15 Mar 20187.7p13.5p32.2p
16 Mar 20189.9p13.7p31.1p
17 Mar 20187.7p13.4p30.6p
18 Mar 20189.6p13.4p31.8p
19 Mar 20189.9p13.8p34.6p
20 Mar 20189.4p13.4p31.3p
21 Mar 20189.9p12.9p28.9p
22 Mar 20189.4p13.3p31.1p
23 Mar 20189.1p13.2p30.4p
24 Mar 20189.7p13.9p33.1p
25 Mar 20189.3p12.8p27.6p
26 Mar 20189.3p12.9p27.5p
27 Mar 20187.8p11.6p24.1p
28 Mar 20188.6p12.5p25.8p
29 Mar 20189.1p12.8p25.9p
30 Mar 20189.0p12.6p27.0p
31 Mar 20188.9p12.4p26.3p
1 Apr 20189.0p12.6p27.8p
2 Apr 20188.8p12.4p26.7p
3 Apr 20188.4p13.0p27.4p
4 Apr 20188.6p12.2p23.6p
5 Apr 20188.2p12.4p26.9p
6 Apr 20188.2p12.0p25.8p
7 Apr 20188.5p13.0p28.0p
8 Apr 20188.9p12.5p25.8p
9 Apr 20188.9p13.3p27.1p
10 Apr 20189.2p12.7p26.3p
11 Apr 20188.6p13.2p26.7p
12 Apr 20189.4p13.8p29.1p
13 Apr 20189.5p14.8p29.7p
14 Apr 20189.5p13.2p28.3p
15 Apr 20188.4p12.6p28.1p
16 Apr 20188.2p12.7p28.0p
17 Apr 20185.5p12.2p28.0p
18 Apr 20188.2p12.4p26.3p
19 Apr 20186.6p13.0p28.0p
20 Apr 20187.5p12.5p26.7p
21 Apr 20188.4p12.2p27.8p
22 Apr 20186.2p12.3p26.8p
23 Apr 20183.9p11.4p26.9p
24 Apr 20187.5p13.1p29.6p
25 Apr 20188.8p12.3p25.4p
26 Apr 20188.8p12.6p25.3p
27 Apr 20189.0p14.6p26.7p
28 Apr 20189.2p12.8p28.0p
29 Apr 20188.8p13.0p28.9p
30 Apr 20188.2p13.3p28.9p
1 May 20188.3p12.7p26.8p
2 May 20188.2p13.6p28.3p
3 May 20189.3p13.1p27.2p
4 May 20189.3p12.9p26.3p
5 May 20188.5p12.6p25.4p
6 May 20186.4p12.0p24.3p
7 May 20188.4p12.5p26.3p
8 May 20188.5p12.7p26.8p
9 May 20188.6p12.4p24.7p
10 May 20188.2p13.1p27.4p
11 May 20187.8p12.6p25.7p
12 May 20189.5p12.7p27.4p
13 May 20189.3p12.6p25.8p
14 May 20187.9p12.9p27.6p
15 May 20189.0p13.0p28.1p
16 May 20187.9p13.7p28.8p
17 May 20188.8p12.9p26.7p
18 May 20189.5p13.2p28.0p
19 May 20188.8p13.4p26.9p
20 May 20187.1p13.0p27.3p
21 May 20186.6p13.0p30.6p
22 May 20188.2p13.5p28.3p
23 May 20189.3p13.5p28.5p
24 May 20189.3p13.5p28.7p
25 May 20188.8p14.1p27.3p
26 May 20188.8p13.3p27.2p
27 May 20184.4p11.2p26.3p
28 May 20189.9p13.9p29.1p
29 May 20188.2p13.6p27.7p
30 May 20189.5p14.1p29.8p
31 May 201810.2p14.3p28.4p
1 Jun 201810.4p14.6p28.0p
2 Jun 20189.5p14.3p30.2p
3 Jun 20189.3p13.7p28.0p
4 Jun 20187.9p13.9p28.6p
5 Jun 20189.4p13.7p26.9p
6 Jun 20189.3p14.2p29.7p
7 Jun 20188.8p13.9p28.9p
8 Jun 20188.4p13.8p27.6p
9 Jun 20189.6p14.5p32.1p
10 Jun 20188.8p13.4p28.5p
11 Jun 20187.8p13.3p28.5p
12 Jun 20188.9p13.4p29.1p
13 Jun 20189.3p12.9p26.3p
14 Jun 20184.4p11.8p26.1p
15 Jun 201810.0p13.9p29.0p
16 Jun 20189.3p13.4p26.9p
17 Jun 20185.5p12.8p27.6p
18 Jun 20187.0p12.7p26.3p
19 Jun 20189.5p14.0p28.2p
20 Jun 20186.6p13.0p29.8p
21 Jun 20185.9p12.8p27.6p
22 Jun 20188.3p13.1p28.4p
23 Jun 20188.2p12.8p27.2p
24 Jun 20188.8p12.9p26.9p
25 Jun 20188.5p13.9p30.7p
26 Jun 20188.8p13.5p30.7p
27 Jun 20189.4p13.9p30.0p
28 Jun 20189.4p13.7p29.8p
29 Jun 20189.3p13.3p26.7p
30 Jun 20188.8p13.0p26.3p
1 Jul 20189.3p13.2p26.2p
2 Jul 20188.5p13.6p28.1p
3 Jul 20188.9p13.8p29.4p
4 Jul 201810.1p14.8p31.1p
5 Jul 20189.6p13.9p29.8p
6 Jul 20189.9p13.7p28.9p
7 Jul 20189.9p13.7p29.6p
8 Jul 20188.6p13.9p28.5p
9 Jul 20189.9p14.0p30.2p
10 Jul 20188.7p13.6p28.8p
11 Jul 20189.0p14.0p30.0p
12 Jul 20189.6p14.2p29.4p
13 Jul 20189.3p14.4p29.3p
14 Jul 20189.9p14.3p28.5p
15 Jul 201810.4p13.7p27.8p
16 Jul 201810.1p14.9p30.7p
17 Jul 20189.4p14.9p31.1p
18 Jul 201810.1p14.8p30.8p
19 Jul 201810.4p14.5p29.4p
20 Jul 201810.4p14.4p31.3p
21 Jul 201810.6p15.3p30.4p
22 Jul 20189.5p13.6p28.0p
23 Jul 201810.2p14.6p30.2p
24 Jul 201810.4p14.5p29.5p
25 Jul 201810.5p14.5p29.8p
26 Jul 201810.4p14.6p28.6p
27 Jul 201810.4p14.6p28.5p
28 Jul 20188.2p12.7p23.6p
29 Jul 20187.1p12.5p27.6p
30 Jul 20189.2p13.7p28.9p
31 Jul 201810.0p14.1p29.0p
1 Aug 20189.7p14.2p29.8p
2 Aug 201810.3p14.3p29.1p
3 Aug 201810.2p14.6p28.5p
4 Aug 20189.9p14.1p28.9p
5 Aug 20189.9p14.2p29.6p
6 Aug 20188.6p13.8p29.8p
7 Aug 20189.7p14.2p28.7p
8 Aug 201810.6p14.2p28.9p
9 Aug 201810.1p14.4p29.8p
10 Aug 201810.4p14.5p29.2p
11 Aug 201810.4p14.2p28.9p
12 Aug 201810.7p14.7p28.5p
13 Aug 201810.8p14.9p28.9p
14 Aug 201810.9p15.2p27.8p
15 Aug 201810.8p14.9p28.3p
16 Aug 20189.7p14.7p29.4p
17 Aug 20189.9p14.4p28.0p
18 Aug 20189.0p14.3p28.5p
19 Aug 20189.0p14.8p30.2p
20 Aug 201811.0p17.3p35.0p
21 Aug 201810.5p15.7p28.2p
22 Aug 20189.0p15.3p30.0p
23 Aug 201810.8p15.4p27.6p
24 Aug 201810.1p15.0p29.5p
25 Aug 20188.7p14.8p30.7p
26 Aug 20188.8p15.0p30.2p
27 Aug 20182.2p13.1p27.4p
28 Aug 201811.5p16.0p31.4p
29 Aug 201811.9p15.8p28.2p
30 Aug 201811.9p16.7p33.8p
31 Aug 201812.3p16.0p30.7p
1 Sep 20188.8p15.7p33.2p
2 Sep 201810.6p14.8p29.0p
3 Sep 201811.0p16.0p33.1p
4 Sep 201812.1p16.3p31.8p
5 Sep 201811.0p16.5p31.7p
6 Sep 201811.9p16.4p31.1p
7 Sep 201811.2p16.7p32.9p
8 Sep 201812.3p16.9p31.1p
9 Sep 201810.8p16.2p31.3p
10 Sep 20188.8p15.8p33.1p
11 Sep 20186.4p15.9p33.7p
12 Sep 201811.2p17.1p33.5p
13 Sep 201811.0p16.8p31.3p
14 Sep 201811.9p16.4p30.7p
15 Sep 201811.2p16.2p30.9p
16 Sep 20185.5p14.1p31.2p
17 Sep 20187.8p15.4p28.0p
18 Sep 20186.0p14.6p30.5p
19 Sep 20182.6p13.1p29.8p
20 Sep 20188.3p15.7p32.4p
21 Sep 20185.3p15.5p30.2p
22 Sep 20188.5p16.8p35.0p
23 Sep 201811.7p17.2p32.0p
24 Sep 201812.6p17.7p35.0p
25 Sep 201810.6p17.2p33.8p
26 Sep 20186.9p15.9p33.2p
27 Sep 201811.5p16.4p33.2p
28 Sep 201811.7p16.5p33.1p
29 Sep 201810.1p16.6p33.5p
30 Sep 201811.0p16.5p33.5p
1 Oct 20188.8p15.9p34.4p
2 Oct 20188.3p15.0p32.5p
3 Oct 201811.2p16.8p32.4p
4 Oct 201811.9p16.6p33.3p
5 Oct 201812.4p16.5p33.3p
6 Oct 201811.8p16.5p33.4p
7 Oct 20189.0p16.0p33.8p
8 Oct 201810.6p15.9p32.9p
9 Oct 20189.4p16.0p34.5p
10 Oct 201811.4p16.1p32.4p
11 Oct 20189.7p15.6p33.5p
12 Oct 20187.7p14.5p32.0p
13 Oct 201810.2p15.1p32.4p
14 Oct 201812.3p17.0p34.6p
15 Oct 201811.8p16.9p34.4p
16 Oct 201811.5p16.0p32.4p
17 Oct 201811.4p16.6p35.0p
18 Oct 201811.1p16.0p35.0p
19 Oct 201811.4p15.6p35.0p
20 Oct 201811.5p15.8p34.4p
21 Oct 20188.6p15.1p34.6p
22 Oct 20188.6p14.6p33.6p
23 Oct 20187.2p14.1p33.6p
24 Oct 20188.0p14.7p33.5p
25 Oct 201811.4p15.7p32.4p
26 Oct 201810.6p15.4p31.1p
27 Oct 20189.7p15.2p32.6p
28 Oct 20189.9p15.6p35.0p
29 Oct 201810.8p15.7p35.0p
30 Oct 201811.6p16.3p35.0p
31 Oct 201811.0p15.7p32.2p
1 Nov 201811.0p15.1p34.6p
2 Nov 201810.7p15.1p33.3p
3 Nov 20186.8p13.8p30.2p
4 Nov 20187.5p14.5p35.0p
5 Nov 20189.9p14.8p34.9p
6 Nov 20188.8p14.4p30.2p
7 Nov 201810.1p14.6p32.4p
8 Nov 201810.4p14.4p30.5p
9 Nov 20189.4p14.8p30.8p
10 Nov 201810.6p15.1p32.2p
11 Nov 20186.5p14.4p32.9p
12 Nov 20187.1p14.0p33.1p
13 Nov 20188.8p14.7p34.1p
14 Nov 20188.1p14.6p32.4p
15 Nov 201811.0p15.3p32.0p
16 Nov 201812.1p15.8p34.1p
17 Nov 201811.5p15.6p34.2p
18 Nov 201810.0p15.4p35.0p
19 Nov 201811.0p15.6p33.5p
20 Nov 201810.1p15.2p32.4p
21 Nov 201811.4p16.1p35.0p
22 Nov 201811.0p18.5p35.0p
23 Nov 201811.1p17.4p35.0p
24 Nov 201811.6p16.4p35.0p
25 Nov 201811.0p15.8p34.6p
26 Nov 201810.6p17.9p35.0p
27 Nov 201810.8p15.3p31.2p
28 Nov 20188.8p14.8p31.1p
29 Nov 20188.8p14.3p29.8p
30 Nov 20186.1p14.2p31.3p
1 Dec 201811.2p15.6p32.4p
2 Dec 201810.1p14.9p32.4p
3 Dec 201811.0p16.0p34.4p
4 Dec 201811.8p17.6p35.0p
5 Dec 201811.2p15.5p32.4p
6 Dec 201811.0p15.0p29.8p
7 Dec 20185.1p14.0p31.1p
8 Dec 2018−2.4p12.3p31.3p
9 Dec 20185.3p14.0p32.4p
10 Dec 20189.1p15.4p35.0p
11 Dec 201811.0p15.2p30.7p
12 Dec 201810.6p15.9p31.3p
13 Dec 201810.2p15.4p31.8p
14 Dec 201811.7p16.2p32.4p
15 Dec 201811.4p15.2p31.5p
16 Dec 201810.4p15.9p33.8p
17 Dec 201810.9p16.4p30.7p
18 Dec 20189.5p15.2p31.6p
19 Dec 201811.5p15.4p30.8p
20 Dec 201811.9p15.8p32.4p
21 Dec 201812.1p16.4p32.0p
22 Dec 20189.7p15.4p31.3p
23 Dec 201812.1p16.3p34.6p
24 Dec 201812.3p16.2p33.5p
25 Dec 20180.0p13.1p30.1p
26 Dec 201810.9p15.6p32.4p
27 Dec 201812.2p16.2p34.2p
28 Dec 201811.2p15.9p33.8p
29 Dec 20189.5p15.0p31.3p
30 Dec 201811.2p15.0p31.3p
31 Dec 201810.1p14.5p33.0p