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.

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Daily prices

1 Jan to 31 Dec 2022 · daily price range and average

Southern England

Jan 2022 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths Agile was dearerfor the full period

New Agile version · 22 Jul 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 35p to 55p per kWh.

New Agile version · 29 Aug 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 55p to 78p per kWh.

Price guarantee · 1 Oct 2022From this date until 30 Jun 2023 the government’s Energy Price Guarantee discounted Agile: a half-hour priced between 34p and 52p was charged at 34p (35.8p with VAT), and one above 52p had 17p taken off.

New Agile version · 25 Nov 2022A new version of Agile for new customers, with a £1 cap and a new pricing formula.

2022 average, Agile vs other tariffs

30%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

36.6p vs 28.1p

13%

dearer than Octopus Go

36.6p vs 32.3p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2022

−10.6p

Cheapest in 2022 was on 3 Jan

35 hours

Negative prices avg 2.5h per neg. day

4% of days

13 of 365 days had negative prices

6.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 2 Jan

36.6p

Average price in 2022

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DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 2022−4.7p15.1p35.0p
2 Jan 2022−7.1p9.5p35.0p
3 Jan 2022−10.6p15.8p35.0p
4 Jan 202220.3p31.2p35.0p
5 Jan 202215.9p32.4p35.0p
6 Jan 202223.2p34.4p35.0p
7 Jan 202228.2p34.4p35.0p
8 Jan 202222.5p33.7p35.0p
9 Jan 202220.5p32.8p35.0p
10 Jan 202227.8p34.7p35.0p
11 Jan 202234.2p35.0p35.0p
12 Jan 202231.0p34.5p35.0p
13 Jan 202228.7p34.2p35.0p
14 Jan 202230.8p34.3p35.0p
15 Jan 202233.1p34.9p35.0p
16 Jan 202225.1p34.7p35.0p
17 Jan 202232.6p34.4p35.0p
18 Jan 202232.0p34.6p35.0p
19 Jan 202228.7p34.0p35.0p
20 Jan 202232.2p34.6p35.0p
21 Jan 202231.2p34.4p35.0p
22 Jan 202229.8p34.2p35.0p
23 Jan 202226.9p34.0p35.0p
24 Jan 202232.9p34.8p35.0p
25 Jan 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
26 Jan 202233.6p35.0p35.0p
27 Jan 202232.1p34.8p35.0p
28 Jan 202220.1p34.4p35.0p
29 Jan 20223.5p28.5p35.0p
30 Jan 202222.1p34.3p35.0p
31 Jan 202218.3p32.5p35.0p
1 Feb 202225.5p34.2p35.0p
2 Feb 202227.6p33.5p35.0p
3 Feb 202224.3p33.7p35.0p
4 Feb 202228.7p33.6p35.0p
5 Feb 202219.0p33.0p35.0p
6 Feb 2022−0.1p26.5p35.0p
7 Feb 202222.1p34.1p35.0p
8 Feb 202218.5p31.7p35.0p
9 Feb 202218.3p31.7p35.0p
10 Feb 202228.5p33.4p35.0p
11 Feb 202229.1p33.5p35.0p
12 Feb 202225.4p33.0p35.0p
13 Feb 202227.2p34.2p35.0p
14 Feb 202225.4p33.1p35.0p
15 Feb 202224.3p32.9p35.0p
16 Feb 202210.2p29.3p35.0p
17 Feb 20220.1p25.8p35.0p
18 Feb 202217.2p32.5p35.0p
19 Feb 202221.9p31.0p35.0p
20 Feb 20227.7p25.4p35.0p
21 Feb 20226.6p29.1p35.0p
22 Feb 202223.2p32.4p35.0p
23 Feb 202223.0p32.2p35.0p
24 Feb 202224.0p32.7p35.0p
25 Feb 202225.1p34.4p35.0p
26 Feb 202226.0p33.7p35.0p
27 Feb 202221.2p33.0p35.0p
28 Feb 202226.2p34.3p35.0p
1 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
2 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
3 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
4 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
5 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
6 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
7 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
8 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
11 Mar 202220.5p34.3p35.0p
12 Mar 202226.5p34.8p35.0p
13 Mar 202212.9p30.5p35.0p
14 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
16 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
17 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
18 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
19 Mar 202222.8p33.5p35.0p
20 Mar 202222.5p33.6p35.0p
21 Mar 202234.2p35.0p35.0p
22 Mar 202234.2p35.0p35.0p
23 Mar 202233.1p34.9p35.0p
24 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
25 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
26 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
27 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
28 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
29 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
30 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
31 Mar 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
1 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
2 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
3 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
4 Apr 202224.9p33.7p35.0p
5 Apr 202228.9p34.8p35.0p
6 Apr 202228.7p34.2p35.0p
7 Apr 202226.5p34.2p35.0p
8 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Apr 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
11 Apr 202228.9p34.7p35.0p
12 Apr 202234.2p35.0p35.0p
13 Apr 202234.4p34.9p35.0p
14 Apr 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
15 Apr 202228.7p33.6p35.0p
16 Apr 202210.4p29.4p35.0p
17 Apr 20220.0p21.9p35.0p
18 Apr 202213.2p27.0p35.0p
19 Apr 202224.3p33.4p35.0p
20 Apr 202228.7p33.0p35.0p
21 Apr 202227.6p32.5p35.0p
22 Apr 202224.5p32.2p35.0p
23 Apr 202223.7p30.3p35.0p
24 Apr 202217.7p29.8p35.0p
25 Apr 202225.3p34.0p35.0p
26 Apr 202220.7p33.1p35.0p
27 Apr 202225.4p32.9p35.0p
28 Apr 202228.7p34.2p35.0p
29 Apr 202228.8p34.2p35.0p
30 Apr 202216.5p29.7p35.0p
1 May 202213.5p26.4p35.0p
2 May 202220.5p30.3p35.0p
3 May 202223.5p32.2p35.0p
4 May 202220.7p31.3p35.0p
5 May 202225.0p32.0p35.0p
6 May 202219.5p28.3p35.0p
7 May 202215.4p28.2p35.0p
8 May 202219.4p29.1p35.0p
9 May 202213.5p22.9p35.0p
10 May 202211.6p20.1p35.0p
11 May 20227.7p15.6p30.3p
12 May 202211.0p18.6p33.1p
13 May 20226.6p20.3p33.0p
14 May 202212.8p23.3p35.0p
15 May 202213.1p23.7p35.0p
16 May 202216.8p24.9p35.0p
17 May 202219.8p27.7p35.0p
18 May 202213.2p26.7p35.0p
19 May 202215.4p25.1p35.0p
20 May 202217.9p26.6p35.0p
21 May 202216.5p25.7p35.0p
22 May 202217.4p27.4p35.0p
23 May 202222.5p31.7p35.0p
24 May 202223.7p30.3p35.0p
25 May 202220.1p27.3p35.0p
26 May 202219.6p26.6p35.0p
27 May 202216.9p23.8p35.0p
28 May 202221.2p28.2p35.0p
29 May 202222.4p30.8p35.0p
30 May 202229.4p33.8p35.0p
31 May 202228.2p33.1p35.0p
1 Jun 202228.1p32.8p35.0p
2 Jun 202223.2p29.1p35.0p
3 Jun 202219.8p27.3p35.0p
4 Jun 202222.1p28.4p35.0p
5 Jun 202223.2p28.5p35.0p
6 Jun 202224.9p31.3p35.0p
7 Jun 202226.4p32.6p35.0p
8 Jun 202220.7p28.6p35.0p
9 Jun 202216.1p26.1p35.0p
10 Jun 20222.8p15.9p34.1p
11 Jun 2022−4.6p13.8p31.4p
12 Jun 202213.1p25.0p35.0p
13 Jun 202226.2p31.5p35.0p
14 Jun 202228.0p32.8p35.0p
15 Jun 202229.9p33.9p35.0p
16 Jun 202234.5p35.0p35.0p
17 Jun 202230.9p34.7p35.0p
18 Jun 202222.1p32.3p35.0p
19 Jun 202217.2p29.8p35.0p
20 Jun 202233.3p34.8p35.0p
21 Jun 202232.9p34.6p35.0p
22 Jun 202230.4p34.5p35.0p
23 Jun 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
24 Jun 202230.6p34.3p35.0p
25 Jun 202224.7p31.0p35.0p
26 Jun 202221.8p29.2p35.0p
27 Jun 202226.0p33.6p35.0p
28 Jun 202225.1p31.8p35.0p
29 Jun 202230.9p34.5p35.0p
30 Jun 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
1 Jul 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
2 Jul 202227.6p32.5p35.0p
3 Jul 202223.9p33.6p35.0p
4 Jul 202226.6p33.5p35.0p
5 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
6 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
7 Jul 202231.7p34.5p35.0p
8 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
9 Jul 202234.0p35.0p35.0p
10 Jul 202230.9p34.1p35.0p
11 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
12 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
13 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
14 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
15 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
16 Jul 202232.0p34.6p35.0p
17 Jul 202228.0p33.5p35.0p
18 Jul 202229.5p34.3p35.0p
19 Jul 202233.5p35.0p35.0p
20 Jul 202234.6p35.0p35.0p
21 Jul 202235.0p35.0p35.0p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 35p to 55p per kWh.
22 Jul 202241.9p52.8p55.0p
23 Jul 202246.6p53.7p55.0p
24 Jul 202232.8p47.1p55.0p
25 Jul 202239.7p49.1p55.0p
26 Jul 202239.3p51.9p55.0p
27 Jul 202248.4p54.0p55.0p
28 Jul 202253.8p55.0p55.0p
29 Jul 202252.8p54.9p55.0p
30 Jul 202245.2p52.0p55.0p
31 Jul 202240.6p50.5p55.0p
1 Aug 202230.5p53.7p55.0p
2 Aug 202235.3p47.4p55.0p
3 Aug 202238.5p47.4p55.0p
4 Aug 202245.3p51.6p55.0p
5 Aug 202243.1p51.2p55.0p
6 Aug 202235.7p49.5p55.0p
7 Aug 202237.3p46.8p55.0p
8 Aug 202243.4p52.2p55.0p
9 Aug 202244.9p52.9p55.0p
10 Aug 202245.5p52.2p55.0p
11 Aug 202251.3p54.9p55.0p
12 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
13 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
14 Aug 202254.0p55.0p55.0p
15 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
16 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
17 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
18 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
19 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
20 Aug 202252.9p54.9p55.0p
21 Aug 202249.8p54.8p55.0p
22 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
23 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
24 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
25 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
26 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
27 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
28 Aug 202255.0p55.0p55.0p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with the price cap raised from 55p to 78p per kWh.
29 Aug 202278.0p78.0p78.0p
30 Aug 202278.0p78.0p78.0p
31 Aug 202258.9p73.9p78.0p
1 Sep 202258.5p73.2p78.0p
2 Sep 202222.9p64.8p78.0p
3 Sep 202238.4p53.8p78.0p
4 Sep 202230.3p52.5p78.0p
5 Sep 202245.9p60.1p78.0p
6 Sep 202233.1p61.9p78.0p
7 Sep 202233.7p56.2p78.0p
8 Sep 202228.7p58.9p78.0p
9 Sep 202246.0p63.4p78.0p
10 Sep 202252.3p70.0p78.0p
11 Sep 202250.7p68.6p78.0p
12 Sep 202252.3p67.0p78.0p
13 Sep 202250.5p67.0p78.0p
14 Sep 202252.3p69.9p78.0p
15 Sep 202256.2p67.6p78.0p
16 Sep 202244.1p60.6p78.0p
17 Sep 202228.7p44.7p69.0p
18 Sep 202238.1p48.1p74.3p
19 Sep 202233.1p51.4p78.0p
20 Sep 202244.1p63.5p78.0p
21 Sep 202238.6p51.6p78.0p
22 Sep 202237.5p54.1p78.0p
23 Sep 202240.6p59.5p78.0p
24 Sep 202237.9p54.3p78.0p
25 Sep 202227.6p44.2p65.9p
26 Sep 202213.9p38.2p69.7p
27 Sep 202231.8p42.6p78.0p
28 Sep 202233.1p49.5p77.2p
29 Sep 202237.0p57.3p78.0p
30 Sep 202214.1p39.3p69.5p
Price guarantee. From this date until 30 Jun 2023 the government’s Energy Price Guarantee discounted Agile: a half-hour priced between 34p and 52p was charged at 34p (35.8p with VAT), and one above 52p had 17p taken off.
1 Oct 2022−8.8p20.2p41.0p
2 Oct 202228.7p37.2p60.1p
3 Oct 202227.6p37.8p60.1p
4 Oct 202222.1p33.7p51.9p
5 Oct 20222.2p27.3p34.2p
6 Oct 20222.2p20.3p34.2p
7 Oct 2022−3.0p25.0p44.1p
8 Oct 202226.9p33.6p52.1p
9 Oct 20226.6p26.2p50.2p
10 Oct 202221.0p30.4p49.7p
11 Oct 202231.3p36.7p60.1p
12 Oct 202223.4p35.0p60.1p
13 Oct 202227.3p37.1p60.1p
14 Oct 202227.3p35.0p56.7p
15 Oct 202221.4p28.2p34.2p
16 Oct 20229.5p23.9p38.1p
17 Oct 20226.6p24.0p39.2p
18 Oct 202212.1p25.8p40.6p
19 Oct 20227.7p15.9p34.2p
20 Oct 20228.9p21.5p34.4p
21 Oct 202219.7p25.9p34.2p
22 Oct 202215.0p23.3p34.2p
23 Oct 20228.2p17.0p34.2p
24 Oct 20229.5p16.8p34.2p
25 Oct 202212.1p17.8p34.2p
26 Oct 202211.0p15.9p34.0p
27 Oct 202212.1p18.4p34.2p
28 Oct 202212.8p19.1p34.2p
29 Oct 202215.7p20.8p34.2p
30 Oct 202212.2p21.8p34.2p
31 Oct 202216.3p25.8p38.9p
1 Nov 20229.3p19.0p34.2p
2 Nov 20226.6p17.7p34.2p
3 Nov 20226.0p22.8p35.3p
4 Nov 202223.4p32.5p49.9p
5 Nov 202219.9p25.9p34.2p
6 Nov 202214.6p22.9p34.2p
7 Nov 20221.9p19.1p34.2p
8 Nov 20228.2p21.7p34.2p
9 Nov 202215.4p23.9p39.3p
10 Nov 2022−3.0p18.8p34.2p
11 Nov 2022−5.3p17.3p34.2p
12 Nov 202217.2p24.5p34.2p
13 Nov 202219.8p24.7p34.2p
14 Nov 202220.8p30.8p57.5p
15 Nov 202218.3p25.3p36.6p
16 Nov 202221.1p29.4p40.0p
17 Nov 202217.1p28.2p41.4p
18 Nov 202215.4p25.4p41.1p
19 Nov 202218.3p27.7p43.3p
20 Nov 202218.1p25.1p46.3p
21 Nov 202217.9p30.2p46.3p
22 Nov 202219.8p34.4p60.1p
23 Nov 202221.8p27.2p38.2p
24 Nov 202217.6p26.6p34.2p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with a £1 cap and a new pricing formula.
25 Nov 202229.0p32.6p45.2p
26 Nov 202222.1p31.2p36.6p
27 Nov 202216.1p29.5p41.5p
28 Nov 202230.0p45.3p82.1p
29 Nov 202234.2p53.9p82.1p
30 Nov 202234.2p54.6p82.1p
1 Dec 202234.2p56.3p82.1p
2 Dec 202235.9p51.9p81.0p
3 Dec 202234.2p44.4p71.9p
4 Dec 202234.2p41.2p75.6p
5 Dec 202234.2p49.0p82.1p
6 Dec 202234.2p50.1p82.1p
7 Dec 202234.2p52.4p82.1p
8 Dec 202237.3p59.9p82.1p
9 Dec 202237.6p62.7p82.1p
10 Dec 202234.2p49.4p82.1p
11 Dec 202237.3p53.6p82.1p
12 Dec 202234.2p65.6p82.1p
13 Dec 202237.3p65.9p82.1p
14 Dec 202235.1p63.1p82.1p
15 Dec 202234.2p57.8p82.1p
16 Dec 202234.2p61.0p82.1p
17 Dec 202234.2p41.3p68.8p
18 Dec 202214.4p37.7p56.5p
19 Dec 20225.5p32.0p57.4p
20 Dec 202213.2p33.6p59.0p
21 Dec 202222.5p34.7p51.2p
22 Dec 202230.8p36.7p59.3p
23 Dec 202217.0p33.8p43.0p
24 Dec 20227.9p25.6p34.9p
25 Dec 202211.7p27.5p34.2p
26 Dec 2022−1.7p20.6p38.9p
27 Dec 20226.6p30.2p37.8p
28 Dec 2022−2.6p22.1p34.4p
29 Dec 2022−8.4p14.9p36.0p
30 Dec 2022−2.7p19.4p34.7p
31 Dec 20223.8p24.5p38.9p